Louis V, King of Western Francia

Louis V (c. 967 – 21 May 987) (French Louis le Fainéant, meaning "Louis The Lazy"), is the King of Western Francia from 986 until his early death.

The son of King Lothair and his wife Emma, a daughter of Lothair II of Italy, he is the last Carolingian monarch.

Louis is crowned in June of 979 but does not actually assume power until Lothair's death in 986.

Louis V is the last Carolingian King of Western Francia and reigns in Laon from March 2, 986 until his own death, at the age of 20, in 987.

It may be because he reigned for only one year that medieval biographers awarded him the title qui nihil fecit — "who did nothing".

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