The last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia, Louis the Child (893–20 or 24 September 911) was the only legitimate son of the Emperor Arnulf and his wife, Ota, a member of the Conradine Dynasty. He was born in September or October 893, in Altoetting, Bavaria. He succeeded his father as king upon the latter's death in 899, when he was only six. During his reign, the country was practically destroyed by Magyar raids. The Carolingians were a dynasty of rulers that eventually controlled the Frankish realm and its successors from the 8th to the 10th century, officially taking over the kingdom from the Merovingian dynasty in 751. ... Eastern Francia were the lands of Louis the German after the Treaty of Verdun of 843. ... Events Simeon I succeeds Vladimir as king of Bulgaria. ... (Redirected from 20 September) September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Autumn - Charles the Simple argees to the Treaty of St. ... Arnulf of Carinthia (German Arnulf von Kärnten, Slovenian Arnulf KoroÅ¡ki) (850 – December 8, 899) was one of the last ruling members of the Carolingian house in the Eastern part of the Frankish Kingdom, which had been split in the Treaty of Verdun in 843. ... Ota, also called Oda or Uta (born c. ... The Conradines were a dynasty of Franconian counts and dukes of the 8th to 11th Century, named after Konrad the Elder and his son Conrad I (or Konrad), Duke of Franconia, King of Germany. ... Altötting is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting (population 12,871 in 2004). ... The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Events Edward the Elder becomes King of England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Louis was crowned in Forchheim on 4 February 900. This is the oldest German royal coronation of which we have any record. Louis was of a weak personal constitution, often sick, and with his young age, the reins of government were entirely in the hands of others, the nobles and bishops. Indeed, the coronation was probably a result of the fact that there was little Louis could gain at the expense of the nobles. Louis also inherited Lotharingia with the death of his elder illegitimate half-brother, Zwentibold, in 900. Forchheim is a large district city in Franconia in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative region of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken in German). ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Persian scientist, Rhazes, distinguished smallpox from measles in the course of his writings. ... Lotharingia (yellow), as established by the Treaty of Verdun, 843, and reduced by the Treaty of Mersen, 870 Lotharingia was a short-lived kingdom in western Europe, the aggregate of territories belonging to Lothair, King of Lotharingia (reigned 855–869), who received it in 855 from his father, Lothair I... Zwentibold (870 – August 13, 900) was the illegimate son of the Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia. ...

The most influential of Louis's councillors were Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz, and Solomon III, Bishop of Constance. It was these two who assured that the royal court decided in favour of the Conradines against the Babenbergers in the matter of the Duchy of Franconia. They appointed Louis's nephew, Conrad, as duke. In 903 Louis promulgated the first customs regulations in the German part of Europe. Hatto I (c. ... Solomon III (died 919) was the bishop of Konstanz from 890 to his death. ... The Conradines were a dynasty of Franconian counts and dukes of the 8th to 11th Century, named after Konrad the Elder and his son Conrad I (or Konrad), Duke of Franconia, King of Germany. ... Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, the Babenbergs or Babenberger ruled Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 - 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg. ... Franconia (German: Franken) is a historic region in modern Germany, which today forms three administrative regions of the German federal state of Bavaria: Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). ... Conrad I (German: ), duke of Franconia, was king of Germany from 911 to 918, the first and only king of the Conradine (or Franconian) dynasty. ... Events Vikings invade England. ... Raffelstetten Customs Regulations (Latin: Inquisitio de theloneis Raffelstettensis, literally: Inquisition on the Raffelstetten Tolls), is the only legal document regulating customs in Early Medieval Europe. ...

Louis himself tried to take some military control as he grew older, but he had little success against the Magyars. He was destroyed at the Lechfeld and it was in this state of defeat that Louis died, at Frankfurt am Main, on 20 or 24 September 911, only eighteen years of age. Louis was buried in the monastery of Saint Emmeram in Regensburg, where his father lay. His 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 cousin, and heralded the beginning of the Ottonian dynasty. Firstly, however, the dukes of East Francia assembled to elect Conrad of Franconia king, as opposed to the reigning king of West Francia, Charles the Simple. The magnates of Lotharingia elected Charles. Combatants Holy Roman Empire Magyars Commanders Otto the Great harka Bulcsú; chieftains Lél and Súr Strength 10,000 heavy cavalry 50,000 light cavalry Casualties about 3,500 about 30,000 fell in the battle about 5,000 killed by local farmers maybe 5,000 fleeing Magyars killed... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Saint Emmeram of Regensburg (also Emmeramus, Emmeran, Emeran, Heimrammi, Haimeran, or Heimeran) was born in Poitiers and was a Christian bishop and a martyr. ... Regensburg (also Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 129,175 in 2005) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... Heinrich I depicted as The Bamberg Knight Henry I, the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Finkler or Heinrich der Vogler) (876 - July 2, 936), was Duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death in 936. ... Ottonian dynasty is a name sometimes given to a ruling dynasty of German kings, sometimes regarded as the first dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, (though Charlemagne is commonly viewed as the original founder. ... Western Francia was the land under the control of Charles the Bald after the Treaty of Verdun of 843, which divided the Carolingian Empire of the Franks into an East, West, and Middle. ... Charles the Simple or Charles (September 17, 879 - October 7, 929) was a member of the Carolingian dynasty. ...

Louis is variously numbered as Louis IV or Louis III, for he was the fourth Louis to reign over Germany, though Louis the Pious was king of all the Franks and Louis III was only a ruler of a part (Saxony and Bavaria). Louis the Pious, contemporary depiction from 826 as a miles Christi (soldier of Christ), with a poem of Rabanus Maurus overlaid. ... For the King of France known as Louis the Younger, see Louis VII of France. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of Germany. ... The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...