Louis the Child (893 – 20/24 September 911), sometimes called Louis III or Louis IV , was the king of East Francia from 899 until his death and was also recognized as king of Lotharingia after 900. He was the last East Frankish ruler of the Carolingian dynasty . He succeeded his father, Arnulf , in East Francia and his elder illegitimate half-brother Zwentibold in Lotharingia.
12-730: Louis IV or Ludwig IV may refer to: Louis the Child , also known as Louis IV (893–911) Louis IV of France (920–954) Louis IV, Count of Chiny (c. 1173 to 1177–1226) Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200–1227) Louis IV, Count of Looz (died 1336) Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282–1347) Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424–1449) Louis IV de Bueil, Comte de Sancerre (died c. 1565) Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1537–1604) Louis IV, Prince of Condé or Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692–1740) Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837–1892) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
24-566: A defeat on them on the river Rott , but in 910 they, in their turn, defeated Louis the Child's army in the Battle of Augsburg . Louis himself tried to take some military control as he grew older, but he had little success against the Magyars. His army was destroyed at Ennsburg in 907. In a state of despair, possibly afflicted by severe depression , Louis died at Frankfurt am Main on 20 or 24 September 911, seventeen or eighteen years old. Louis
36-574: A member of the Conradine dynasty . He had at least two brothers: his elder, illegitimate brother Zwentibold , who ruled Lotharingia , and another brother named Ratold , who briefly ruled the Kingdom of Italy . Ratold's maternity and age are unknown. Louis was crowned in Forchheim on 4 February 900. This is the earliest East Frankish royal coronation about which records are known to exist. Louis
48-599: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Louis the Child Louis became king when he was six and reigned until his death aged 17 or 18. During his reign the country was ravaged by Magyar raids. Louis was born in September or October 893 in Altötting , Duchy of Bavaria . He was the only legitimate son of king Arnulf of Carinthia and his wife, Ota ,
60-728: The Duchy of Carinthia . In 904 Louis invited Kurszán , the kende of the Magyars , to negotiations, but killed him and his delegation. In 906 Magyars twice ravaged the Duchy of Saxony . In 907 they inflicted a heavy defeat on the Bavarians who had invaded Hungary, killing the Margrave Luitpold and many high nobles in the Battle of Pressburg . Next year it was the turn of Saxony and Thuringia, and in 909 that of Alemannia . On their return, however, Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria inflicted
72-659: The latter under Archbishop Radbod of Trier . He appointed an East Frank, Gebhard , as duke of Lotharingia , alienating the Lotharingian nobility. The latter did not participate in East Frankish assemblies. In 900, during the Hungarian invasions of Europe , the Magyar army ravaged Bavaria. Another group of Magyars were defeated by Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria and Bishop Richer of Passau . In 901 they devastated
84-670: The right to have a mint and impose customs duties. From Charles the Simple he gained the right of free election for his diocese of Trier. In this way the secular possessions of the bishops of Trier, which had sprung from the valuable donations of the Merovingian , were raised to a secular principality. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " Trier ". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. This article about
96-610: The royal court decided in favour of the Conradines against the Babenbergers in the matter of the Duchy of Franconia . They appointed Louis's nephew, Conrad as a duke. In 903 the Raffelstetten customs regulations were promulgated under Louis' reign, the first customs regulations in the East Frankish part of Europe. Louis succeeded Zwentibold in 900. He maintained a separate chancery for East Francia and Lotharingia,
108-401: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_IV&oldid=982211176 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
120-644: Was buried in the monastery of Saint Emmeram's in Regensburg , where his father Arnulf also lay. His death brought an end to the eastern branch of the Carolingian dynasty. In 911 the dukes of East Francia elected Conrad of Franconia , son of Gebhard, as the king, while the nobles of Lotharingia elected the Carolingian Charles the Simple , already king of West Francia , as their king. Radbod of Trier Radbod (or Ratbod ) (died 915)
132-423: Was of a weak personal constitution, often sick, and due to his young age, the reins of government were entirely in the hands of others – the nobles and bishops. Indeed, the coronation was probably a result of the fact that there was little Louis could gain at the expense of the nobles. The most influential of Louis's councillors were Hatto I and Solomon III (bishop of Constance) . It was these two who assured that
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#1732773175265144-522: Was the Archbishop of Trier from 883 until his death. Under the last Carolingians he obtained a great deal of benefits and converted the archdiocese of Trier into one of the most powerful institutions in Germany. In 898, Radbod received complete immunity from all taxes for the entire episcopal territory from Zwentibold . He obtained from Louis the Child the district and city of Trier , as well as
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