Arnulf of Sens (c.794 – April, 841) was a
Frankish
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noble, an illegitimate son of
Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...
, son of
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first ...
. He had one sister, Alpaïs, abbess of
Saint-Pierre-les-Dames, Reims.
Arnulf's grandfather, Charlemagne, died in 814 with his father Louis becoming Emperor. Three years later in 817, Arnulf, was appointed count of
Sens in
Burgundy. He was the first son of Louis the Pious, but he did not inherit land because his birth was illegitimate. In April 841, a year after his father had died, he died at Sens.
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Carolingian dynasty
People from Sens
790s births
841 deaths
Sons of emperors
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