Louis V "The Do-Nothing" King of France 
Louis V "The Do-Nothing" King of was born in 0967 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. Louis V "The Do-Nothing" King of's father was Lothair King of France. His paternal grandparents were Louis IV "Transmarinus" King of France and Gerberga of Saxony. He was an only child. He died in (dsp).General Notes
Louis V, byname Louis le Faineant (Louis the Do-Nothing) (b. 967 - d. May 21/22, 987), king of France and the last Carolingian monarch.
Crowned on June 8, 979, while his father Lothair was still alive, he shortly afterward married Adelaide, widow of an Aquitainian count, and was established as king in Aquitaine. His friviolity, however, and his rejection of his wife, who finally ran away, brought him into discredit. Sole king on his father's death in 986, he disregarded the advice of his mother, Queen Emma, and Archbishop Adalbero of Reims, who wanted him to seek friendship with the German king Otto III. Just as he was about to have the Archbishop tried for treason, Louis died as the result of a hunting accident. His unpopular uncle Charles of Lower Lorraine, the only surviving member of the Carlingian dynasty, was passed over in favour of Hugh Capet as Louis' successor, thus initiating the Capetian line of French monarchs. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.10 Sep 0921 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France d.10 Sep 0954 in Rheims, Marne, France
- b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0875 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon on Dee, Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.0849 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England d.05 Dec 0905
- b.0904 in Wessex, England d.0951
- b.~ 0878 in of Wessex, England d.< 0919
- b.0941 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France d.2 MAR 985/86
- b.~ 0836 in Saxony, Germany d.30 Nov 0912
- b.~ 0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jul 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0860 in Germany d.14 Dec 0903
- b.0913 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia d.05 May 0984 in Rheims, Marne, France
- b.0853 in Ringleheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
- b.~ 0890 in Ringleheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.14 MAR 967/68 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.0858 in of Friesland, Germany
- b.0967 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France d.BET 21 AND 22 MAY 987 in (dsp)
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‌Louis V "The Do-Nothing" King of and Adelaide (Blanche\Arsinde\Adele) d' were married in a religious ceremony in 0982 in 3rd husband - divorced 984.
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