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- ↑ Philippe Depreux: Prosopographie de l'entourage de Louis le Pieux (781-840). Sigmaringen 1997, ISBN 978-3-7995-7265-1, S. 69–72.
- ↑ Eric J. Goldberg: Struggle for Empire. Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German. 817–876. Ithaca (New York) 2006, ISBN 978-0-8014-3890-5, S. 76,83,88–90,92–95,98–100,174.
- ↑ Jackman, S. 64/65