Ordinatio Imperii of 817

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The Ordinatio Imperii of 817 was an imperial decree by Louis the Pious that attempted to regulate the succession and unity of the Carolingian Empire among his heirs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carolingian capitulary
imperial decree
succession law
aim preserve unity of the Carolingian Empire
regulate imperial succession
alsoKnownAs Ordinatio Imperii of 817
surface form: Imperial Ordinance of 817

Ordinatio imperii
approvedBy Frankish magnates
imperial clergy
concerns Carolingian Empire
imperial succession
date 817
designatedHeir Louis the German
Pepin I of Aquitaine
surface form: Pepin of Aquitaine
designatedRoleForLothair supreme overlord over brothers
designatedTitleForLothair emperor
dynasticContext Carolingian dynasty
excludedFromSuccessionAtTimeOfIssue Charles the Bald
followedBy subsequent modifications to succession by Louis the Pious
historicalImpact contributed to later conflicts among Louis the Pious’s sons
influencedBy Frankish traditions of partible inheritance
Roman imperial concepts of unity
issuedBy Carolingian Empire
language Latin
legalForm ordinatio
legalStatus fundamental law for Carolingian succession under Louis the Pious
mainHeirDesignated Lothair I
placeOfIssue Aachen
politicalContext reign of Louis the Pious
principle indivisibility of the imperial dignity
primacy of the eldest son
promulgatedBy Emperor Louis the Pious
surface form: Louis the Pious
providedFor subkingdom in the East Frankish regions
Duchy of Aquitaine
surface form: subkingdom of Aquitaine
region Western Europe
relatedEvent civil wars in the Carolingian Empire in the 830s
relatedTo Treaty of Verdun
religiousContext Christian empire ideology
subjectOf Carolingian political history research
medieval legal history studies
timePeriod Early Middle Ages

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Emperor Louis the Pious notableEvent Ordinatio Imperii of 817
subject surface form: Louis the Pious
Carolingian aristocracy documentedIn Ordinatio Imperii of 817
this entity surface form: Capitularies of Louis the Pious
Louis I notableEvent Ordinatio Imperii of 817
Ludovicus Pius notableEvent Ordinatio Imperii of 817
Ordinatio Imperii of 817 alsoKnownAs Ordinatio Imperii of 817
this entity surface form: Imperial Ordinance of 817