Louis IV "d'Outre Mer", King of France

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• Crowned: 936; He was crowned the King of the Franks in 936.
• Reign: From 936 to 954; King of France (Carolingian dynasty)

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Louis married Gerberga of Saxony in 939. Gerberga (daughter of Henry I "the Fowler", Holy Roman Emperor and Saint Mechtilde von Ringelheim) was born in 913/914 in Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Rheims, Grand Est, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles of Laon, Duke of Lower Lorraine was born in 953 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 21 May 992.
2. Matilda of the West Franks, Princess of France was born in 943 in France; died on 26 Jan 981; was buried in Vienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

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• Crowned: 898; In 898, he was crowned the King of the Franks.
• Reign: From 898 to 922; King of France (Carolingian dynasty)

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Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth date as 17 November 879.

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Charles married Eadgifu in 918/19. Eadgifu (daughter of Edward "the Elder", King of England and Ælfflæd) was born about 904; died in 951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 877 to 879; King of the Franks
• Reign: From 878 to 879; Holy Roman Emperor

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Birth: Weis (1982) records his birth date as 844.

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Louis married Adelaide of Paris on 868 - 870. Adelaide (daughter of Bègue II, Count of Paris) was born on 855 - 860; died after 10 Nov 901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Edward was Bretwala, King of Kings. He was also the King of Wessex.
• Military: From 899 to 902; Alfred died on 26 October 899 and Edward succeeded to the throne, but Æthelwold disputed the succession. He seized the royal estates of Wimborne, symbolically important as the place where his father was buried, and Christchurch, both in Dorset. Edward marched with his army to the nearby Iron Age hillfort at Badbury Rings. Æthelwold declared that he would live or die at Wimborne, but then left in the night and rode to Northumbria, where the Danes accepted him as king. In 901, Æthelwold came with a fleet to Essex, and the following year he persuaded the East Anglian Danes to invade English Mercia and northern Wessex, where his army looted and then returned home. Edward retaliated by ravaging East Anglia, but when he retreated the men of Kent disobeyed the order to retire, and were intercepted by the Danish army. The two sides met at the Battle of the Holme (perhaps Holme in Huntingdonshire) on 13 December 902. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Danes "kept the place of slaughter", meaning that they won the battle, but they suffered heavy losses, including Æthelwold and a King Eohric, possibly of the East Anglian Danes. Kentish losses included Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent and father of Edward's third wife, Eadgifu. Æthelwold's death ended the threat to Edward's throne.
• Reign: From 900 to 924; King of England
• Crowned: 8 Jun 900, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England; He was crowned.
• Military: 918; Edward defeated the Danes in 918, taking East Anglia. He conquered Mercia the same year, and Northumbria in 920.
• Last Full Review: 2 May 2021

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Death: Sewell states he died 17 June 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, England.

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He was crowned the King of England or Bretwala, that is King of Kings.

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He died while attempting to put down a rebellion by Mercian and Cambrian dissidents.

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He was buried in the New Minster, a monastery in Winchester whose construction he had ordered in 901. In 1110, his remains were reinterred at Hyde Abbey, but the grave was disturbed during the construction of a prison in 1788 and his bones were lost.

Edward married Ælfflæd about 899. Ælfflæd (daughter of Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire and Æthelgyth of Mercia) was born about 878 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Charter/Grant/Gift: 901; She was described as conjux regis in a charter of 901.
• Last Full Review: 2 May 2021

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• Reign: From 840 to 877; King of France (Carolingian dynasty)
• Land/House: 843; By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the Carolingian Empire was divided into three kingdoms, with Charles the Bald receiving the West Frankish Kingdom, Lothar receiving the Kingdom of Lothar, and Louis the German receiving the East Frankish Kingdom.
• Crowned: 869; In 869, he was crowned the King of Burgundy.
• Crowned: 875; He was crowned the King of Italy in 875.
• Reign: From 875 to 877; Holy Roman Emperor
• Crowned: 25 December 875.; He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on 25 December 875.

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Birth: Sewell gives his birth date as 13 June 823.

Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth date as 23 June 823.

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Charles married Ermentrude of Orléans on 14 Dec 842. Ermentrude (daughter of Eudes, Count of Orléans and Engeltrude) was born on 27 Sep 830; died on 6 Oct 869 in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Crowned: 871, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England; In 871, he was crowned King of England in Winchester Cathedral.
• Reign: From 871 to 899; King of England
• Military: From 878 to 886; The Danes invaded England and threatened Wessex in 878. After a campaign of guerrilla warfare, Alfred defeated the Danes at Edington in 878. Once his victory had been established, he allowed the Danes to keep their conquests in Mercia and East Anglica provided that their King, Guthrum, converted to Christianity. To keep the coasts safe, he built a navy and used it, and a chain of fortifications, to thwart the Danes in 885 to 886 and 892 to 896. In 886, he captured London, thus gaining control over all of England save for the Dane Law.

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Alfred married Ealhswith of Mercia in 868 in England. Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Earldorman of Gainsborough and Eadburh of Mercia) was born about 852 in Kingdom of Mercia; died in 904 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name was also spelt Alswitha.

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• History: He held Compton and Crondool, probably receiving them from King Alfred. He also held Aldingbourn. In 887, he took the alms of the king and the West Saxons to Rome. He was one of the three military leaders who defeated the Danes at Buttington in 894.

Æthelhelm married Æthelgyth of Mercia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: She was the heiress of Risborough, which later was granted to Æthelfryth by King Edward in 903, as its charter was destroyed by fire.