Lothar
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Old High German hlūt, lūt, Old Saxon hlūd from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz 'loud; famous, renowned' + Old High German heri 'host, army'..
The name of a 6th C king of the Franks, two 7th C kings of the Franks, an 8th C king of the Franks, a 9th C Holy Roman Emperor and king of Italy, a 9th C king of Lotharingia, a 10th C king of Italy, a 10th C king of the Franks, and a 12th C Holy Roman Emperor.
The name was sometimes conflated with Lothar.
- France
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- Latin
- ● c550 Clotharius (nom) DCEL-2 Add. I;
628 Chlotarii (gen) ibid. CCXLIV;
657 Clotario (abl) ibid. CCCXXVIII,
Clotarius (nom) ibid. CCCXXIX,
Clotharii (gen) CartYonne1 VI;
658 Chlotario (abl) DCEL-2 CCCXXXIII
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 842 Hlotharii (gen) HambUrk-vol1 X;
844 Lotharij (gen) quix-vol1 2;
855 Lotharij (nom) ibid. 3,
Lotharius (nom) ibid. 3;
864 Hlohario (abl) HambUrk-vol1 XVI;
884 Lotharius (nom) quix-vol1 2;
888 Lotharij (gen) ibid. 5,
Lotharius (nom) ibid. 5;
930 Lotharii (gen) ibid. 10;
966 Lotharij (gen) ibid. 13,
Lotharius (nom) ibid. 13;
1114 Liutherii (gen) UrkStyria 100b,
Lotharii (gen) ibid. 99;
1125 Lotharii (gen) ibid. 109;
1130 Lotharii (gen) ibid. 121,
Lothario (abl) quix-vol1 63;
1134 Lotharii (gen) ibid. 97,
Lotharius (nom) ibid. 97;
1135 Lothario (abl) ibid. 64;
1136 Lotharii (gen) ibid. 98,
Lothario (abl) ibid. 80,
Lotharius (nom) ibid. 98;
1137 Lotharii (gen) ibid. 102,
Lotharius (nom) ibid. 102
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Lothario (dat) ChStBo1 I,
Lotharium (acc) ibid. I,
Lotharius (nom) ibid. I,
Lotherius (nom) ibid. I
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Lothar". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Lothar.