Louis the Stammerer

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Louis the Stammerer (Template:Langx; 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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by a year and a half.

Louis 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 emperor. He was crowned king on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at CompiegneScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and was crowned a second time in August 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The pope may have even offered him the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis had relatively little impact on politics. He was described as "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 invading Vikings, but he fell ill and died on 10 April 879 at Compiègne,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.

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Domains of King Louis the Stammerer in Western Francia, including Western Lotharingia and Burgundy (all in orange)

During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe, duke of Brittany, Louis was betrothed to a daughter of Erispoe in 856. The daughter's name is not known, nor is it 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),Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". both of whom became kings of West Francia, and three daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864), Gisela (865–884).

By his second wife, Adelaide of Paris,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". he had Ermentrude (874–914)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and a posthumous child, Charles the Simple, who became, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of West Francia.

With his first wife, Ansgarde of Burgundy, Louis had the following children:

Louis III of FranceScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Carloman IIScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Gisela (865–884)

With his second wife, Adelaide of Paris, Louis had:

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Louis the Stammerer Carolingian dynasty Born: 1 November 846 Died: 10 April 879
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