 0920 - 0954 (34 years)
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| Name |
CAROLINGIAN Louis |
| Birth |
10 Sep 0920 |
Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
10 Sep 0954 |
Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France |
| Notes |
- Louis d'Outremer (Latin: transmarinus) King of the Franks was the son of Charles III the Simple and Eadgifu of England. He married Gerberga a daughter of Henry the Fowler of Germany. She was also the widow of Giselbert, Graf im Maasgau, Duke of Lotharingia.[1]
From Louis' marriage with Gerberga seven children were born[2]:
Lothaire (941-986), King of the Franks
Mathilde (b. late 943 - d. Jan 981/92) wife of Conrad "le Pacifique", King of Burgundy
Charles (b. abt. 945 - d. 953)
a daughter, unnamed (b. 947/early 948)
Louis (c. 948 - 954)[3]
Charles (b. 953; bur. 1001), Duke of Lower Lorraine (incarcerated in 991), twin
Henri (b. summer 953), twin
Sources
↑ Cawley, 2006.[1]
↑ Settipani, Christian. La Préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993. Pages 330/331.
↑ cited by Cawley (2006),[2] but Wikipedia FR does not mention him.[3]
Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.4. Fmg.ac. Web.[4]
Flodoard of Reims. Flodoardi Chronicon. (Reims : Regnier, 1855). Records the events leading to him being "consecrated king" in 936. Page 62; 939 marriage to Gerberga, (sister of King Otto and widow of Gislebert) Page 70; death in 954. fell off his horse chasing a wolf. Page 139
See also:
Space: Flodoardi Chronicon
Recueil des actes de Louis IV, roi de France. (Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1914). EN: Reports of acts of Louis IV , King of France;
Space:Recueil des actes de Louis IV, roi de France
Wikipedia:fr: Louis IV d'Outremer; Wikipedia: Louis IV of France; Wikipedia:de: Ludwig IV. (Frankreich)
Stevens, J. (2014, August 28). Louis IV "d'Outremer no. I1617." Rootsweb.[5]
Louis IV, Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Carolingians, Kings of the West Franks, accessed May 2018.
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| Person ID |
I58446 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
CAROLINGIAN Charles, b. 17 Sep 0879, Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France d. 07 Oct 0929, Murdered in Tower of Peronne, Somme, France (Age 50 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
WESSEX Eadgofi, b. Aft 0902, Wessex, England d. Aft 26 Sep 0951, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France (Age > 48 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
07 Oct 0919 |
| Family ID |
F26060 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
LIUDOLFING Gerberga, b. Abt 0914, Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany d. 05 May 0984, Reims, France (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
0939 |
Lotharingian |
| Children |
| | 1. REGINAR Alberade, b. 0930, Lotharingia d. 15 Mar 0973, Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France (Age ~ 42 years) [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. CAROLINGIAN Mathilde, b. Abt 0943, France d. 27 Jan 0992, Bourgogne, France (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. CAROLINGIAN Charles, b. 0953, France d. 21 May 0992, Orléans, France (Age ~ 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26059 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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