Louis IV 'The Child 
Louis IV 'The was born about 0893 in Altötting, Bavaria.1 Louis IV 'The's father was Arnulf I (Bavaria) King Of Germany and his mother was Oda Of Bavaria. His paternal grandparents were Carloman King Of Bavaria and Litwinde Of Corinthia. He had two sisters named Hedwige Of and Glismode Of. He died in Frankfurt, Germany.1 General Notes
[Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED]
[Etienne De Coligny.FTW]
[Alberade De Lorraine.ged]
Louis IV, byname LOUIS THE CHILD, German LUDWIG DAS KIND (b. 893, Altötting, Bavaria--d. Sept. 24, 911, Frankfurt), East Frankish king, the last of the East Frankish Carolingians. During his reign the country was ravaged by frequent Magyar raids, and local magnates (the ancestors of the later ducal dynasties) brought Bavaria, Franconia, Swabia, and Saxony under their sway.
A son of the East Frankish king Arnulf, Louis was declared heir to the kingdom in 897, and after Arnulf's death (899) was crowned king in 900. Later that year a party of Lotharingians, after defeating their king, Zwentibold (Louis' half brother), in an uprising, acknowledged Louis as their sovereign.
Although in theory the boy king was himself the ruler, the government was, in fact, controlled by Archbishop Hatto I of Mainz. The kingdom was, however, too weak to check the raids of the Magyars, which became increasingly frequent after 900. In 910 they defeated a large royal army near Augsburg. Louis died the following year. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, LOUIS IV]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.2 APR 742 in Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt d.28 JAN 813/14 in Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
- b.16 APR 778 in Chasseneuil, France d.20 JUN 840 in Mainz, Germany
- b.~ 0758 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 APR 783 in Thionville, Moselle, France
- b.~ 0810 in France d.28 AUG 876 in Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
- b.~ 0779 in Hesbaye, Leige, Belgium d.3 OCT 818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.~ 0828 in Bavaria, Germany d.22 SEP 880 in Ottingen, Germany
- b.~ 0745 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0780 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0806 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.31 JAN 874/75 in Careme, Saxony
- b.~ 0780 in X d.> 0833
- b.~ 0845 in Saxony, Germany d.8 DEC 899 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.~ 0830 in Corinthia, Bohemia d.Deceased
- b.~ 0893 in Altötting, Bavaria d.24 SEP 911 in Frankfurt, Germany
- b.~ 0845 in Bavaria, Germany d.Deceased
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1 Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
Further sources/citations:
Alberade De Lorraine.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Alberade De Lorraine.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
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