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'''HloðwigHloðƿig IV''' (10. Hāligmōnaþ 920 – 30. Hāligmōnaþ 954) ricsode swasƿa [[Westfrancena Cyning|Ƿestfrancena Cyning]] of 936 oð his dēaþ in 954. He wæsƿæs æþeling þæs [[Carlingas|Carlinga Cynecynnes]], [[Carl se Bilewit|Carles III]] sunu be [[Ēadgifu Engla Hlæfdige|Eadgifu]] his cwēnecƿēne, sēo waesƿaes [[Ēadweard se Ieldra|ĒadweardesĒadƿeardes þæs Ieldran]] dōhtor.<ref>Donald A. Bullough, ''Carolingian Renewal: Sources and Heritage'', (Manchester University Press, 1991), 286</ref> On Francum hāt he '''''Louise d'Outremer''''' and þis Frencisce wordƿord ''d'Outremer'' is "of ofersǣ" for þæm þe he wæsƿæs lange on wræcceƿræcce on [[Westseaxena Rīce|WestseaxumǷestseaxum]].
== Ǣr gearas and wræccƿræcc ofersǣ ==
HloðwigHloðƿig wæsƿæs twegratƿegra wintraƿintra bearn þan his fæder wæsƿæs gesetten be his eorlum. Hie asettede [[Hrofbeorht Francena Cyning|Hrofbeorht]] in his stede. Þan HloðwigHloðƿig wæsƿæs þrie wintrecildƿintrecild, forþferde Hrofbeorht and in his stede nām [[Hrōðwulf Francena Cyning|HrōðwulfHrōðƿulf]] þæt rīce, se wæsƿæs [[Burgenda Heretoga]]. HrōðwulfHrōðƿulf's geþofta, [[Herebeorht II of Vermandois]] Eorl, se wæsƿæs ēac þæm Carolingum, be swīcdōmesƿīcdōme anām Carl in clome. HloðwigHloðƿig wæsƿæs geong and Ēadgifu his mōdor bar þone cnapa ofer brime to ealdornere on Englum, and of þis þing is his binaman. He wunedeƿunede on wræcceƿræcce in [[Æþelstan Engla Cyning|Æþelstanes Cyninges]] hirede.
==Edcyre on Francas==
Carl III stearf in 929, and HrōðwulfHrōðƿulf ricsode oð 936. Æfter HrōðwulfesHrōðƿulfes dēaþe waesƿaes HloðwigHloðƿig gebannen eft on Francas mid ānrǣde fultume þāra eorla. [[Hugo se Micla]] wæsƿæs swīðostesƿīðoste awreðendaƿreðend of HloþwigesHloþƿiges edcyre and man hycgð ðe Hugo berēnod hit þe noððe Herebeorht II noððe [[Hugo Burgenda Heretoga|Hugo se SweartSƿeart]] HrōðwulfesHrōðƿulfes brōðor meaht fōn þæt rīce.
Æt [[Laon]] wæsƿæs HloðwigHloðƿig gehalgod cyning be [[Artald, Ercebiscop of Remis|Artald]], [[Ercebiscop of Remis]], on Sunandæge 19 June 936.<ref>Pierre Riche, ''The Carolingians'', Transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), 256.</ref> Flodoard se gearbōcwriteregearbōcƿritere On gewritugeƿritu settan þās gelimp swasƿa folgeþ:
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|width="50%"| ''Brittones a transmarinis regionibus, Alstani regis praesidio, revertentes terram suam repetunt. Hugo comes trans mare mittit pro accersiendo ad apicem regni suscipiendum Ludowico, Karoli filio, quem rex Alstanus avunculus ipsius, accepto prius jurejurando a Francorum legatis, in Franciam cum quibusdam episcopis et aliis fidelibus suis dirigit, cui Hugo et cetero Francorum proceres obviam profecti, mox navim egresso, in ipsis littoreis harenis apud Bononiam, sese committunt, ut erant utrinque depactum. Indeque ab ipsis Laudunum deductus ac regali benedictione didatus ungitur atque coronatur a domno Artoldo archiepiscopo, praesentibus regni principibus cum episcopis xx et amplius.''<ref>Flodoard, ''Annales'' 936, ed. P. Lauer.</ref>
|width="50%"| "[[Lydwiccas]], þā agenhwearfenagenhƿearfen of þæm landum ofersǣ mid fultum of [[Æþelstan Engla Cyning|Æþelstane Cyninge]], cwōmoncƿōmon eft in hiera landa. Hugo Heretoga sendede boda ofer brime to abannenne HloðwigHloðƿig Carling, þe he afō þæt rīce, and Æþelstan Cyning, se wæsƿæs his ēam, ǣrror nām āþas fram þæm Francena sandum, and sended hine þæm Francena rīce mid his biscophēap, and oþer folgendum. Hugo and þā oþer Francena æþelingum fōron ūt to grētenne hine and him befæsteden [;] sōna astāh he of þǣm scipe on [[Bunnan]] strande, swasƿa swasƿa habbaþ hit wæsƿæs geþingod on ælcum healfe. Fram þær wæsƿæs he gebrōhted be him to [[Laudunum (burg)|Laudune]], and, gegyrod mid þæm cynelican bletsinge wæsƿæs he wasƿæs gesmyrod and gebēagod be Artold hlāford Ercebiscop, on andweardnesseandƿeardnesse his rīces hēafodmanna, mid twentigtƿentig biscopum."<ref>Dorothy Whitelock (tr.), ''English Historical Documents c. 500–1042''. 2nd ed. London, 1979. p. 344.</ref>
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Frume wæsƿæs HloðwigesHloðƿiges rīce on Laudunum þære byrig and in stedum in Franclandes norðdæle; he displayed cēnnesse ofer his gearum þærbe afōn he recognition of his wealdƿeald be his feuding eorlum. Noþȳlǣs wæsƿæs his rīce mid sæcce gefylled, in particular with Hugo se Micla, [[Eorl of Paris]].
HloðwigHloðƿig IV feall fram his mearge and forþferde on 30. Hāligmōnaþ 954 at [[Remis]] and þær is he gebyrged æt Sanctes Rémi Basilican.
==Cynn and bearn==
In 939, HloðwigHloðƿig became involved in a struggle wiþƿiþ [[Otto I Hālig Rōmānisc Cāsere|Otto se Micla]] se wæsƿæs se [[Hālig Rōmānisc Cāsere|Hāligan Rōmāniscan Cāsere]] ymbe ǣhtgestealde of [[Hloðeringa Land]]e, ac he þæreft beweddodebeƿeddode Otto's sweostersƿeoster [[Gerberga Seaxna Hlæfdige]] (914 – 5 May 984). Ætgædre baron hie eahta bearn:
*[[Hloðere Francena Cyning]] (941–986)
*[[Mæðhild Francena Hlæfdig|Mæðhild]], b. ymbe 943; sēo beweddodbeƿeddod [[Conrad Burgenda Heretoga]]<ref>''Burgundy and Provence, 879-1032'', Constance Brittain Bourchard, '''The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024''', ed. Rosamond McKitterick and Timothy Reuter, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 342.</ref>
*Hildegarde b. ymbe 944
*Carloman b. ymbe 945
*HloðwigHloðƿig b. ymbe 948
*[[Carl Niðerhloðheringa Heretoga]] (953–993)
*Alberade b. before 953
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