We turn our attention to the Putnam Lineage for a short time by looking at our relationship to Louis IV, King de France.

Much information lies on the Internet and if that were our only source of knowledge we would consider ourselves blessed indeed, however, we have volume's of historic fact that we can look at and that is what we now consider as we look at just part of "THE PUTNAMS - King Louis IV of France to Roger de Puttenham  AD 1300".  What I now deliver to you has not been rewritten or in any way has it been changed. 

(Andre Roux: Scrolls, 113, 191.) (Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 130, Line 171-36.) (Paul Auge, Nouveau Larousse Universel (13 a 21 Rue Montparnasse etBoulevard Raspail 114: Librairie Larousse, 1948), Tome II, Page 86.) (Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Page 387).

Also Known As: Louis "d'Outremer".

Born: on 10 Sep 920 in Laon, Aisne, France, son of Charles III, King deFrance and Eadgifu=Ogive=Hadwige, Princess of England, Some sources claimKing Louis IV was born in the year 921.

Note -between 936 and 954 in France: King:936-954. When Louis IV's father[Charles "Le Simple"] was captured [by Herbert de Vermandois in 923] ,his mother Eadgifu took him to England for refuge. Louis IV came to thethrone thanks to the support of Hughes, Count of Paris who had Louis IVrecalled to France to succeed King Raoul (reign: 923-936). On 19 June936, the new King, arrived in Boulogne, from England [hence the nickname"from overseas"] . He is annointed in Laon by the Archbishop of Reims,Artaud. Hughes "Le Grand" fancies himself the mentor of the King, but theKing is rather independent of mind. Louis struggled against Hughes "LeGrand", Count of Paris, through most of his reign. In 936, the new GermanKing, Otton I (who had just succeeded Henri I) tries to arbitrate theirquarrels. In 938, King Louis "d'Outremer" makes an enemy out of Otton bymarching into Lorraine. In 940, Otton I invades France and marches onParis, with the help of his allies, Hughes "Le Grand" and Hughes deVermandois. The Kingdom is split in two. While fighting the Normans in anattempt to recapture Normandy, Louis IV was made prisoner in 945 inRouen. His liberty following that capture was short-lived as Louis IVfell into the hands of Hughes "Le Grand", now Duke de France, who kepthim prisoner for one year until 946. An alliance with the German KingOtto I allowed Louis IV to defeat Hughes (having had Hugues de Vermandoisexcommunicated in 948 at the Council of Ingelheim; The Church Council metagain in September that year and excommunicated Hughes "Le Grand", whomade peace in 950 with Louis because he needed the support of the Church.Louis IV married Gerberge, Sister of the Emperor of the OccidentOthon=Otto the Great, who bore him a son named Lothaire who eventuallyreplaced Louis IV on the throne. Louis was fatally injured in a fall formhis horse.

Married in 940: Gerberge de Saxe, daughter of Henri I, Duke de Saxe andMathilde, Countess de Ringelheim ; Louis IV was Gerberge's second husband.

Died: on 10 Oct 954 in Reims, Champagne, France, at age 34 Louis IV isburied at Saint Remy.

Notes Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (49:18), identifies her father as Hugh, Count of Bourges, but this is now believed to be incorrect. Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (340:36), identifies her father as Hugh, Count of Bourges, but this is now believed to be incorrect.

In 1304/5, Sir Thomas Wale, the mesne lord, granted the manors of Puttenham and Penn to "Roger son of John de Putte nham" by service of one knight's fee and a pair of gilt spurs. In 1309, his mother, Alice, released two-thirds of the manor to John de Puttenham and Alina , his wife. In February 1315, a final concord was levied between Roger de P uttenham and his wife, Alina, and Ralf de Braham on the one part, and Alice and her second husband, Robert de Grevele, on the other for 13/4 rent in Penn; and Robert and Alice gave ?10. Roger do Puttenham was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1322. "The Sheriff of the County was a man of no mean position. He w as the president of the County Court, the assembly of knights and freemen of the county, which transacted all the business, military, judicial, fiscal and police of the county. He nominated for election by this same court, which met monthly, the two knights of the shire, the county's representatives in Parliament. He was the commander of the lesser tenants in chief, and of the free men, and of the town levies when called out as a military force. His duties also included the protection of the king's interests, the delivery of summons by the king to the magnates of the county, the oversight of the collections of the subsidies granted by the king, which he himself paid into the Exchequer. No mere adventurer or a new man could occupy such a position which carried with it so large a responsibility, and which required a knowledge of local conditions and families in his county. That the Puttenhams were by this time a county family of recognized standing, is well established by the very factt hat Roger was sheriff." On January 15, 1321/2 Roger de Puttenham, being with the king, was excused the fine imposed upon the knights and esquires of Hertfordshire and Essex. This was because of his continuance with the king in the campaign against the Mortimers. In 1322 Robert Spigornel, priest, son of the Justice Sir Henry Spigornel, going abroad to study, made Roger de Puttenh am his attorney. During the time of troubles of 1324-7 in which Edward II was deposed, Roger de Puttenham died. His widow, Alina, then married Thomas de la Haye. In 1340, by deed enrolled, Thomas de la Haye held the manor of Putte nham for the life of his wife, Alina, together with one carucate in Penn of S ir Thomas Spigornel, with reversion to "Roger son and heir of Roger de Puttenham."