Louis IV
King of Franks
"Transmarinus"

September 10, 920-September 10, 954

Father: Charles III (September 17, 879-October 7, 929)
Mother: Eadgifu Ogive, Queen of Franks (c.905-?)

Wife: Gerberge, Queen of Franks (914-May 5, 984)



Children:
Lothaire, King of Franks (941-March 2, 986)
Princess Mathilde (c.943-?)
Princess Hildegard (c.944-?)
Prince Carloman (945-?) *died in infancy
Prince Louis (c.948-September 10, 954)
Prince Charles (953-May 21, 993)
Princess Alerade (?-?)
Prince Henri (c.953-c.953)
Pedigree 
                             Louis II
|Charles III 
|                           |Adelaide, Queen of Franks 
|
|--Louis IV
|
|                            __________________
|Eadgifu Ogive    |
                            |__________________
Paul Keenan's 33rd great-grandfather
Colleen Keenan's 31st great-grandfather
SOURCE 1: rmeservy.byu.edu
SOURCE 2: www.smokykin.com
*NOTE: Louis IV d'Outremer: King of France 936 to 954, member of the Carolingian dynasty.
Born September 10, 920 at Laon, Aisne, France, the son of King Charles III and Princess Eadgifu of England.
He was only three years old when his mother took him "over the sea" (in French, outremer) to the safety of England after his father was imprisoned. Hence the nickname.
On the death of his father in 936, Louis was summoned back to France and crowned king. Effectively, his sovereignty was limited to the town of Laon and to some places in the north of France, Louis displayed a keenness beyond his years in obtaining the recognition of his authority by his feuding nobles. Nonetheless, his reign was filled with conflict in particular with Hugh the Great, count of Paris.
In 939 Louis became involved in a struggle with the Emperor Otto the Great on the question of Lorraine, but then married Otto's sister Gerberge.

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