Editing Louis the German (section)

==Later life==
[[File:Psalter Ludwigs des Deutschen - f120r.jpg|thumb|Contemporary illustration from the [[Louis the German Psalter]] depicting Louis (bottom) genuflecting at Christ on the cross]]
In the years 872 and 873, ambassadors of the Eastern Roman Emperor [[Basil I]] came to Louis in Regensburg and showed that his rule was perceived as far as Constantinople. After the death of Emperor Louis II in August 875, Louis tried to win the emperorship for himself and his descendants. For this purpose, Abbot Sigihard von Fulda undertook a trip to Rome to [[Pope John VIII]]. On 18 May 876 he returned to Ingelheim and reported to Louis that, in December 875, Charles the Bald had been able to obtain the title of emperor by a swift move to Rome.{{sfn|Hartmann|2002|p=120–122}}

His wife Hemma visited Louis for the last time in May 875. In 874 she had lost her voice as a result of a stroke. During his stay, he donated the [[Berg im Donaugau Abbey]] to the Marienkapelle, which he built.<ref>Wilfried Hartmann: Ludwig der Deutsche – Portrait eines wenig bekannten Königs. In: Wilfried Hartmann (Hrsg.): Ludwig der Deutsche und seine Zeit. Darmstadt 2004, S. 1–26, hier: S. 7f.</ref> Hemma died at the end of January 876 in Regensburg. Louis then died from a [[stroke]] on 28 August 876 in his palace in Frankfurt. The following day he was buried by his son Louis in Lorsch Abbey. However, according to Wilfried Hartmann, it cannot be determined with certainty whether the dead man in his sarcophagus is the Carolingian king.{{sfn|Hartmann|2002|p=62}} After Louis' death, Charles the Bald tried to win over the Eastern kingdom as well. However, Louis the Younger defeated him on 8 October 876 at Andernach with a squad of Franks, Saxons and Thuringians. One year later, Charles the Bald died as well.