 Louis 4th Martel Carolingian, son of Charles 3rd Carolingian and Edgiva UNKNOWN, Of England.Born ± 920 at France, died Sep 10, 954 at Reims,France, approximately 34 years Nickname: Name Prefix: Name Suffix: [totalburley.FTW] Louis IV, byname Louis D'Outremer (Louis from Overseas), king of France from 936 to 954 who spent most of his reign struggling against his powerful vassal Hugh the Great. When Louis's father, Charles III the Simple, was imprisoned in 923, his mother, Eadgifu, daughter of the Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Elder, took Louis to England. He was recalled to France in 936 and crowned on June 19 at Laon by Artand, archbishop of Reims, who became Louis's chief supporter against Hugh the Great. Louis proved not to be the puppet monarch that Hugh had anticipated; he even moved from Paris to Laon to avoid Hugh's influence. When Hugh and Herbert of Vermandois seized Reims and attacked Laon in 940, Louis valiantly defended his city; but because of Louis's earlier interference in Lorraine the German king, Otto I, sent aid to the rebels. Louis appeared to be totally defeated in 941, but he made peace with Otto in November 942 at Vise on the Meuse, and Hugh and he were reconciled after Herbert, Hugh's chief supporter, died in 943. In 945, while intervening in Norman politics, Louis was captured and handed over to Hugh, who imprisoned him for a year. On his release, Louis closely allied himself with Otto to retake Reims in 946. In 949 Louis again received control of Laon, and Hugh, excommunicated by French and German synods and by the Pope, made a peace in 951 that lasted until Louis's death. Married 940 (13 or 14 years married) to:  Gerberge Of Saxony, daughter of Henry 1st UNKNOWN and Mechtilde Von Ringelheim.Born 913/914 at Nordhausen,Saxony, 1st marriage to: Louis 4th Martel Carolingian, 2nd marriage to: Gilbert De Lorraine, 3rd married/ related to: Giselbert Of Lorraine, 4th marriage to: Giselbert Of Lorraine, 5th married/ related to: Louis 4th Martel Carolingian _STATMARRIED Children: 3. Charles Of Lower LorraineBorn SUMMER 953 at Rheims,Maine,France, died 991 at Orleans,France, 37 or 38 years, buried at St. Servatius Zu Maestricht Name Prefix: | |||
| 2nd marriage/ relation Louis 4th Martel Carolingian, son of Charles 3rd Carolingian and Edgiva UNKNOWN, Of England.Married/ Related to: Gerberge Of Saxony, daughter of Henry 1st UNKNOWN and Mechtilde Von Ringelheim.Born 913/914 at Nordhausen,Saxony, 1st marriage to: Louis 4th Martel Carolingian, 2nd marriage to: Gilbert De Lorraine, 3rd married/ related to: Giselbert Of Lorraine, 4th marriage to: Giselbert Of Lorraine, 5th married/ related to: Louis 4th Martel Carolingian _STATMARRIED Child: 1. Charles CarolingianBorn 953 at Laon,France, died 991 at Orleans,France, 37 or 38 years, buried at St. Servatius,Maastricht | |||