877-879.—Louis II. (846-879); son of Charles the Bald.
879-884.—Louis III. (863-882) and Carloman (?-?); sons of Louis II.; the former died 882, and Carloman reigned two years alone.
884-888.—Charles the Fat (839-888); son of Louis the German; usurps right of Charles the Simple.
888-898.—Count Eudes (?-898); Eudes, or Hugh, count of Paris.
898-922.—Charles the Simple (879-929); son of Louis the Stammerer; Charles III. (or IV.) was deposed, and died in prison in 929; he married Edgiva, daughter of Edward the Elder, of England, by whom he had a son, King Louis IV.
922-936.—Raoul (Rudolph of Burgundy) (?-?); Rudolph, or Raoul, duke of Burgundy; elected king, but never acknowledged by the southern provinces.
936-954.—Louis IV. (921-954); son of Charles the Simple; taken by his mother into England, died by fall from his horse.
954-986.—Lothaire (941-986); son of Louis IV.; ruled with his father from 952, succeeds him at fifteen years of age, protected by Hugh the Great; poisoned.
986-987.—Louis V. (966-987); son of Lothaire; poisoned (supposed by his queen, Blanche); last of race of Charlemagne.
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