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title: Portrait of Louis the Pious
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14038/portrait-of-louis-the-pious/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Portrait of Louis the Pious
_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14038.jpg)
## Image Caption
17th-century portrait of Louis the Pious, Holy [Roman Emperor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Emperor/) and King of the [Franks](https://www.worldhistory.org/Franks/) (r. 814-840), by an unknown creator, c. 1610-1640.
The British Museum, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2021, May 18). Portrait of Louis the Pious. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Portrait of Louis the Pious." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 18, 2021. .
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Portrait of Louis the Pious." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 May 2021, .
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