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1. Title:   Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
Page:   Louis IV
2. Title:   Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.
Page:   142-18
3. Title:   Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.
Page:   140-18

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a. Note:   Louis IV, King de France (Andre Roux: Scrolls, 113, 191.) (Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 130, Line 171-36.) (Paul Auge, Nouveau Larousse Universel (13 a 21 Rue Montparnasse etBoulevard Raspail 114: Librairie Larousse, 1948), Tome II, Page 86.) (Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Page 387).
  Also Known As: Louis "d'Outremer".
  Born: on 10 Sep 920 in Laon, Aisne, France, son of Charles III, King deFrance and Eadgifu=Ogive=Hadwige, Princess of England, Some sources claimKing Louis IV was born in the year 921.
  Note -between 936 and 954 in France: King:936-954. When Louis IV's father[Charles "Le Simple"] was captured [by Herbert de Vermandois in 923] ,his mother Eadgifu took him to England for refuge. Louis IV came to thethrone thanks to the support of Hughes, Count of Paris who had Louis IVrecalled to France to succeed King Raoul (reign: 923-936). On 19 June936, the new King, arrived in Boulogne, from England [hence the nickname"from overseas"] . He is annointed in Laon by the Archbishop of Reims,Artaud. Hughes "Le Grand" fancies himself the mentor of the King, but theKing is rather independent of mind. Louis struggled against Hughes "LeGrand", Count of Paris, through most of his reign. In 936, the new GermanKing, Otton I (who had just succeeded Henri I) tries to arbitrate theirquarrels. In 938, King Louis "d'Outremer" makes an enemy out of Otton bymarching into Lorraine. In 940, Otton I invades France and marches onParis, with the help of his allies, Hughes "Le Grand" and Hughes deVermandois. The Kingdom is split in two. While fighting the Normans in anattempt to recapture Normandy, Louis IV was made prisoner in 945 inRouen. His liberty following that capture was short-lived as Louis IVfell into the hands of Hughes "Le Grand", now Duke de France, who kepthim prisoner for one year until 946. An alliance with the German KingOtto I allowed Louis IV to defeat Hughes (having had Hugues de Vermandoisexcommunicated in 948 at the Council of Ingelheim; The Church Council metagain in September that year and excommunicated Hughes "Le Grand"), whomade peace in 950 with Louis because he needed the support of the Church.Louis IV married Gerberge, Sister of the Emperor of the OccidentOthon=Otto the Great, who bore him a son named Lothaire who eventuallyreplaced Louis IV on the throne. Louis was fatally injured in a fall formhis horse.
  Married in 940: Gerberge de Saxe, daughter of Henri I, Duke de Saxe andMathilde, Countess de Ringelheim ; Louis IV was Gerberge's second husband.
  Died: on 10 Oct 954 in Reims, Champagne, France, at age 34 Louis IV isburied at Saint Remy.


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