Louis the Stammerer of France
- Born: 1 Nov 846
- Marriage (1): Adelheid of Friuli in 868-870
- Marriage (2): Ansgarde of Burgundy
- Died: 10 Apr 879, Compiegne, France at age 32
 General Notes:
Born: 1 Nov 846
Marriage: (1): Ansgarde of Burgundy
Marriage: (2): Adelheid of Friuli between 868 & 870
Died: 10 Apr 879, Compiègne, France at age 32
Other names for Louis were Louis II and Louis le Begue.
General Notes:
LOUIS THE STAMMERER, French LOUIS LE BÈGUE, king of Francia Occidentalis (the West Frankish kingdom) from 877 until his death. Louis, the son of King Charles II the Bald, was made king of Aquitaine under his father's tutelage in 867. Charles became emperor in 875 and two years later left Louis as regent while he defended Italy for Pope John VIII. Louis was elected king of the West Franks in December 877. At a council at Troyes in 878, the Pope attempted to force Louis to take up the role of defender of the papacy, but Louis refused. Louis and his cousin Louis the Younger, ruler of the East Frankish kingdom, agreed to maintain the division of Lotharingia that their respective fathers had negotiated in the Treaty of Mersen in 870. Louis had hoped to redistribute offices of state but was frustrated by the Frankish magnates, who had accepted him as king on the condition that he respect their possessions and rights. Louis was first married to Ansgarde, but was divorced after 866. Louis the Stammerer, son of Charles II and Ermentrude of Orléans, married three wives and had four children. He and his first wife, Ansgarde of Burgundy, had two sons, Louis III and Carloman, both of whom were Kings of France. With his second wife, Adelaide Judith of Paris, had one daughter, Ermentrude, Princess of the West Franks. He and his third wife, Luitgrade of Saxony, had one son, Charles III, King of France, King of West Franks. Louis the Stammerer was said to be physically weak and outlived his father by only two years. He had almost no impact on politics. On his death his realms were divided between two of his sons, Carloman and Louis III.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: Dec 877. King of West France
Louis married Ansgarde of Burgundy. The marriage ended in divorce after 866.
Louis married Adelheid of Friuli in 868-870. (Adelheid of Friuli died on 10 Nov 901.)
Louis next married Ansgarde of Burgundy.
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