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Biography of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia 846-879

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On 1st November 846 Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia was born to Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 23) and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.

Before 863 Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 16) and Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia were married in secret. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine, Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 39) and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.

In 863 [his son] Louis III King West Francia was born to Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 16) and [his wife] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia.

In 864 [his son] Hildegarde Carolingian was born to Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 17) and [his wife] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia.

In 865 [his son] Gisela Carolingian was born to Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 18) and [his wife] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia.

In 866 [his son] Carloman II King West Francia was born to Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 19) and [his wife] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia.

In 866 Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 19) succeeded II King Aquitaine.

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In 875 [his daughter] Ermentrude Carolingian was born to Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 28) and [his wife] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia.

Before February 875 Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 28) repudiated his wife [his future wife] Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia (age 25) so that he could marry Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia in accordance with his father's wishes.

In February 875 Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 28) and Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia (age 25) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine, Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 51) and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.

In 877 Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 30) succeeded III King West Francia.

On 6th October 877 [his father] Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 54) died.

On 10th April 879 Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 32) died. His son [his son] Louis (age 16) succeeded III King West Francia. His son [his son] Carloman (age 13) succeeded King West Francia. Engelberge Bivinids Queen Consort West Francia by marriage Queen Consort West Francia.

On 17th September 879 [his son] Charles "Simple" III King West Francia was born to Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia and [his former wife] Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia (age 29).

On 10th November 901 [his former wife] Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia (age 51) died.

[his father] Charles "Bald" I King West Francia and Richildis Bivinids Queen Consort West Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort West Francia. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks and [his grandmother] Judith Welf Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks.

[his father] Charles "Bald" I King West Francia and [his mother] Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort West Francia. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Odi Orléans 1st Count Orléans. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks and [his grandmother] Judith Welf Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks.

Royal Ancestors of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia 846-879

Kings Franks: Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Royal Descendants of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia 846-879

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany

Louis III King West Francia

Carloman II King West Francia

Charles "Simple" III King West Francia

Pope Stephen IX

Baldwin I King Jerusalem

Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England

Beatrice Ivrea Holy Roman Empress

Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France

Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal

Blanche Capet Queen Navarre

Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France

Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France

Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon

Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon

King Richard II of England

King Louis of Naples

King Henry V of England

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Queen Charlotte of Savoy

King Edward IV of England

King Richard III of England

Anne Neville Queen Consort England

King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden

Louis XII King France

Jean III King Navarre

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress

Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Queen Anne Boleyn of England

Queen Jane Seymour

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Queen Catherine Howard of England

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

George Wharton

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

President George Washington

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain

Constantine II King Hellenes

Carl XVI King Sweden

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales

Ancestors of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia 846-879

Father: Charles "Bald" I King West Francia

Great x 1 Grandfather: Welf

GrandMother: Judith Welf Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Isambart "The Saxon" Saxony

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxony

Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia

GrandFather: Odi Orléans 1st Count Orléans

Mother: Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia