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Lothair ( 941- 986), king of France, son of Louis IV, succeeded his father in 954, and was at first under the guardianship of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, and then under that of his maternal uncle Bruno, archbishop of Cologne . The beginning of his reign was occupied with wars against the vassals, particularly against the duke of Normandy. Lothair then seems to have conceived the design of recovering Lorraine. He attempted to precipitate matters by a sudden attack, and in the spring of 978 nearly captured the emperor Otto II at Aix-la-Chapelle. Otto took his revenge in the autumn by invading France. He penetrated as far as Paris, devastating the country through which he passed, but failed to take the town, and was forced to retreat with heavy loss. Peace was concluded in 980 at Margut-sur-Chiers , and in 983 Lothair was even chosen guardian to the young Otto III. Towards 980, however, Lothair quarrelled with Hugh the Great's son, Hugh Capet, who, at the instigation of Adalberon, archbishop of Reims , became reconciled with Otto III. Lothair died on the March 2, 986. By his wife Emma, daughter of Lothair, king of Italy, he left a son who succeeded him as Louis V.

This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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Louis IVLouis IV d'Outremer: King of France 936 to 954 member of the Carolingian dynasty. Born September 10, 920 at Laon, Aisne, France, the son of King Charles III and Princess Eadgifu of England. He was only three years old when his mother took him "over the se

King of Western FranciaKings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. The following list of French monarchs is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. Most medieval historians would argue that the existence of France proper did not begin until the advent of the Capet

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Louis VKing Louis V of France (ca. 967 May 21, 987) is also known as Louis le Faineant ("Louis Do-Nothing", pron. loo-ee leuh feh-ney-ahnt"), Louis the Indolent, and Louis the Sluggard. The son of the Frankish king Lothair and his wife Emma, a daughter of the Ki

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