Death of Louis II of Italy

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In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II of Italy, West Frankish King Charles the Bald, who was the uncle of Louis II, succesfully claimed the Italian crown.

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December 875: In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on 29 December.