Louis V of France

Louis V
14th century miniature
King of West Francia
Reign2 March 986 – 22 May 987
Coronation8 June 979
PredecessorLothair
SuccessorHugh Capet
Born966/967
Died22 May 987 (aged 20–21)
Forest of Halatte, Oise
Burial
SpouseAdelaide-Blanche of Anjou
(m. 982; ann. 984)
DynastyCarolingian
FatherLothair of France
MotherEmma of Italy

Louis V (c. 966 or 967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant),[1] was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning first with his father Lothair until 986) to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essentially ruled the country. Dying childless, Louis V was the last Carolingian monarch in West Francia.