Louis II de la Trémoille (29 September 1460 – 24 February 1525), also known as La Trimouille , was a French general. He served under three kings: Charles VIII , Louis XII and Francis I . He was killed in combat at the Battle of Pavia .
31-2547: Louis II may refer to: Kings [ edit ] Louis the German (804–876), king of East Francia Louis the Stammerer (846–879), Louis II of France Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (1506–1526) Louis II of Holland (1804–1831) Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), "Mad King Ludwig" Louis XIII , also known as Louis II of Navarre (1601–1643) Counts [ edit ] Louis II, Count of Chiny (died before 1066) Louis II, Count of Loon (died 1218) Louis I of Flanders , Louis II of Nevers, (1304–1346) Louis II of Châtillon (died 1372) Louis II of Flanders (1330–1384) Louis II, Count of Blois (died 1346) Louis II, Count of Wuerttemberg (1439–1457) Louis II, Count of Montpensier (1483–1501) Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1565–1627) Louis Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Ebeleben (1621–1681) Landgraves [ edit ] Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia (1128–1172) Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (1438–1471) Dukes [ edit ] Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229–1294) Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337–1410) Louis II, Duke of Brieg (1380–1436) Louis II, Duke of Orléans (1462–1515) Louis II, Duke of Longueville (1510–1537) Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777–1848) Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden (1824–1858) Charles II, Duke of Parma , previously reigned as Louis II of Etruria (1799–1883) Princes [ edit ] Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1621–1686), "the Great Condé" Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870–1949) Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767–1807) Louis Günther II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1708–1790) Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887–1908), a.k.a. Louis II, Duke of Braganza Other people [ edit ] Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (825–875) Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (1328–1365) Louis II, Cardinal of Guise (1555–1588) Louis II d'Évreux (1336–1400) Louis II of Naples (1377–1417), Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence Louis II de la Trémoille (1460–1525), French general Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502–1532) See also [ edit ] Ludwig II (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
62-576: A synod at Worms to deal with the aftermath of the Photian schism and to get the church's support against Moravia. A report that the Emperor Louis II had died in Italy led to a peace between father and sons and attempts by Louis the German to gain the imperial crown for his oldest son Carloman. These efforts were thwarted by Louis II, who was in fact not dead, and Louis' old adversary, Charles
93-570: A severe crisis, with the East Frankish rebellions of the sons, as well as struggles to maintain supremacy over his realm. In the Treaty of Meerssen he acquired Lotharingia for the East Frankish kingdom in 870. On the other hand, he tried and failed to claim both the title of Emperor and Italy. In the East, Louis was able to reach a longer-term peace agreement in 874 after decades of conflict with
124-473: Is completely uncertain where the East Frankish king stayed between June 849 and July 850. At least 52 documents are addressed to Bavarian beneficiaries. However, the intensity of the documentary production for Bavarian recipients steadily decreased during his reign. As former stem duchy , the Rhine-Main area contained Frankfurt, Mainz and Worms, and had plenty of Imperial Palaces and treasuries. Since it
155-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Louis the German Louis the German ( German : Ludwig der Deutsche ; c. 806 /810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany ( German : Ludwig II. von Deutschland ), was the first king of East Francia , and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis
186-510: The Battle of Fornovo in 1495 and the Battle of Agnadello of 1509. He suffered a severe defeat at the Battle of Novara , in which his 10,000-strong army was ambushed by 13,000 Swiss mercenaries. Louis went on to secure a French victory under the command of Francis I at the Battle of Marignano in 1515, but he perished at the Battle of Pavia on 24 February 1525, where he died of a wound inflicted by an arquebus . His death occurred during
217-650: The Duchy of Bavaria , following the practice of emperor Charlemagne of bestowing a local kingdom to a close family member who then would serve as his lieutenant and local governor. Louis ruled from Regensburg , the old capital of the Bavarii . In 825 he became involved in wars with the Wends and Sorbs on his eastern frontier. In 827, he married Hemma , sister of his stepmother Judith of Bavaria , both daughters of Welf , whose possessions ranged from Alsace to Bavaria . It
