Louis the blind

Ludwig III. Bosonides , called the blind (* around 881/882; † June 5, 928 in Arles ) from the Buviniden family was King of Niederburgund from 887 to 928, King of the Lombards (= Italy ) from 900 to 905, making him one of the national kings was, and Roman Emperor 901/902 to 905.

He was the son of Boso von Vienne and his wife Ermengard , a daughter of Emperor Ludwig II of Italy . After his father's death, he and his mother paid homage to Emperor Karl the Dicken as an underage heir and received his inheritance from him as a fief . Ludwig was in the same relationship with Karl's successor Arnolf of Carinthia .

In 900 Ludwig was also King of the Longobards (= Italy) and in February 901 was crowned emperor by Pope Benedict IV . 905 he was defeated Berengar of Friuli , of him by blinding the blind made and expelled from Italy. Count Hugo von Arles became Ludwig's regent in Niederburgund and after his death in 928 also his successor as king.

Ludwig was married twice. His first marriage was around 900 with Anna of Byzantium (* 886; † before 914), daughter of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI. , his second in 914 with Adelheid von Burgund, probably a daughter of King Rudolf I of the Guelph family .

From every marriage he had a son:

• From Anna: Karl Konstantin (* probably 901; † after January 962) 928/930 Count of Vienne

∞ Teutberga von Troyes († after 960) daughter of Count Warnarius and Teutberga von Arles

• Von Adelheid: Rudolf († after March 19, 929)

literature

• Ernst Ludwig Dümmler:  Ludwig the blind . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 455-457.
• Herbert Zielinski :  Ludwig the blind. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , pp. 331-334 ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Boso of Vienne	King of Lower Burgundy 887–928	Hugo I.
Arnolf of Carinthia	King of Italy 900–905	Berengar I.
Lambert von Spoleto and Arnolf von Kärnten	Roman emperor 901–905	Berengar I.