# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-the-stammerer
# Generated: 2026-09-01T18:49:48.169Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-the-stammerer"
name: "Louis the Stammerer"
slug: "louis-the-stammerer"
description: "A Carolingian king who ruled West Francia for eighteen months, physically frail and politically marginal, crowned twice yet never emperor—remembered now mostly for the nickname that stuck."
tagline: "King of West Francia from 877 to 879"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_II_de_France_2.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "0846-11-01"
deathDate: "0879-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.473904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لويس الثاني (ملك فرنسا)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 1 November 846, eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans, Louis inherited Aquitaine in 866 after his younger brother Charles the Child died. When his father died in 877, he took the throne of West Francia—minus Italy, minus the imperial title—and was crowned at Compiègne that October by Archbishop Hincmar. Pope John VIII crowned him again the following August at Troyes and may have dangled the imperial crown; Louis declined. Described as "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion," he left light marks: in 878 he handed Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His last act was to march against Viking raiders in early 879. He fell ill on campaign and died at Compiègne on 10 April, a year and a half after his father. His two sons split the realm; Boso of Provence tried to claim the rest.