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