- Roi
fainéant (French pronunciation: [ʁwa fɛneɑ̃] "do-nothing king", "lazy king") is a
French term
primarily used to
refer to the
later kings of the Merovingian...
- 967 – 22 May 987), also
known as
Louis the Do-Nothing (French:
Louis le
Fainéant), was a king of West
Francia from 979 (co-reigning
first with his father...
- II, the king of Neustria, in 657. He is
often regarded as an
early roi
fainéant.
Belgian historian Henri Pirenne stated that
Clovis "died insane." Clovis...
-
Richard I (8
September 1157 – 6
April 1199),
known as
Richard Cœur de Lion (Old
Norman French: Quor de Lion) or
Richard the
Lionheart because of his re****tion...
-
Rudolph III (French: Rodolphe, German: Rudolf; c. 970 – 6
September 1032),
called the Idle or the Pious, was the king of
Burgundy from 993
until his death...
- II and Balthild,
Theuderic has been
described as a
puppet ruler – a roi
fainéant.
After the
death of his
older brother Chlothar III, he was
appointed King...
- all but a very
brief period of
civil war. This is the
period of the roi
fainéant, "do-nothing kings" who were
increasingly overshadowed by
their mayors...
- to his
death around 656. He was
described as the
first Merovingian roi
fainéant —do-nothing king—, in
effect the
mayor of the
palace ruling the kingdom...
-
ceremonial functions,
which made them
little more than
figureheads (rois
fainéants, 'do-nothing kings'). The
office may be
compared to that of the peshwa...
-
military campaigns,
whereas in the
continental romances he
becomes the roi
fainéant, the "do-nothing king",
whose "inactivity and
acquiescence constituted...
