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
Carloman II
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Carloman II was the King of West Francia from 879 until his death. A member of the Carolingians, he and his elder brother Louis III, divided the kingdom between themselves and ruled jointly until the
Louis the Stammerer
…ill and died on 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…
1264 gisant of Carloman, Basilica of Saint-Denis
A denarius of Carloman II
The coronation of Carloman (left) and his elder brother, who is shown seated higher and crowned by two bishops
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).