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See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS See also:II2 (846-879) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:France, called " le Begue " or " the Stammerer," was a son of See also:Charles II. the Bald, See also:Roman See also:emperor and king of the See also:West See also:Franks, and was See also:born on the 1st of See also:November 846. After the See also:death of his See also:elder See also:brother Charles in 866 he became king of See also:Aquitaine, and in See also:October 877 he succeeded his See also:father as 'king of the West Franks, but not as emperor. Having made extensive concessions to the nobles both clerical and See also:lay, he was crowned king by See also:Hincmar, See also:arch-See also:bishop of See also:Reims, on the 8th of See also:December following, and in See also:September 878 he took See also:advantage of the" presence of See also:Pope See also:John VIII. at the See also:council of See also:Troyes to be consecrated afresh. After a feeble and ineffectual reign of eighteen months Louis died at See also:Compiegne on the loth or 11th of See also:April 879. The king is described as " un homme See also:simple et doux, aimant la paix, la See also:justice et la See also:religion." By his first wife, Ansgarde, a Burgundian princess, he had two sons, his successors, Louis III. and See also:Carloman; by his second wife, See also:Adelaide, he had a See also:posthumous son, Charles the Simple, who also became king of France. (A. W.
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