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 | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JDM, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW
  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".