in September 778
Precision: month · Rank: normal
Original calendar: Julian. This broad date cannot be represented as a single Gregorian date; the original value is shown.
- Source: fmg.ac
THE DATE BEHIND THE NAME
Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious has incompatible recorded birth dates. The main Wikidata statement lists April 20, 778 in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou.
Born
April 20, 778
An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.
Died: June 24, 840
Source:
Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05.
Original calendar: Julian. Displayed date is Gregorian.
- Birthplace
- Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
- Professions
- sovereign, monarch
- Citizenship
- Carolingian Empire
Incompatible birth dates
Sources disagree: April 20, 778 (fmg.ac; La Préhistoire des Capétiens) or in September 778 (fmg.ac) or April 24, 778 (BeWeB).
The main date retains its own sources. These alternatives overlap neither all other statements nor the main date. Rank is Wikidata editorial priority, not proof.
April 24, 778
Precision: day · Rank: normal
Original calendar: Julian. Displayed date is Gregorian.
- Source: BeWeB
More about Louis the Pious
Family
- Sibling
- Pepin the Hunchback
- Child
- Louis the German
- Sibling
- Charles the Younger
- Child
- Charles the Bald
- Child
- Lothair I
- Sibling
- Gisela
- Sibling
- Hugh
- Sibling
- Bertha
- Sibling
- Theodrada
- Spouse
- Judith of Bavaria
- Child
- Gisela
- Mother
- Hildegard of Vinzgouw
- Sibling
- Rotrude
- Child
- Pepin I of Aquitaine
- Father
- Charlemagne
- Sibling
- Pepin of Italy
- Spouse
- Ermengarde of Hesbaye
- Sibling
- Drogo
All birth date sources
A source is P248 “stated in” or a non-Wikimedia reference URL. Import-only references do not qualify.
Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05. View Wikidata record
Questions people ask
Where was Louis the Pious born?
Louis the Pious was born in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou.