until his death in 869.

Later life and death

Following Lothair's death, Teutberga retired to a monastery. She died in 875, without issue. Though she never had children with Lothair, her resistance helped affirm the Church's authority over marriage law in the Carolingian Empire.

Legacy

Teutberga's case became a precedent for debates on royal marriage and papal intervention. Her personal ordeal influenced ecclesiastical doctrine on the indissolubility of marriage and highlighted

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