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 III . (c. 863-882), 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, was a son of Louis II. and with his See also:brother See also:Carloman succeeded his See also:father as king in See also:April 879. A strong party, however, See also:cast some doubts upon the See also:legitimacy of the See also:young princes, as the See also:marriage of their parents had not been recognized by the See also:emperor See also:Charles the Bald; consequently it was proposed to offer the See also:crown to the See also:East Frankish ruler Louis, a son of Louis the See also:German. But this See also:plan came to nothing, and in See also:September 879 the See also:brothers were crowned at Ferrieres by Ansegisus, See also:archbishop of See also:Sens. A few months later they divided their See also:kingdom, Louis receiving the See also:part of France See also:north of the See also:Loire. They acted together against the Northmen, over whom in See also:August 881 they gained a memorable victory. They also turned against Boso who had been set up as king in See also:Burgundy and See also:Provence. On the 5th of August 882 Louis died at St See also:Denis. He See also:left no sons and Carloman became See also:sole king. (A. W.
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