
Louis IV d'Outremer
Hludowicus IV
King of West Francia
920 – 954
Biography
Known as Louis from Across the Sea: smuggled to England as a child during his father's deposition, returned to claim the West Frankish throne after the death of the Robertian usurper. His reign was a long contest with the powerful Hugh the Great, father of Hugh Capet, whose family would eventually replace the Carolingians on the French throne.
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