Louis the Child

The last true Carolingian ruler of the east Franks, Louis the Child (893-911) was the son of the Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia. He was born in 893 in Altoetting, Bavaria. He succeeded his father upon the latter's death in 899, when he was only six. During his reign, the country was practically destroyed by Magyar raids.

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Carolingian - Franks - 893 - 911 - Arnulf of Carinthia - Bavaria - 899 - Magyar

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Louis' death brought an end to the eastern branch of the Carolingian dynasty. The vacuum left in the Carolingian east was eventually filled by the family of Henry the Fowler, a distant cousin, and heralded the beginning of the Ottonian dynasty.

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Henry the Fowler - Ottonian dynasty

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