Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia 967-987

Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian

In 965 [his father] Lothair III King West Francia [aged 24] and [his mother] Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Lothair II King of Italy and [his grandmother] Adelaide of Italy Holy Roman Empress [aged 34]. He the son of Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia and Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia [aged 52]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

Around 967 Stephen Viscount of Gévaudan and [his future wife] Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 27] were married. They had six or more children. She the daughter of Ingelger and Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou.

In 967 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia was born to Lothair III King West Francia [aged 26] and Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [aged 19].

In 975 Raymond III Count of Toulouse and [his future wife] Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of Ingelger and Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou.

In 982 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia [aged 15] and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 42] were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Ingelger and Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou. He the son of Lothair III King West Francia [aged 41] and Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [aged 34].

Around 984 William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles [aged 34] and [his wife] Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 44] were married. She by marriage Countess Provence, Countess Arles. She the daughter of Ingelger and Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou.

In 984 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia [aged 17] and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 44] marriage annulled.

On 2nd March 986 [his father] Lothair III King West Francia [aged 45] died. His son Louis [aged 19] succeeded V King West Francia. [his former wife] Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 46] by marriage Queen Consort West Francia.

After 987 [his mother] Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia [deceased] died.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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On 21st May 987 Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia [aged 20] died without issue ending the Carolingian Dynasty. Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 46] was elected King West Francia beginning the Capetian Dynasty.

In 1026 [his former wife] Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 86] died.

Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia 967-987 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia 967-987

Kings Wessex: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Ancestors of Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia 967-987

Great x 4 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 3 Grandfather: Charles "Bald" I King West Francia Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 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 4 Grandfather: Odi Orléans 1st Count Orléans

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia

Great x 1 Grandfather: 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 3 Grandfather: Adalard Count of Paris

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Æthelwulf of Wessex son of King Egbert of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Æthelred Mucel Mercia Earldorman Gaini

Great x 3 Grandmother: Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eadburh of Mercia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Æthelhelm Earldorman Wiltshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons

father: Lothair III King West Francia Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Louis "Do Nothing" V King West Francia 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Boso "Elder" Arles Count Arles

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hucbert of Arles

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Count of Arles

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh of Italy 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lothair Holy Roman Emperor Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lothair II King Lotharingia Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor 742-814 2 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Waldrada

Grandfather: Lothair II King of Italy 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alda

mother: Emma of Italy Queen of West Francia 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Welf -825

Great x 3 Grandfather: Welf -825

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Tours Countess Auxerre

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Burgundy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Waldrada Worms Countess Auxerre

Great x 1 Grandfather: Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy

Grandmother: Adelaide of Italy Holy Roman Empress

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy