In 814 Drogo's older half-brother Louis the Pious became Emperor. Wanting to eliminate them from possible succession to the throne, Louis had Drogo and Hugh forcibly tonsured and "put under free custody into monasteries".
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When Drogo died in 855 he was the last of Charlemagne's sons
Physical Description
Evèque de Metz
Occupation
Bishop of Metz
_FSFTID
LY9N-KL9
Burial
855
Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
Death
8 Dec 855
Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France
Person ID
I47296
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