Lothair (Latin: ''Lotharius''; German: ''Lothar''; French: ''Lothaire'') is a Germanic

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, derived from the older form

Clotaire Chlothar (Latin ''Chlotharius''; Greek ''Khlōthários'' Χλωθάριος; French ''Clotaire'') is a Germanic given name, attested in Old English as ''Hloþhere'', in Old High German as ''Lothari'' ( Lothair, Lothar), and reconstructed in Frank ...

(''Chlotharius'').

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Lothair I Lothair I (9th. C. Frankish: ''Ludher'' and Medieval Latin: ''Lodharius''; Dutch and Medieval Latin: ''Lotharius''; German: ''Lothar''; French: ''Lothaire''; Italian: ''Lotario''; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century emperor of the ...

(795–855), King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor * Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark (940–1003) *

Lothair II of Lotharingia Lothair II (835 – 8 August 869) was a Carolingian king and ruler of northern parts of Middle Francia, that came to be known as Lotharingia, reigning there from 855 until his death in 869. He also ruled over Burgundy, holding from 855 just the ...

(825–869), a king, son of Emperor Lothair I *

Lothair II of Italy Lothair II (926/8 – 22 November 950), often Lothair of Arles, was the King of Italy from 947 to his death. He was of the noble Frankish lineage of the Bosonids, descended from Boso the Elder. His father and predecessor was Hugh of Provenc ...

(died 950), a king *

Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair III, sometimes numbered Lothair II and also known as Lothair of Supplinburg ( June 1075 – 4 December 1137), was Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 until his death. He was appointed Duke of Saxony in 1106 and elected King of Germany in 1125 be ...

(1075–1137), also called Lothair II *

Lothair of France Lothair (; ; 941 – 2 March 986), sometimes called Lothair II,After the emperor Lothair I. IIICounting Lothair II of Lotharingia, who ruled over modern Lorraine and Belgium. or IV,Counting Lothair II of Italy. was the penultimate Carol ...

(941–986), sometimes called Lothair II * Lothair the Lame (died 865), Abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés *

Lothair Udo I, Count of Stade Lothair Udo I (950 – 23 June 994), Count of Stade, son of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade, and his wife Judith von der Wetterau, granddaughter of Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine. Lothair is frequently confused with his nephew Lothair Udo II, son of ...

(950–994) *

Lothair Udo I, Margrave of the Nordmark Lothair Udo I (994-7 November 1057), Margrave of Nordmark and Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo II), son of Siegfried II, Count of Stade, and Adela of Rhienfelden, daughter of Gero, Count of Alsleben. Lothair was the first of the House of Udonids ...

(994–1057) * Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark (1025–1082) *

Lothair Udo III, Margrave of the Nordmark Lothair Udo III (1070-1106), Margrave of the Nordmark and Count of Stade (as Lothair Udo IV), son of Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark, and Oda of Werl, daughter of Herman III, Count of Werl, and Richenza of Swabia. Brother of his prede ...

(1070–1106)

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* Lothair, Georgia, in the United States * Lothair, Montana, in the United States * Lothair, Kentucky, in the United States * Lothair, South Africa, a town in Mpumalanga * ''Lothair'' (novel), by Benjamin Disraeli * ''Lothair'' (clipper), a ship built in Britain in 1870 *

M. Lothaire M. Lothaire is the pseudonym of a group of mathematicians, many of whom were students of Marcel-Paul Schützenberger. The name is used as the author of several of their joint books about combinatorics on words. The group is named for Lothair I.. ...

, pseudonym of a group of mathematicians * Cross of Lothair * Lothair Crystal

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