What is Louis the Pious?
{{Infobox royalty | image = Ludwik I Pobożny.jpg | caption = Louis the Pious, contemporary depiction from 826 as a ''[[miles Christi]]'' (soldier of Christ), with a poem of [[Rabanus Maurus]] overlaid. Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica, Codex Reg. lat 124, f.4v | succession = [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Carolingian Empire]] | title = [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor of the Romans]] | reign = 813–840 | coronation = 11 September 813 | cor-type = [[Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor|Coronation]] | predecessor = [[Charlemagne]] | successor = [[Lothair I]] | succession1 = [[King of the Franks]] | reign1 = 814–840 | predecessor1 = Charlemagne | successor1 = {{plainlist| * [[Lothair I]] as King of<br>[[Middle Francia]] * [[Louis the German]] as King of [[East Francia]] * [[Charles the Bald]] as King of [[West Francia]] }} | succession2 = [[King of Aquitaine]] | reign2 = 781–814 | coronation2 = | predecessor2 = [[Charlemagne]] as<br>King of the Franks | successor2 = [[Pepin I of Aquitaine|Pepin I]] | spouses = [[Ermengarde of Hesbaye]]<br>[[Judith of Bavaria (died 843)|Judith of Bavaria]] | issue = {{plainlist| * [[Lothair I]] * [[Pepin I of Aquitaine|Pepin of Aquitaine]] * [[Louis the German]] * [[Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious|Gisela]] * [[Charles the Bald]] }} | full name = | house = [[Carolingian]] | royal anthem = | father = [[Charlemagne]] | mother = [[Hildegard (queen)|Hildegarde]] | religion = [[Chalcedonian Christianity]] | birth_date = 778 | birth_place = [[Chasseneuil-du-Poitou|Cassinogilum]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|840|6|20|778||}} | death_place = [[Ingelheim]] | date of burial = | place of burial = [[Abbey of Saint-Arnould]] }} '''Louis the Pious''', also called '''Louis I''', (778 - 840) was the third [[Carolingian]] [[King of Frank]]s and second [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (814 - 840), and King of [[Aquitaine]] 781 to 814. He was [[Charlemagne]]'s sixth son. When Louis died, h