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Louis the Stammerer - Quiz
Louis the Stammerer
  • 1. What was the birth date of Louis II the Stammerer?
A) 1 November 856
B) 1 November 846
C) 10 April 879
D) 8 October 877
  • 2. Who were the parents of Louis II the Stammerer?
A) Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans
B) Louis III and Ansgarde of Burgundy
C) Charles the Child and Adelaide of Paris
D) Boso of Provence and Ermentrude of Orléans
  • 3. In what year did Louis II succeed his brother Charles the Child as ruler of Aquitaine?
A) 866
B) 878
C) 856
D) 877
  • 4. Who crowned Louis II as king of West Francia on 8 October 877?
A) Charles the Bald
B) Pope John VIII
C) Hincmar, archbishop of Reims
D) Wilfred the Hairy
  • 5. Where was Louis II crowned for the second time in August 878?
A) Troyes
B) Barcelona
C) Reims
D) Compiègne
  • 6. Which regions did Louis II give to Wilfred the Hairy in 878?
A) Provence, Lower Burgundy, and Italy
B) Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú
C) Reims, Troyes, and Compiègne
D) Aquitaine, Brittany, and Paris
  • 7. What was the cause of Louis II's death?
A) Illness
B) Natural old age
C) Battle against the Vikings
D) Murder
  • 8. Who attempted to carve out a realm in Lower Burgundy after Louis II's death?
A) Carloman II
B) Charles the Simple
C) Boso of Provence
D) Wilfred the Hairy
  • 9. Who was Louis II's first wife?
A) The daughter of Erispoe
B) Adelaide of Paris
C) Ansgarde of Burgundy
D) Ermentrude of Orléans
  • 10. Which child of Louis II was born posthumously?
A) Charles the Simple
B) Hildegarde
C) Louis III
D) Carloman II
  • 11. Why was Louis II called 'the Stammerer'?
A) He was physically weak
B) He was slow and impeded in speech
C) He had a stutter from childhood illness
D) He refused to speak Latin
  • 12. Who recorded the origin of the epithet 'the Stammerer'?
A) Pope John VIII
B) Hincmar of Reims
C) Charles the Bald
D) Regino of Prüm
  • 13. Did Louis II become the emperor?
A) Yes, but he resigned immediately
B) No
C) Yes, he inherited the title from his father
D) Yes, he was crowned in 878
  • 14. What is the name of the daughter of Louis II born in 874?
A) Gisela
B) Hildegarde
C) Ansgarde
D) Ermentrude
  • 15. In what year was the marriage contract between Louis II and the daughter of Erispoe broken?
A) 878
B) 863
C) 856
D) 857
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