Louis IV, King of Western Francia

919 - 954  (35 years)

• Name	Louis IV
  Suffix	King of Western Francia
  Birth	919  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	10 Sep 920  [1]
  Death	10 Sep 954	Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I6364	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles III "The Straightforward", King of Western Francia,   b. 17 Sep 879   d. 7 Oct 929, Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Eadgifu of Wessex,   b. 902   d. 951 (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	918  [1]
  Family ID	F4928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerberga of Saxony,   b. Between 913 and 914   d. 5 May 969 (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	939  [5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Matilda of the West Franks   d. Abt 981 + 2. Lothair, King of Western Francia,   b. 941   d. 2 Mar 986, Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France (Age 45 years) + 3. Charles of Lorraine,   b. 953   d. 991 (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F5445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Called "d'Outre-Mer"; "Transmarinus" (i.e.,"from overseas"). Died of a fall from a horse, according to Ancestral Roots, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and French-language Wikipedia. Some sources, including English-language Wikipedia, say 30 Sep, but 10 Sep seems more common.

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008. [S35] Encyclopedia Britannica. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., date only. [S764] Nathaniel L. Taylor, "Dynastic Chronology: Western Europe, X - XIII Centuries.", year only. [S91] The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, by Stewart Baldwin, Todd A. Farmerie, and Peter Stewart. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., "939/40".