Direct ancestor

Louis the Pious

Also recorded as Louis I · Ludwig der Fromme · Louis le Pieux

Sole surviving legitimate son of Charlemagne and his successor as Emperor; father of Charles the Bald by his second wife, Judith of Bavaria.

Dates
16 April 778 to 20 June 840
Titles and offices
  • King of the Franks
  • Holy Roman Emperor (814 to 840)
House or family
Carolingian
Children in this pedigree
Relationship to Brandon
Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 40 generations before him.
Evidence status
Contemporary Record

Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire

Direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire, 40 generations before him, through Carolingian, Carolingian descent, House of Ardennes, House of Ardennes-Verdun. Each step below is derived from the archive’s single canonical genealogy; spouses appear on the same generational row as their partner.

  1. Louis the Pious Judith of Bavaria, Empress16 April 778 to 20 June 840
  2. Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor Ermentrude of Orléans13 June 823 to 6 October 877
  3. Louis II, King of West Francia Adelaide of Paris1 November 846 to 10 April 879
  4. Ermentrude of the CarolingiansDates not established
  5. Cunigunda Wigeric of LotharingiaDates not established
  6. Gozlin of Bidgau Oda of Metzc. 910 to c. 943
  7. Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdun Mathilde of Saxonyc. 935 to c. 1005
  8. Gerberge of Verdun Folmar of MetzDates not established
  9. Gottfried of Metz Judith of LuxembourgDates not established
  10. Simon de ParroyeDates not established
  11. Sicard (Simon II) de ParroyeDates not established
  12. Odoin I de FrovilleDates not established
  13. Odon II de Froville Adélaïde de NeuvillerDates not established
  14. Simon de Froville Mathilde de ParroyDates not established
  15. Simon I de Parroye MathildeDates not established
  16. Albert de ParroyeDates not established
  17. Albert de Haute-Pierrec. 1172 to c. 1222
  18. Albert de Haute-PierreDied 20 October 1231
  19. Liébaud de Haute-Pierre IsabelleDied 1281
  20. Marguerite de Haute-Pierre Jean II de ToullonDates not established
  21. Thiébaud (Liébaud) de Toullonlate 13th century to c. 1343
  22. Catherine de Haute-Pierre Jacques de GircourtBorn late 13th / early 14th century
  23. Catherine de Gircourt Mengin Le Clercc. 1320 to after 1355
  24. Colin Le Clerc Marguerite PetitgoutDates not established
  25. Jehan Leclerc de Pulligny N. de Pullignyc. 1410 to c. 1465
  26. Mengin II Le Clerc MengetteDates not established
  27. Claude Leclerc de Pulligny Catherine de Trèves de Xirocourtc. 1485 to 1562
  28. Claude II Leclerc de Pulligny Claudon Galland de Pulligny1532 to 1598
  29. Alexandre Le Clerc de Pulligny Madeleine Platel du Plateau1585 to after 1659
  30. Nicolas Le Clerc Anne Fériet de Lézé1624 to 1660
  31. Alexandre II Le Clerc Marguerite Thiery de Saint-Baussant1652 to 1695
  32. François 'Pierre' Le Claire Marie-Anne Du MoineBorn 1684
  33. Jean Pierre Le Claire, Très Noble Seigneur Jacqueline Antoinette Catherine Van den Vyvere1718 to 1793
  34. 'Louis Benjamin' Jean Baptiste Alexis Leclaire Elisabeth J. Grégoire24 June 1754 to 29 July 1825
  35. Johann Baptiste Le Clair Gertrud L. A. de WeelsBorn 1796
  36. Gottfried Leclair Maria E. Maßmann1842 to 1915
  37. Julius Leclair Elisabeth Fitze1880 to 1961
  38. Bernhardine Licklär1920 to 1978
  39. Monika Ute Licklär Anthony Reginald Kwok Cheung TaiBorn 1944
  40. Andrea Michaela Tai-Noble Ian Dennis NobleBorn 1966
  41. Brandon Noble LeClaire Abigail Jane GreenlandBorn 1995

See the generation timeline and the canonical pedigree.

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Paternal line

Charlemagne

All 2 recorded ancestors of Louis the Pious

Further references

  • Einhard, Vita Karoli Magni (contemporary record, c. 830)
  • Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens and related prosopographical studies

Louis the Pious is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.