Individual Details
Louis II "The Stammer," King of France
(1 Nov 846 - 10 Apr 879)
LOUIS THE GERMAN, c.804-879, East Frankish king; son of Emperor LOUIS I, who gave him Bavaria in 817. In the conflict between his brother LOTHAIR I and his father, Louis sided now with the one, now with the other. After his father's death (840), he joined forces with his half-brother CHARLES THE BALD (later Emperor Charles II) against Lothair, whom they defeated at Fontenoy (841) and forced to accept the Treaty of Verdun (843), which made Germany and France separate kingdoms. Louis later campaigned against Charles (858-59, 875), but the two agreed on partitioning Lotharingia in the Treaty of Mersen (870). Louis's succession was devided among his sons Louis The Younger, Charles The Fat (later Emperor Charles III), and CARLOMAN. (The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953)
According to Wikipedia:
Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 - 10 April 879), was the King of Aquitaine and later the King of West Francia. He was the eldest son of emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by only two years.
He succeeded his younger brother Charles the Child as the ruler of Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, but he was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis was crowned king on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at Compiegne[1] and was crowned a second time in August 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there.[2] The pope may have even offered him the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis had relatively little impact on politics. He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion".[citation needed] In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but he fell ill and died on 9 April or 10 April 879, not long after beginning this final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman II and Louis III of France.
Family
During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe, duke of Brittany, Louis was betrothed to an unnamed daughter of Erispoe in 856. It is not known if this was the same daughter who later married Gurivant. The contract was broken in 857 after Erispoe's murder.
Louis was married twice. His first wife Ansgarde of Burgundy had two sons: Louis (born in 863) and Carloman (born in 866),[1] both of whom became kings of West Francia, and three daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864), Gisela (865-884) and Ermentrude (874-914).
He had a posthumous son, Charles the Simple, by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris,[1] who would become, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of West Francia.
Notes
Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, (Pearson Education Limited, 1999), 258.
John VIII, Pierre Riche, The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies, Vol. 2, ed. Philippe Levillain, (Routledge, 2002), 837.
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LOUIS THE GERMAN, c.804-879, East Frankish king; son of Emperor LOUIS I, who gave him Bavaria in 817. In the conflict between his brother LOTHAIR I and his father, Louis sided now with the one, now with the other. After his father's death (840), he joined forces with his half-brother CHARLES THE BALD (later Emperor Charles II) against Lothair, whom they defeated at Fontenoy (841) and forced to accept the Treaty of Verdun (843), which made Germany and France separate kingdoms. Louis later campaigned against Charles (858-59, 875), but the two agreed on partitioning Lotharingia in the Treaty of Mersen (870). Louis's succession was devided among his sons Louis The Younger, Charles The Fat (later Emperor Charles III), and CARLOMAN. (The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953)
According to Wikipedia:
Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 - 10 April 879), was the King of Aquitaine and later the King of West Francia. He was the eldest son of emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by only two years.
He succeeded his younger brother Charles the Child as the ruler of Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, but he was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis was crowned king on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at Compiegne[1] and was crowned a second time in August 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there.[2] The pope may have even offered him the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis had relatively little impact on politics. He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion".[citation needed] In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but he fell ill and died on 9 April or 10 April 879, not long after beginning this final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman II and Louis III of France.
Family
During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe, duke of Brittany, Louis was betrothed to an unnamed daughter of Erispoe in 856. It is not known if this was the same daughter who later married Gurivant. The contract was broken in 857 after Erispoe's murder.
Louis was married twice. His first wife Ansgarde of Burgundy had two sons: Louis (born in 863) and Carloman (born in 866),[1] both of whom became kings of West Francia, and three daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864), Gisela (865-884) and Ermentrude (874-914).
He had a posthumous son, Charles the Simple, by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris,[1] who would become, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of West Francia.
Notes
Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, (Pearson Education Limited, 1999), 258.
John VIII, Pierre Riche, The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies, Vol. 2, ed. Philippe Levillain, (Routledge, 2002), 837.
According to Wikipedia:
Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 - 10 April 879), was the King of Aquitaine and later the King of West Francia. He was the eldest son of emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by only two years.
