Roi des Francs Louis Martel, II

Roi des Francs Louis Martel, II

Male 846 - 879  (32 years)


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  • Name Louis Martel  [1
    Title Roi des Francs 
    Suffix II 
    Birth 1 Nov 846  Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Apr 879  Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 11 Apr 879  Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I7717  footsteps | Ancestors
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father King Of Aquitaine, Holy Roman Emperor II Charles Carolingian,   b. 13 Jun 823, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 877, Boulogne, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Reine De France Ermentrudis Orleans,   b. 27 Sep 830, Orléans, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 869, Languedoc-Roussillon, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Dec 842 
    Family ID F4414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Queen Of Western France Adelaide Paris,   b. Abt 855, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 901, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 875 
    Children 
    +1. Princess of France Ermengarde Adelaide Carolignian,   b. Abt 875, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 896, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. King Of Western Francia Charles Carolingian,   b. 17 Sep 879, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 929, Somme, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5384  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (French: Louis le Bègue; 1 Novem b e r 8 4 6 - 1 0 April 879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king o f W e s t F r ancia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and E rm e n t r ude of Orléans.[1] Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and ou t l i v e d his father by a year and a half.

      Louis succeeded his younger brother Charles the Child as the ruler of A q u i t a ine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, but he was never c r o w n e d emperor. He was crowned king on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbi s h o p o f R eims, at Compiegne[2] and was crowned a second time in August 8 7 8 b y P o p e John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council t h e re . T h e pope may have even offered him the imperial crown, but it was d e c l i n ed. Louis had relatively little impact on politics. He was describ e d " a s i m ple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion". I n 8 7 8 , h e g ave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred t h e H a i r y. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but h e f e l l i l l and died on 10 April 879 at Compiègne,[4] not long after beg in n i n g t his final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided betwe e n h i s t w o sons, Carloman II and Louis III of France.

  • Sources 
    1. [S58] Find A Grave Index.
      "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.family s e a r c h.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-G8X6 : 20 October 2022), The Stammerer, ; B u r i a l , Compiegne, Departement de l'Oise, Picardie, France, Compiegne Ab b e y ; c i ting record ID 65927243, Find