NameLouis II 'the Stammerer' King Of France, 33G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for Louis II 'the Stammerer' King Of France
Weis' "Ancestral Roots . . ." (143:16), (148:16). "LOUIS THE STAMMERER (846-879) m. 1. Ansgard 2. Adelheid"
--- Rosamond McKitterick, *The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, 751-987*, London & NY (Longman), 1983, p 354-5
. . . "Charles the Bald's son Louis II the Stammerer was a mediocre sovereign known only for having received Pope John VIII in France, where he held a council at Troyes. Louis II died after a two-year reign, leaving two sons, Louis III and Carloman, from a first marriage, and from a second a posthumous son who was to become Charles III the Simple." --- Duc de Castries, *The Lives of the Kings & Queens of France*, translated from the French by Anne Dobell, New York (Knopf) 1979, p 47