He succeeded his younger brother Charles the Child as the ruler of Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, but he was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis was crowned king on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at Compiegne[1] and was crowned a second time in August 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there.[2] The pope may have even offered him the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis had relatively little impact on politics. He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion".[citation needed] In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but he fell ill and died on 9 April or 10 April 879, not long after beginning this final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman II and Louis III of France.
Family
During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe, duke of Brittany, Louis was betrothed to an unnamed daughter of Erispoe in 856. It is not known if this was the same daughter who later married Gurivant. The contract was broken in 857 after Erispoe's murder.
Louis was married twice. His first wife Ansgarde of Burgundy had two sons: Louis (born in 863) and Carloman (born in 866),[1] both of whom became kings of West Francia, and three daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864), Gisela (865-884) and Ermentrude (874-914).
He had a posthumous son, Charles the Simple, by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris,[1] who would become, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of West Francia.
Notes
Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, (Pearson Education Limited, 1999), 258.
John VIII, Pierre Riche, The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies, Vol. 2, ed. Philippe Levillain, (Routledge, 2002), 837.
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LOUIS THE GERMAN, c.804-879, East Frankish king; son of Emperor LOUIS I, who gave him Bavaria in 817. In the conflict between his brother LOTHAIR I and his father, Louis sided now with the one, now with the other. After his father's death (840), he joined forces with his half-brother CHARLES THE BALD (later Emperor Charles II) against Lothair, whom they defeated at Fontenoy (841) and forced to accept the Treaty of Verdun (843), which made Germany and France separate kingdoms. Louis later campaigned against Charles (858-59, 875), but the two agreed on partitioning Lotharingia in the Treaty of Mersen (870). Louis's succession was devided among his sons Louis The Younger, Charles The Fat (later Emperor Charles III), and CARLOMAN. (The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, 1953)
According to Wikipedia:
Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 - 10 April 879), was the King of Aquitaine and later the King of West Francia. He was the eldest son of emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by only two years.
He succeeded his younger brother Charles the Child as the ruler of Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, but he was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis was crowned king on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at Compiegne[1] and was crowned a second time in August 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there.[2] The pope may have even offered him the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis had relatively little impact on politics. He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion".[citation needed] In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but he fell ill and died on 9 April or 10 April 879, not long after beginning this final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman II and Louis III of France.
Family
During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe, duke of Brittany, Louis was betrothed to an unnamed daughter of Erispoe in 856. It is not known if this was the same daughter who later married Gurivant. The contract was broken in 857 after Erispoe's murder.
Louis was married twice. His first wife Ansgarde of Burgundy had two sons: Louis (born in 863) and Carloman (born in 866),[1] both of whom became kings of West Francia, and three daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864), Gisela (865-884) and Ermentrude (874-914).
He had a posthumous son, Charles the Simple, by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris,[1] who would become, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of West Francia.
Notes
Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, (Pearson Education Limited, 1999), 258.
John VIII, Pierre Riche, The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies, Vol. 2, ed. Philippe Levillain, (Routledge, 2002), 837.
Events
| Birth | 1 Nov 846 | St. Martins, Tours, France | |||
| Acceded | 856 | King of Neustria | |||
| Marriage | 862 | Ansgarde of Burgundy | |||
| Acceded | 867 | King of Aquitaine | |||
| Marriage | 868 | Adelaide of Paris | |||
| Fact 1 | Bet 877 and 879 | King of France | |||
| Acceded | 877 | King of West Franks | |||
| Death | 10 Apr 879 | Compiegne, Oise, France | |||
| Title (Nobility) | King of the East Franks | ||||
| Interred | Notre Dame Monastery near Compiegne, France |
Families
| Spouse | Ansgarde of Burgundy ( - ) |
| Child | Louis III King of France (863 - 882) |
| Child | Carloman II, King of France (866 - 884) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Adelaide of Paris (850 - 901) |
| Child | Charles III "The Simple," King of France (879 - 929) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Charles II "The Bald," King of France (823 - 877) |
| Mother | Ermentrude of Orleans (830 - 869) |
| Sibling | Judith of France (843 - 870) |
| Father | Charles II "The Bald," King of France (823 - 877) |
| Sibling | Judith of France (843 - 870) |