[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch22z4:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":14,"zoom":17},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"cover":9},"p4","Early Middle Ages","Alta Edad Media","476 → 987",{"fileName":10,"filePageUrl":11,"imageUrl":12,"sourceLabel":13},"François Louis Dejuinne 08265 baptême de CLovis.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois%20Louis%20Dejuinne%2008265%20bapt%C3%AAme%20de%20CLovis.JPG","/assets/p4-haut-moyen-age-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":15,"title":16},"p4ch22","Louis IV \\\"d’Outremer\\\": Carolingian Return and the Princes’ War (936–954)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch22z4","954: Lothair, a Carolingian Under Supervision","\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>10 September 954\u003C/strong>, Louis IV dies by accident at \u003Cstrong>Reims\u003C/strong>. The question is not only “who is the heir?”, but “who accepts to make him king?”.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧩 Dynastic continuity, continuity of control\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis’s son \u003Cstrong>Lothair\u003C/strong> is anointed and the Carolingian dynasty continues. But, as in 936, the anointing occurs in a world where the great men — especially \u003Cstrong>Hugh the Great\u003C/strong> — remain arbiters of political play.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>954 confirms kingship’s dependence on aristocratic acceptance.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Succession does not erase coalitions: it recomposes them.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"On 10 September 954 , Louis IV dies by accident at Reims . The question is not only “who is the heir?”, but “who accepts to make him king?”.",1778543123679]