Louis the Younger

Louis the Younger
King of Saxony
Reign28 August 876 – 20 January 882
PredecessorLouis II as King of East Francia
SuccessorCharles III
King of Bavaria
Reign22 March 880 – 20 January 882
PredecessorCarloman
SuccessorCharles III
Born830 or 835
Died20 January 882
Frankfurt, East Francia
Burial
SpouseLiutgard of Saxony
IssueHugh
Louis
Bernhard
Hildegard
HouseCarolingian
FatherLouis II
MotherEmma of Altdorf

Louis the Younger (830/835 – 20 January 882), sometimes called Louis the Saxon[1][2] or Louis III,[3] was the second eldest of the three sons of Louis the German and Hemma.[4] He succeeded his father as the King of Eastern Francia on 28 August 876 and his elder brother Carloman as King of Bavaria from 879 to 882. He died in 882 and was succeeded in all his territories, which encompassed most of East Francia, by his younger brother, Charles the Fat, already king of Italy and emperor.

  1. ^ Weinzierl, Eduard von (1877). Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Geschichte (in German). Austrian National Library. p. 110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Bradshaw, George (1867). Illustrated hand-book to Germany. London. pp. xxi.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Louis the Pious and Louis the German would be Louis I and Louis II, respectively, in this numbering. If counted as "Louis III of Germany," he should not be confused with Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, or Louis the Child.
  4. ^ McKitterick 1999, p. 354.

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