History
Lothair II was king of Lotharingia from 855 until he died on 8 August 869. For more than ten years he tried to divorce his wife Teutberga and marry Waldrada, the mother of his son Hugh. Hincmar of Reims wrote De Divortio against the divorce. When Lothair died, his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German divided the kingdom.
The 867 bookmark is that crisis in the middle. He is 31, with about 50 counties, and no legitimate heir the church will accept. Dying in that state is how Lotharingia disappears.
In the game
| Seat | Detail |
|---|---|
| Start | 867 |
| Bookmark | The Carolingians |
| Title | Lotharingia |
| Realm size | 50 counties |
| Status | Independent |
| Difficulty | Medium, the bookmark rating in patch 1.20.1.2 |
| Culture | French |
| Faith | Chalcedonianism |
| Dynasty | Karling |
| Age | 31 |
How to play
Goal. Get a legal heir and hold Middle Francia.
The divorce and the legitimacy of the heir are the point of the bookmark.
Where this run fails. Dying with no heir the law accepts, so the neighbors carve Lotharingia up.