The Hattonids were an important imperial noble family in the first half of the ninth century, during the reigns of the Carolingian kings Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. Carolingian Empire is a historiographical term sometimes used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the Carolingian dynasty. The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolings, or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Louis the Pious (778 &ndash 20 June 840) also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and co-Emperor They lost their position under Louis the German. Louis (also Ludwig or Lewis) the German (also known as Louis II or Louis the Bavarian) (806 &ndash August 28, 876 They were patronised by the emperors and were enfeoffed with benefices on imperial estates. Originally a benefice was a gift of land ( Precaria) for life as a reward for services rendered They attended empire-wide councils and were given military commands on the borders to defend the empire from Danish Vikings and Slavs. The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas
Hailing from Saxony and Bavaria, where they had many lands and honores, the Hattonids were appointed to prefectures and counties in East Franconia and the central Rhineland from an early date. The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. The following is a list of rulers during the History of Bavaria. Under the system of Feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud, feoff, or fee, often consisted of inheritable lands or revenue-producing For subsequent types of praefectura, see Prefect. Prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Franconia (Franken is a historic region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria and the area to its immediate west The Rhineland ( Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. One of their family, Banzleib, was both Count of Maine in Neustria and Margrave of Saxony under Louis the Pious. Banzleibs was a mid-ninth century Frankish magnate of the Hattonid family in the Carolingian Empire. This is a list of counts and dukes of Maine, with their capital at Le Mans. The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new land" originated in 511 made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, This article lists Dukes Electors and Kings ruling over territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 9th century to the end of the Saxon Kingdom in 1918 The Hattonids more or less controlled Saxony in the last years of Louis the Pious' reign. They were staunch supporters of Louis the Pious and his eldest son Lothair I in the years from 838 to 843. Lothair I ( German: Lothar, French: Lothaire, Italian: Lotario) (795 &ndash 29 September 855) They had a hatred for Louis the German and opposed his rule in Saxony and the creation of a kingdom of East Francia, since they had lands on both sides of the Rhine. East ( ern) Francia ( Regnum Francorum orientalium) known variously as Francia Orientalis or the Kingdom of the East Franks, was the The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Louis the German, however, jealous of their influence and power in the Rhineland, made war on them; a war which culminated in the Battle of Wörnitz, whereat the Hattonid leader Adalbert, Count of Metz, died. Adalbert and Banzleib's older brother, Hatto, was displaced from his county of Nassau, too, but he maintained his ground in Alemannia until at least 857. Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the German Confederation. Alamannia or Alemannia was the territory inhabited by the Alamanni after they broke through the Roman limes in 213
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