Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia 920-954

Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian

Maternal Family Tree: Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons 870-

On 7th October 919 [his father] Charles "Simple" III King West Francia [aged 40] and [his mother] Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort West Francia. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons [aged 45] and [his grandmother] Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons [aged 49]. He the son of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia and Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia.

Around 920 Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia was born to Charles "Simple" III King West Francia [aged 40] and Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia.

On 7th October 929 [his father] Charles "Simple" III King West Francia [aged 50] died.

Before 930 Gilbert I Duke Lorraine [aged 39] and [his future wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 16] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia [aged 53] and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of Reginar "Longneck" I Duke Lorraine.

Around 936 Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 16] succeeded IV King West Francia.

In 936 Archbishop Oda was sent to France to arrange the return to the throne of France of Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 16] by [his uncle] King Æthelstan I of England [aged 42]. Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia being Athelstan's nephew (According to the chronicler Richer of Rheims).

In 939 Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 19] and Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort West Francia. She the daughter of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of Charles "Simple" III King West Francia and Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia.

In 941 [his son] Lothair III King West Francia was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 21] and [his wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 28]. He married 965 his half fourth cousin once removed Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia, daughter of Lothair II King of Italy and Adelaide of Italy Holy Roman Empress, and had issue.

In 943 [his daughter] Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 23] and [his wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 30]. She married 964 her fourth cousin once removed Conrad I King Burgundy and had issue.

Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall

The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.

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In January 945 [his son] Charles Carolingian was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 25] and [his wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 32] at Rouen, France [Map]. He died aged seven in 953.

In 948 [his brother-in-law] Henry Saxon Ottonian I Duke Bavaria [aged 28] was created I Duke Bavaria.

In 948 [his daughter] Daughter Carolingian was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 28] and [his wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 35]. She died aged less than one years old.

In 948 [his daughter] Daughter Carolingian died.

In December 948 [his son] Louis Carolingian was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 28] and [his wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 35]. He died aged five in 954.

In 951 [his mother] Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia died.

In 951 [his brother-in-law] Otto I Holy Roman Emperor King Italy and East Francia [aged 38] and Adelaide of Italy Holy Roman Empress [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Germany. She the daughter of Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy. He the son of Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia and Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia.

In 951 [his step-father] Herbert "Old" Vermandois III Count Troyes and Meaux [aged 41] and [his mother] Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia were married. She by marriage Countess Troyes and Meaux. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and [his grandmother] Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons [aged 81]. He the son of Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux and Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux.

Before 953 [his son] Charles Carolingian [aged 7] died.

In 953 [his brother-in-law] Bruno Saxon Ottonian Archbishop Cologne [aged 27] was appointed Archbishop Cologne.

Around June 953 [his daughter] Henry Carolingian died.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Around June 953 [his daughter] Henry Carolingian was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 33] and [his wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 40]. She died aged less than one years old.

Around June 953 [his son] Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine was born to Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 33] and [his wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 40]. He married 970 his fifth cousin once removed Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine, daughter of Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons, and had issue.

Before 10th September 954 [his son] Louis Carolingian [aged 5] died.

On 10th September 954 Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia [aged 34] died. His son Lothair [aged 13] succeeded III King West Francia.

On 5th May 969 or 984 [his former wife] Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 56] died.

Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia 920-954 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia 920-954

Kings Wessex: Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia 920-954
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [56]

Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany [2]

Lothair III King West Francia [1]

Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy [1]

Baldwin I King Jerusalem [1]

Maud Queen Consort Scotland [1]

Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England [1]

Beatrice of Burgundy Holy Roman Empress [1]

King Louis VIII of France [3]

Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal [2]

Blanche Capet Queen Navarre [4]

Yolande of Dreux Queen of Scotland [2]

Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor [7]

Margaret of France Queen Consort England [8]

Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [1]

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [14]

Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [12]

Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [12]

Joan Capet II Queen Navarre [4]

King Robert II of Scotland [1]

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg [6]

King John "The Good" II of France [4]

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden [13]

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [22]

Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon [4]

Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [1]

Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [15]

King Richard II of England [1]

King Henry IV of England [1]

Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [22]

King Louis of Naples [17]

King Henry V of England [3]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [3]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [3]

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [23]

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [15]

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [56]

King Edward IV of England [19]

King Richard III of England [19]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [29]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [6]

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [7]

Louis XII King France [78]

Jean III King Navarre [25]

Charles VIII King France [44]

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [44]

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [106]

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [78]

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [132]

King Francis I of France [132]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [29]

Queen Jane Seymour [43]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [27]

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [106]

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [255]

Antoine King Navarre [151]

King Henry II of France [32]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [27]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [36]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [51]

Louis VI Elector Palatine [56]

Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [20]

Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [20]

Charles IX King France [20]

Henry III King France [20]

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [175]

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [4]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [289]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [289]

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [75]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [140]

George Wharton [331]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [140]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [131]

Louis XIII King France [36]

Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [36]

Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [36]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [142]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [142]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [283]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [140]

Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [142]

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [411]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [142]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [540]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [142]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [284]

Frederick I King Sweden [426]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [284]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [284]

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [205]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [142]

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [205]

President George Washington [13]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [298]

William Elector of Hesse [426]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [156]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [298]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [426]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [298]

Frederick William III King Prussia [142]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [298]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [284]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [454]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [298]

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [14]

William I King Prussia [298]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [752]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [880]

King Christian IX of Denmark [447]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [596]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [731]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [1646]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [1646]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [426]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [1284]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [852]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [880]

Constantine I King Greece [447]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [1199]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [2072]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [2498]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [1944]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [2945]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [5295]

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [14]

Constantine II King Hellenes [14]

Carl XVI King Sweden [4051]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1866]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [16214]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [52]

Ancestors of Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia 920-954

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor -2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine and the Franks son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles "Bald" I King West Francia Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Welf

Great x 2 Grandmother: Judith of Bavaria Queen Consort of Aquitaine and the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Isambart "The Saxon" Saxony

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxony

Grandfather: Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Odi Orléans 1st Count Orléans

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia

father: Charles "Simple" III King West Francia 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Adalard Count of Paris

Grandmother: Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia

Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ealmund King of Kent 6 x Great Grandson of Ceawlin King Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Egbert of Wessex 7 x Great Grandson of Ceawlin King Wessex

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Æthelwulf of Wessex son of King Egbert of Wessex

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Oslac

Great x 2 Grandmother: Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex

Grandfather: King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 2 Grandfather: Æthelred Mucel Mercia Earldorman Gaini

Great x 1 Grandmother: Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eadburh of Mercia

mother: Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandfather: Æthelhelm Earldorman Wiltshire

Grandmother: Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons