Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor

846 - 879  (32 years)

• Name	Louis II
  Nickname	the Stammerer
  Birth	1 Sep 846  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Reign	From 877 to 879 (30 years)  [2, 3, 4]
  King of the Franks
  Reign	From 878 to 879 (31 years)  [2, 3, 4]
  Holy Roman Emperor
  Death	10 Apr 879	Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 6 sisters
  + 1. Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 1 Sep 846   d. 10 Apr 879, Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France  (Age 32 years) ▻ Adelaide of Paris,  m. 868 - 870   2. Charles   3. Carolman, Abbott of St Médard Soiss ,   b. Abt 849 + 4. Judith of France, Princess of France,   b. Abt 846, France d. After 870  (Age 25 years) ▻ Æthelwulf, King of England,  m. 1 Oct 856 ;   Æthelbald, King of England,  m. 860 ;   Baldwin I, Count of Flanders,  m. 862   5. Lothar   6. Ermentrude, Abbess of Hasnon   7. Hildegarde   8. Gisele   9. Rotrude of Poitiers, Abbess of St. Radegund   10. Drogo   11. Pippin + 12. Hersent of France ▻ Regnier I, Count of Hainaut
  Half siblings	2 half sisters (family of Charles II and Richardis of Metz )
  + 1. Roheut,   b. About 870 ▻ Hugh, Count of Bourges + 2. Rothilde of Neustria,   b. Abt 871   d. Abt 22 Mar 928  (Age 57 years) ▻ Roger, Count of Maine,  m. 890
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Clovis, Frankish King of Cologne   (13 x Great Grandfather)  Engeltrude  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3135	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Weis (1982) records his birth date as 844. [3] Weis 148-16

  
  

Father	Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of France,   b. 13 Jun 828, Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany d. 6 Oct 877, Brides-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 49 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Ermentrude of Orléans,   b. 27 Sep 830   d. 6 Oct 869, Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France (Age 39 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F2306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Adelaide of Paris,   b. 855 - 860   d. After 10 Nov 901 (Age 41 years)  [2, 3, 5]
Marriage	868 - 870  [2, 3, 5]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 23 years and 3 months - She : ~ 10 years.
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
+   1. Ermentrude of the West Franks,   b. Abt 870  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Charles III, King of France,   b. 17 Sep 879   d. 7 Oct 929, Péronne, Hauts-de-France, France (Age 50 years) ▻ Frederuna  m. May 907;   Eadgifu  m. 918/19
Family ID	F2530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	16 Apr 2020




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor(846 – 879) 2Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of France(828 – 877) 4Louis I, Holy Roman Emperor(778 – 841) 8Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor(747 – 814) 16Pépin, King of the Franks(714/15 – 768) 17Bertha(Abt 720 – 783) 9Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau(758 – 783) 18Gerold, Count in the Vinzgau 19Emma of Allemania( – 798) 5Judith of Bavaria(Abt 800 – 843) 10Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Count in the Entgau( – 819) 20Welf II(Abt 745 – 800) 21 11Egilwich, Abbess of Challes( – 833) 22 23 3Ermentrude of Orléans(830 – 869) 6Eudes, Count of Orléans(798 – 834) 12Hadrian, Count of the Wormsgau(Abt 755 – 824) 24Gerold, Count in the Vinzgau 25Emma of Allemania( – 798) 13Waldrat 26Lambert, Count and Lord of Hornbach 27Teutberga 7Engeltrude 14Leuthard, Count of Paris and Fezensac 28Bègue, Count of Paris( – 816) 29Alpais, Abbess of St. Peter's, Rheims 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 10 Apr 879 - Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Louis II "the Stammerer"

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1851] Wolf, Armin. "Who was Agatha, the Ancestress of Scottish and English Kings?", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2011). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).