Louis the Stammerer
Louis the Stammerer | |
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King of Western Francia | |
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Reign | 877–879 |
Coronation | 8 December 877 in Compiègne |
Predecessor | Charles II |
Successor | Louis III and Carloman II |
Born | 1 November 846 |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Burial | Saint-Corneille Abbey, Compiègne, France, |
Spouse | Ansgarde of Burgundy Adelaide of Paris |
Issue | Louis III of France Carloman II Hildegarde of France Gisela of France Ermentrude of France Charles the Simple |
House | Carolingian |
Father | Charles the Bald |
Mother | Ermentrude of Orléans |
Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue) (1 November 846 – 10 April 879) was the King of Aquitaine and later King of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe 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 upon Erispoe's murder.
He succeeded his younger brother in Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, though he was never crowned Emperor. In the French monarchial system, he is considered Louis II.
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Twice married, he and 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 France, and two daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864) and Gisela (865–884).
With his second wife, Adelaide of Paris, he had one daughter, Ermentrude (875–914) and a posthumous son, Charles the Simple,[1] who would become, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of France.
He was crowned on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at Compiegne[1] and was crowned a second time in September 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there. The pope may even have offered the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis the Stammerer was said to be physically weak and outlived his father by only two years. He had relatively little impact on politics. He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion". In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His final act was to march against the Vikings who were then the scourge of Europe. He fell ill and died on 9 April or 10 April 879 not long after beginning his final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman and Louis.
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Louis the Stammerer
Born: 1 November 846 Died: 10 April 879 |
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Preceded by | King of Aquitaine 866–877 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Ranulf II |
Preceded by | King of Neustria 856–879 |
Succeeded by Louis III |
King of Western Francia 877–879 |
Succeeded by Louis III and Carloman |
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New title | Count of Meaux 862–877 |
Succeeded by Theodebert |
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