[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch23z8: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},"p4ch23z8","987: Louis V’s Death and the End of the Carolingians","\u003Cp>Louis V reigns barely more than a year. His sudden death makes western monarchy tip: the Carolingian dynasty ends in power and a Robertian election becomes possible.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 A king already “associated”\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis is associated with the throne early: he is anointed at \u003Cstrong>Compiègne\u003C/strong> in \u003Cstrong>979\u003C/strong>. His effective reign begins in \u003Cstrong>March 986\u003C/strong>, at Lothair’s death. He inherits a tense situation: frontiers, powerful princes, and ecclesiastical rivalries.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ Compiègne: judging the archbishop of Reims\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis convenes an assembly at \u003Cstrong>Compiègne\u003C/strong> to judge \u003Cstrong>Adalbéron of Reims\u003C/strong>, accused of supporting the Ottonian camp against his father. The gesture is political: controlling Reims means controlling part of royal legitimacy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🐎 22 May 987: a fatal fall\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>On the eve of the assembly, on \u003Cstrong>22 May 987\u003C/strong>, Louis dies in a \u003Cstrong>horse accident\u003C/strong> during a hunt in the forest of \u003Cstrong>Halatte\u003C/strong>, near \u003Cstrong>Senlis\u003C/strong>. Place and timing feed a “controversial” death in narratives: it happens at the worst moment, on a space held by the Robertian network.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Louis is buried at the abbey of \u003Cstrong>Saint‑Corneille of Compiègne\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>👑 A succession without an heir\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Louis dies childless. In a kingdom where strength rests on princes’ agreement, the absence of a direct heir opens a political decision: the assembly of \u003Cstrong>Senlis\u003C/strong> chooses \u003Cstrong>Hugh Capet\u003C/strong>, later anointed at \u003Cstrong>Noyon\u003C/strong>. The Carolingian dynasty ends in power; the Capetian dynasty begins.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Louis V’s death matters as much as his reign: it creates the vacancy.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Without an heir, succession becomes a decision of the great men.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>987 marks the Carolingian‑Capetian turning point.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Louis V reigns barely more than a year. His sudden death makes western monarchy tip: the Carolingian dynasty ends in power and a Robertian election becomes",1778543124516]