Ludowic (Carolingian) de France (948 - bef. 954)

Ancestors

Died before 10 Sep 0954 before age 5 in Laon, Champagne

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Louis Carolingian was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Louis (Ludowici, Hludowic) is a younger son of Louis IV 'd'Outre-Mer (Transmarinus), King of France, of the Carolingian dynasty, and his wife Gerberga of Saxony.

His birth and baptism with the same name as his father, by Artald, Archbishop of Reims, is recorded as the very last entry for the year 948 in the Annals of Flodoard. (Nascitur regi Ludowico filius, quem praesul Artoldus de sacro fonte suscepit, patris ei nomen imponens).^[1] Given the exact account of Flodoard's Annals this must be during the month of December.^[2]

Louis died in 954 at Laon (Ludowicus, filius regis, Lauduni defungitur). Flodoard mentions his death just before a description of the sickness and death of his father at Reims,^[3] which we know from other sources occurred on 10 September 954.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Lauer, p. 121.
2. ↑ Settipani, p. 331, note 952, citing K.F. Werner, 1967, 'Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen bis um das Jahr 1000 (1-8 Generation)', p. 473.
3. ↑ Lauer, p. 138
4. ↑ Settipani, p. 329.

• Lauer, Ph. (ed.). 1905. Es Annales de Flodoard: Publiees d'apres les manuscrits, avec une introduction et des notes. Paris: Alphonse Picard et Fils. Digital image, Internet Archive https://archive.org/stream/lesannalesdeflod00floduoft# : viewed 4 August 2017.

• Settipani, Christian & Van Kerrebrouck, Patrick. 1993. La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987: Premiere parte Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens, Volume 1, of Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, Villaneuve d'Ascq, 1993.