Lies field
The Lies field , actually Rotfeld or Rothenfeld , Latin campus mendacii or campus mentius is a landscape in Colmar in French Alsace , on which the innerdynastische conflict in June 833 Carolingian continued.
Emperor Ludwig the Pious and his sons from his first marriage, Lothar , King of Italy, Pippin , King of Aquitaine , and Ludwig the German , King of the East Franconia , had been in dispute for years due to the succession problem, especially since his father turned in 823 Born son from his second marriage, who later became Emperor Karl the Kahlen , had made dux Alemanniae (Duke of Alemannia) in 829 and thus awarded him part of the empire that should actually be bequeathed to the other sons.
The attempt by Louis the Pious to surrender Pippin's dominion Aquitaine to Charles led to the renewed uprising of all three older sons in 833 - after they had already risen in the so-called loyal palace rebellion against their father and Charles in 830 . Thus, at the end of June 833, the armies of the opposing parties faced each other on the Rotfeld near Colmar for days without a battle. Pope Gregory IV led negotiations with the sons from the emperor's army camp , but at the same time they succeeded in gradually getting the emperor's supporters to their side.
On June 30, 833, Ludwig the Pious found himself facing his sons without an army and, in view of the overwhelming power, was forced to surrender and thus effectively abdicate.
The Rotfeld got the new name Lügenfeld soon afterwards due to the multiple oaths of the imperial followers .