Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Louis IV, King Of France

31st to 37th GreatGrandfather

Louis IV (10 September 920 – 30 September 954), called d'Outremer or Transmarinus (both meaning "from overseas"), reigned as king of France from 936 to 954. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the son of Charles III and Eadgifu of England, a daughter of King Edward the Elder....

He was crowned king at Laon by Artald, archbishop of Rheims, on Sunday 19 June 936....

In 939, Louis became involved in a struggle with the Emperor Otto the Great on the question of Lorraine, but then married Otto's sister Gerberga of Saxony (914 – May 5, 984). They were parents to eight children:

we come through one of his later children, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953-993)

Louis IV fell from his horse and died September 10, 954, at Rheims, in the Marne, and is interred there at Saint Rémi Basilica.

2 comments:

Laura said...

what does 31st to 37th mean?

Larry said...

It means on one line he is a 31st great grandfather and on other lines he shows up at the 37th generation. And each generation in between is also represented. The PAF program only shows the first 100 relationships that it calculates. In this case, all 100 were as 'grandfather' as opposed to uncle or cousin.