[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch23z5: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},"p4ch23","Lothair and Louis V: The End of the Carolingians (954–987)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch23z5","986: A High‑Risk Succession","\u003Cp>On \u003Cstrong>2 March 986\u003C/strong>, Lothair dies at \u003Cstrong>Laon\u003C/strong>. His son \u003Cstrong>Louis V\u003C/strong> becomes king, but the context is explosive: royal authority is narrow, princes are powerful, and Carolingian–Robertian rivalry approaches a tipping point.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Lothair is buried at the basilica of \u003Cstrong>Saint‑Remi of Reims\u003C/strong>, in the necropolis of the last Carolingians, near his father Louis IV. The sign is clear: the dynasty still sees itself as continuity even as real power shifts toward princes.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧩 Associate to secure\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Since the 980s, monarchy tries to lock transmission by associating the heir. The goal is simple: prevent a power vacuum from opening an “election” in fact controlled by the great men.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ A fragile continuity\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis V inherits a crown still legitimate, but politically weak. The immediate continuation will show that stability depends as much on the king’s longevity as on princes’ willingness to accept Carolingian continuity.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>986 is not a dynastic end, but a moment of maximum fragility.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The question of the “kingmaker” returns to the foreground.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"On 2 March 986 , Lothair dies at Laon . His son Louis V becomes king, but the context is explosive: royal authority is narrow, princes are powerful, and",1778543124421]