Louis V of France

Louis V
14th century miniature of Louis V
King of West Francia
Reign	2 March 986 – 22 May 987
Coronation	8 June 979
Predecessor	Lothair
Successor	Hugh Capet
Born	966/967
Died	22 May 987 (aged 20–21) Forest of Halatte, Oise
Burial	Saint Corneille Abbey, Compiègne [fr]
Spouse	Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (m. 982; ann. 984)
Dynasty	Carolingian
Father	Lothair of France
Mother	Emma of Italy

Louis V (c. 966 or 967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant),^[1] was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning first with his father Lothair until 986) to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essentially ruled the country. Dying childless, Louis V was the last Carolingian monarch in West Francia.