Louis the Stammerer

Louis the Stammerer
Louis the Stammerer
	Denier of Louis the Stammerer
King of West Francia
Reign	877–879
Coronation	8 October 877 in Compiègne
Predecessor	Charles the Bald
Successor	Louis III and Carloman II
Born	1 November 846
Died	10 April 879 (aged 32); Compiègne
Burial	Saint-Corneille Abbey, Compiègne, France
Spouse	Ansgarde of Burgundy; Adelaide of Paris
Issue; Detail	Louis III of France; Carloman II ; Ermentrude of France; Charles the Simple
Dynasty	Carolingian
Father	Charles the Bald
Mother	Ermentrude of Orléans

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 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". 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.

References

14th century depiction of Louis's coronation

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.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Louis II. of France". Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 34.

Louis the Stammerer Carolingian Dynasty Born: 1 November 846 Died: 10 April 879
Preceded by Charles the Child	King of Aquitaine 866–877	Vacant Title next held by Ranulf II
Preceded by Charles the Bald	King of Neustria 856–879	Succeeded by Louis III
	King of West Francia 877–879	Succeeded by Louis III and Carloman
	King of Lower Burgundy King of Provence 877–879	Succeeded by Boso of Provence
New title	Count of Meaux 862–877	Succeeded by Theodebert

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[McKitterick258-1] Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, (Pearson Education Limited, 1999), 258.

[2] John VIII, Pierre Riche, The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies, Vol. 2, ed. Philippe Levillain, (Routledge, 2002), 837.

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