gives Italy, Bavaria, and Swabia. His youngest son Louis the Pious receives Aquitaine, the Spanish March, and Provence. Grimoald III, Lombard duke of Benevento, dies without heirs. He is succeeded by Grimoald IV, who is forced to pay tribute to King Charles the Younger. By topic Religion April 12 – Nikephoros I is elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasios. The church (oratory) in Germigny-des-Prés is built by Bishop Theodulf of Orléans. July 26 – Wulfred is elected Archbishop of Canterbury. Births Hincmar, archbishop of Reims (d. 882) Leuthard II, Frankish count (approximate date) Ralpacan, king of Tibet (approximate date) Deaths February 5 – Kanmu, emperor of Japan (b. 737) February 11 – Shun Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 761) February 25 – Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople July 19 – Li Shigu, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 778) Grimoald III, Lombard prince of Benevento Miliduch, prince (knyaz) of the Sorbs (approximate date) Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari, Muslim philosopher (or 796) Yahya ibn Khalid, Persian vizier of Bagdad References Sources