Marriage and Children
He was married to Hemma (died 31 January 876). They had seven children:
- Hildegard (828–856)
- Carloman (829–880)
- Irmgard of Chiemsee also known as Ermengard (died 866)
- Louis, having established two of his other daughters as abbesses of convents, appointed Irmgard (also known as Ermengard) to govern first the monastery of Buchau and then the royal abbey of Chiemsee in Bavaria. She is commemorated as a saint on 16 July.
- Gisela
- Louis the Younger (835–882)
- Bertha (died 877)
- Charles the Fat (839–888)
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