Bernard is taken to Aachen by Louis,…
April 818 CE
Bernard is taken to Aachen by Louis, who here has him tried and condemned to death for treason.
Louis has the sentence commuted to blinding, which is duly carried out; Bernard does not survive the ordeal, however, dying after two days of agony.
Others also suffer: Theodulf of Orléans, in eclipse since the death of Charles, is accused of having supported the rebellion, and is thrown into a monastic prison, where he dies soon after—poisoned, it is rumored.
The fate of his nephew will deeply mark Louis's conscience for the rest of his life.
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Alamannia
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Christianity, Chalcedonian
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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
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Aquitaine, (Carolingian) Kingdom of
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Frankish, or Carolingian (Roman) Empire
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Non-dynastic
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