CAROLINGIAN Louis

Male 0846 - 0879  (32 years)

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  • Name CAROLINGIAN Louis 
    Birth 01 Nov 0846  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Apr 0879  Compiègne, Oise, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Louis II "le Bègue" (the stammerer) [1]

      b. 01 Nov 846 [2]

      d. 11 Apr 879 Compiègne [3]

      bur. église collégiale Saint-Corneille, Compiègne [4]

      Titles
      877: King of the West Franks [5]
      877: Ludwig III, King of West Lotharingia
      King of Aquitaine [6]
      Parents
      Father: Charles II 'The Bald', "le chauve", King of the West [7]

      Mother: Ermentrudis /Ermentrude d'Orleans [8]

      Marriage
      m.1 (Mar 862 - 876/7 repudiated) Ansgardis (d. 02 Nov 880/2; p. Harduin UNKNOWN and Warimburg UNKNOWN) [9] Issue: 4 known. [10]

      Louis III, King of the West Franks (863/65 -05 Aug 882)
      Gisela (d. 11 Apr 879/12 Dec 884)
      m. Robert, Comte Palatin de Troyes
      Carloman (866/8 - 06 Dec 884)
      Hildegard (d. after 896).
      No known spouse or issue.
      m.2 (875) Adelais (855/60 - 18 Nov 901). Issue: 2 known [11]

      (p. Aldahard Angoulême, Comte Palatin) [12]
      Issue:

      Ermentrude
      m. ____ (unknown) [13]
      Charles III "le simple", King of the West [14]
      m.1 (1/18 Apr 907) Frederuna (p. unknown) [15]
      m.2 (917/9) Eadgifu (p. Edward I "the Elder," King of England m.2 Ælfleda) [16]
      Sources
      ↑ [1]
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      ↑ [5]
      ↑ [6]
      ↑ Franks[7]
      ↑ [8][9]
      ↑ [10][11]
      ↑ [12]
      ↑ [13]
      ↑ [14][15]
      ↑ [16]
      ↑ Franks[17]
      ↑ [18]
      ↑ [19]
      See also:

      http://home.earthlink.net/~henryproject/hproject/prov/louis001.htm
      Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, page 503
      Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.ac.[20]
      Wikipedia:de: Ludwig II. (Frankreich); Wikipedia: Louis the Stammerer; Wikipedia:fr: Louis II le Bègue
    Person ID I58136  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 13 Jun 0823, Frankfurt Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Oct 0877, Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother BOSONID Richildis,   b. Abt 0845, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 30 Jan 0910, Chalons sur Saone, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Stepchild 
    Marriage 22 Jan 0870  Aix-la-Chapelle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F26464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 13 Jun 0823, Frankfurt Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Oct 0877, Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother ORLÉANS Ermentrudi,   b. 27 Sep 0823, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, Francia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Oct 0869, St Denis, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, Francia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Dec 0842  Quierzy, Aisne Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 BOURGOGNE Ansgarde,   b. Abt 0840, Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0879, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage Abt Mar 0862 
    Children 
     1. CAROLINGIAN Ermentrude,   b. Abt 0875, Paris, Seine, Ile-De-France, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0935, Aachen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 17 Sep 0879, Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 0929, Murdered in Tower of Peronne, Somme, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]
    Family ID F25993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 PARIS Adelaid,   b. Abt 0855, Vermandois, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 0901, église abbatiale Saint-Corneille, Compiègne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 0875 
    Children 
     1. CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 17 Sep 0879, Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 0929, Murdered in Tower of Peronne, Somme, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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