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LOUIS V
967 - 987


According to Carolingian tradition, Louis V too had a nickname. His was, in French, Louis le Fainéant, or Louis the Do-Nothing, Louis the Sluggard. Which kind of explained why he was to become the last of the Carolingian rulers.

Louis V ruled 986 - 987, which wasn't much but his father Lothair had him already crowned in 979. So at least Louis had some good time anticipating it.

Louis V died and Hugh Capet, not a Carolingian, was elected king of France by the nobles.

 

 

 

 


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