Louis the Stammerer
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Louis the Stammerer 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 a
Denier of Louis the Stammerer
Charlemagne coin
Ludwik I Pobożny
Denier Chinon 954, obverse
Louis III of France
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Louis III was King of West Francia from 879 until his death in 882. Despite questions of his legitimacy and challenges against his ascension to the monarchy, Louis would prove to be an effective leade
Louis the Stammerer
…10 April 879 at Compiègne, not long after beginning this final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman II and Louis III, while powerful duke Boso of Provence tried to carve out a realm in Lower Burgundy. During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe, duke…
1264 gisant of Louis III, Basilica of Saint-Denis
Artistic representation of Louis III & Carloman II, as part of a large collection of commissioned paintings by Louis Philippe I of all the French monarchs. (Charles Auguste Steuben, ca. 1837).
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, as depicted by Jean-Joseph Dassy