Background
He was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. During the peace negotiations between his father and Erispoe of Brittany, Louis was betrothed to an unnamed daughter of Erispoe in 856.
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lieutenant is not known if this was the same daughter who later married Gurivant. The contract was broken in 857 upon Erispoe"s murder. In the French monarchial system, he is considered Louis World War II He was crowned on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at Compiegne and was crowned a second time in August 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there.
The pope may even have offered the imperial crown, but it was declined.
Louis the Stammerer was said to be physically weak and outlived his father by only two years. He had relatively little impact on politics.
He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion". In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy.
His final act was to march against the Vikings who were then the scourge of Europe.
He fell ill and died on 9 April or 10 April 879 not long after beginning his final campaign.
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France