248-512: The Moravians . His rule shows a marked decline in creation of written administration and government documents, a trend that would continue into Ottonian times. His early years were partly spent at the court of his grandfather, Charlemagne , whose special affection he is said to have won. When the emperor Louis the Pious divided his dominions between his sons in 817, Louis was made the ruler of
279-662: The Obotrites to accept his authority and put their prince, Gozzmovil, to death. Thachulf, Duke of Thuringia , then undertook campaigns against the Bohemians , Moravians , and other tribes, but was not very successful in resisting the ravaging Vikings . In 852 Louis sent his son Louis the Younger to Aquitaine , where nobles had grown resentful of Charles the Bald's rule. The younger Louis did not set out until 854, and returned
310-466: The Bald , by promising to give him the land in the new partition they would make after a victory. In 832 he led an army of Slavs into Alamannia, but was driven back by his father. Louis the Pious disinherited him, but to no effect; the emperor was soon captured by his own rebellious sons and deposed. Upon his swift reinstatement, however, the emperor Louis made peace with his son Louis and legally restored Bavaria (never actually lost) to him in 836. Louis
341-428: The Bald died as well. As there exist only 172 royal documents from 50 years of reign, it is impossible to create a detailed picture of Louis' whereabouts in the East Frankish kingdom. By comparison, Louis the Pious had 18 certificates created per year, and his half-brother Charles the Bald had 12 produced annually. This pattern of not producing many documents lasts for several months at certain times. For example, it
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#1732772993254372-725: The Bald had been able to obtain the title of emperor by a swift move to Rome. His wife Hemma visited Louis for the last time in May 875. In 874 she had lost her voice as a result of a stroke. During his stay, he donated the Berg im Donaugau Abbey to the Marienkapelle, which he built. Hemma died at the end of January 876 in Regensburg. Louis then died after a short illness on 28 August 876 in his palace in Frankfurt. The following day he
403-671: The Bald. In the years 872 and 873, ambassadors of the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil I came to Louis in Regensburg and showed that his rule was perceived as far as Constantinople. After the death of Emperor Louis II in August 875, Louis tried to win the emperorship for himself and his descendants. For this purpose, Abbot Sigihard von Fulda undertook a trip to Rome to Pope John VIII . On 18 May 876 he returned to Ingelheim and reported to Louis that, in December 875, Charles
434-524: The French crown after internal revolts had weakened Francis II, Duke of Brittany during the so-called " Mad War " ( La Guerre Folle ). By March 1488, Louis had been appointed lieutenant-general of Brittany by Charles VIII. His decisive victory at the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier on 28 July 1488 ended effective Breton independence. Louis took part in several battles in the Italian Wars , notably
465-477: The Pious , emperor of Francia , and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye , he received the appellation Germanicus shortly after his death, when East Francia became known as the kingdom of Germany . After protracted clashes with his father and his brothers, Louis received the East Frankish kingdom in the Treaty of Verdun (843). His attempts to conquer his half-brother Charles the Bald 's West Frankish kingdom in 858–59 were unsuccessful. The 860s were marked by
496-584: The area on the right bank of the Rhine outside the former Roman Empire and its inhabitants. Contemporaries gave Louis the epithet pius (pious) or piissimus (very pious). The contemporary coinage called him HLUDOVICUS PIUS REX. Louis was married to Hemma (died 31 January 876), and they had: Louis II de la Tr%C3%A9moille Louis was born in Thouars , the eldest son of Louis I de la Trémoille. He commanded an army that attempted to secure Brittany for
527-493: The climax of the battle when the French were surprised by 1,500 Spanish arquebusiers. La Trémoille and other high-ranking Frenchmen fought their way towards their king, Francis I , in order to protect him. La Trémoille fell from his horse after being shot through the heart. On 28 July 1484, Louis married Gabrielle de Bourbon, daughter of Louis I, Count of Montpensier , they had: On 7 April 1517, Louis II de la Trémoille married 16-year-old Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois ,
558-513: The emperor Lothair I died in 855, Louis and Charles for a time cooperated in plans to divide Lothair's possessions between themselves, the only impediments to this being Lothair's sons and heirs— Lothair II (who received Lotharingia ), Louis II of Italy (who held the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy ) and Charles of Provence . In 868 at Metz Louis and Charles agreed to partition Lotharingia . When Lothair II died in 869, Louis
589-596: The following year. Starting from 853 Louis made repeated attempts to gain the throne of West Francia , which, according to the Annals of Fulda ( Annales Fuldenses ), the people of that country offered him in their disgust with the cruel misrule of Charles the Bald. Encouraged by his nephews Peppin II and Charles of Provence , Louis invaded in West Francia in 858. Charles the Bald could not even raise an army to resist
