Louis III of France
King of France
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A teenage king whose legitimacy was questioned by half his nobles, forced to split his own kingdom with his brother — then slaughtered 9,000 Vikings in a single battle that got turned into a medieval poem.
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Louis was born between 863 and 865, the eldest son of Louis the Stammerer and Ansgarde of Burgundy. Questions about his claim lingered through childhood; when his grandfather died in 877 and his father in 879, he took the throne of West Francia but faced refusals to recognize him as legitimate. A deal struck at Amiens in 1880 forced him to rule alongside his younger brother Carloman II, splitting the realm between Neustria and Aquitania. He fought Duke Boso, who had declared himself King of Provence, winning at Mâcon and in the north but failing to take Vienne even with help from his cousin Ch…
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