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 Luther.
  
  
- 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 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Lothar.