620-463: The invasion and fled to Burgundy . Later that year Louis issued a charter dated "the first year of the reign in West Francia." However, treachery and desertion in his army, and the continued loyalty of the Aquitanian bishops to Charles the Bald, brought about the failure of the whole enterprise. As such on 7 June 860 at Koblenz , both Louis and Charles made public vows to uphold the peace. After
651-618: The left bank of the river (see also Oaths of Strasbourg 842). His territories included Bavaria (where he made Regensburg the centre of his government), Thuringia , Franconia , and Saxony . Louis may be called the founder of the German kingdom , though his attempts to maintain the unity of the Empire proved futile. Having in 842 crushed the Stellinga rising in Saxony, in 844 he compelled
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#1732772993254682-447: The only legitimate child of Cesare Borgia , Duke of Valentinois by his French wife Charlotte of Albret . The marriage was childless. During the course of his career, Louis earned the titles Vicomte de Thouars, Prince de Talmond , Comte de Guînes et de Bénon, Baron de Sully, de Craon, de Montagu, de Mauléon et de l'Ile-Bouchard, Seigneur des Iles de Ré, de Rochefort et de Marans, and Premier Chambellan du Roi. Rue de La Trémoille, in
713-402: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_II&oldid=1257891022 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
744-449: The unification of the kingdom. In June 842 the three brothers met on an island in the river Saône to negotiate a peace and each appointed forty representatives to arrange the boundaries of their respective kingdoms. This developed into the Treaty of Verdun , concluded by 10 August 843, by which Louis received the bulk of the lands lying east of the Rhine ( East Francia ), together with a district around Speyer , Worms , and Mainz , on
775-570: The whole Empire, Louis allied with Charles the Bald , and defeated Lothair I and their nephew Pepin II of Aquitaine , son of Pepin I of Aquitaine , at the Battle of Fontenoy in June 841. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. According to the Annals of Fulda , it was the biggest bloodbath the Franks had experienced since time immemorial. At the same time, it was Louis's last battle in the struggle for
806-592: Was buried by his son Louis in Lorsch Abbey. However, according to Wilfried Hartmann, it cannot be determined with certainty whether the dead man in his sarcophagus is the Carolingian king. After Louis' death, Charles the Bald tried to win over the Eastern kingdom as well. However, Louis the Younger defeated him on 8 October 876 at Andernach with a squad of Franks, Saxons and Thuringians. One year later, Charles
837-453: Was followed by the second son Louis the Younger , who was joined by his brother Charles the Fat . In 864 Louis was forced to grant Carloman the kingdom of Bavaria, which he himself had once held under his father. In 865 he divided the remainder of his lands— Saxony with Franconia and Thuringia went to Louis the Younger and Swabia with Raetia to Charles the Fat. In May 868, Louis convoked
868-620: Was located in the geographic centre of the East Frankish kingdom, it was easily accessible by road. As a result, it was the region in which most East Frankish synods and imperial assemblies were hosted. Louis was only nicknamed "the German" in the 18th century. Contemporary West Frankish sources called Louis rex Germaniae ("King of Germania") or rex Germanorum ("King of the Teutons"). However, in this context, Germania or Germani does not mean "Germany" or "the Germans", but, as in ancient Latin,
899-503: Was lying seriously ill, and his armies were engaged in a war with the Moravians. Charles the Bald quickly seized Lothair's lands, but Louis, having recovered, compelled him by threat of war to agree to the Treaty of Meerssen , which divided Lothair's lands among all the claimants. The later years of Louis the German were troubled by rebellions of his sons. The eldest, Carloman of Bavaria , revolted in 861 and again two years later. This
930-620: Was not until 826 that Louis first came to rule Bavaria . In 828 and 829 he undertook two campaigns against the Bulgarians who wanted to penetrate into Pannonia without great success. During his time as Unterkönig, he tried to extend his rule to the Rhine-Main area. His involvement in the first civil war against his father's reign was limited, but in the second his elder brothers, Lothair I , then King of Italy , and Pepin I , Duke of Aquitaine , persuaded him to invade Alamannia which their father had given to their young half-brother Charles
961-470: Was the instigator of the third civil war, which began in 839. A strip of his land having been given to the young half-brother Charles, Louis invaded Alamannia again. This time emperor Louis responded quickly, and soon the younger Louis was forced into the far southeastern corner of his realm, the March of Pannonia . Peace was then made by force of arms. When the emperor Louis died in 840, and Lothair I claimed