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Lothair ( 941 - 986 ), king of France , son of Louis IV and Gerberga Of Saxony , succeeded his father in 954 , and was at first under the guardianship of Hugh The Great , duke of the Franks , and then under that of his maternal uncle Bruno, Archbishop Of Cologne . The beginning of his reign was occupied with wars against the vassals, particularly against the duke of Normandy . Lothair then seems to have conceived the design of recovering Lorraine . He attempted to precipitate matters by a sudden attack, and in the spring of 978 nearly captured the emperor Otto II at Aachen . Otto took his revenge in the autumn by invading France. He penetrated as far as Paris , devastating the country through which he passed, but failed to take the town, and was forced to retreat with heavy loss. Peace was concluded in 980 at Margut-sur-Chiers , and in 983 Lothair was even chosen guardian to the young Otto III . Towards 980, however, Lothair quarrelled with Hugh the Great's son, Hugh Capet , who, at the instigation of Adalberon, Archbishop Of Reims , became reconciled with Otto III. Lothair died on the March 2 , 986. By his wife Emma, daughter of Lothair, king of Italy , he left a son who succeeded him as Louis V . He had a bastard son who became Archbishop Of Rheims , Arnulf . REFERENCES |
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