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Louis the Younger

835 - 882

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Louis the Younger (830/835 – 20 January 882), sometimes called Louis the Saxon or Louis III, was the second of three sons of king Louis the German and queen Hemma, with his brothers being the elder Carloman and younger Charles. They all succeeded their father as kings in Eastern Francia on 28 August 876, in accordance with the prearranged partition, with Carloman ruling over Bavaria and the Pannonian March, Louis over Franconia, Saxony and Thuringia, and Charles over Alamannia. Louis and Charles also jointly ruled over eastern parts of Lotharingia. In 879-880, Louis acquired the western part of Lotharingia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis the Younger is the 2,281st most popular politician (down from 1,838th in 2019). (down from 173rd in 2019)

Louis the Younger is most famous for being the son of Louis the Pious, and for being the father of Louis the Stammerer.

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Among politicians, Louis the Younger ranks 2,281 out of 19,576Before him are Bertie Ahern, Vasily II of Moscow, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Francisco Solano López, Phorcys, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły. After him are Nabopolassar, Antanas Smetona, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Psamtik III, Johan de Witt, and Mariamne I.

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Among people born in 835, Louis the Younger ranks 1After him are Lothair II, Ahmad ibn Tulun, Siemowit, Conrad II, Duke of Transjurane Burgundy, and Ahmad ibn Yusuf. Among people deceased in 882, Louis the Younger ranks 3Before him are Pope John VIII, and Louis III of France. After him are García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Hincmar, Rorik of Dorestad, and Eudokia Ingerina.

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