[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch23z6:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":14,"zoom":17},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"cover":9},"p4","Early Middle Ages","Alta Edad Media","476 → 987",{"fileName":10,"filePageUrl":11,"imageUrl":12,"sourceLabel":13},"François Louis Dejuinne 08265 baptême de CLovis.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois%20Louis%20Dejuinne%2008265%20bapt%C3%AAme%20de%20CLovis.JPG","/assets/p4-haut-moyen-age-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":15,"title":16},"p4ch23","Lothair and Louis V: The End of the Carolingians (954–987)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch23z6","979–982: Anointing the Young Louis, Margut, and Crisis with the Robertians","\u003Cp>After 978, Lothair emerges with greater prestige, but the war has highlighted a political fact: \u003Cstrong>Hugh Capet\u003C/strong> is indispensable. The decade therefore opens on an unstable balance between Carolingian king and Robertian prince.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 979: associate the heir\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>979\u003C/strong>, Lothair associates his son \u003Cstrong>Louis\u003C/strong> with kingship and has him anointed. The goal is to secure transmission and prevent a vacancy from turning the crown into an “election” controlled by the great men.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧭 980: the Treaty of Margut, renounce to breathe\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>In \u003Cstrong>July 980\u003C/strong>, Lothair meets \u003Cstrong>Otto II\u003C/strong> at \u003Cstrong>Margut‑sur‑Chiers\u003C/strong>, on the border. The agreement is détente: Lothair renounces ambitions over \u003Cstrong>Lotharingia\u003C/strong>, allowing the emperor to focus on Italy. Diplomacy places western kingship back in an Ottonian orbit, carried by influential Lotharingian bishops.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ 980–981: Hugh Capet on alert\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The understanding is badly perceived by the Robertians, kept out of negotiations. At the same time, Hugh Capet strengthens his power (for example by seizing \u003Cstrong>Montreuil\u003C/strong>). Fearing being cornered, he seeks his own supports, going as far as \u003Cstrong>Rome\u003C/strong> in \u003Cstrong>981\u003C/strong> to contact the emperor. At court, the idea of arresting the Robertian on his return shows how fragile trust is.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>💍 982: a southern political marriage\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>To counter the kingdom’s “second”, the crown attempts a shift of gravity: Lothair marries his heir to a great lady of the Midi to restore royal presence south of the Loire. The project fails quickly, but it reveals the strategy: broaden the royal base so as not to depend on a single prince.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>979 secures succession by associating the young Louis.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>980 (Margut) brings détente with the Empire, at the cost of a Lotharingian renunciation.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>980–982 strains relations with the Robertians: power, mistrust, counter‑alliances.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"After 978, Lothair emerges with greater prestige, but the war has highlighted a political fact: Hugh Capet is indispensable. The decade therefore opens on an",1778543124456]