Editing Louis the Child (section)

===East Francia===
Louis was crowned in [[Forchheim (Oberfranken)|Forchheim]] on 4 February 900.<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Louis the Child|volume=17|page=50}}</ref> This is the earliest East Frankish royal coronation about which records are known to exist. Louis was of a weak personal constitution, often sick, and due to his young age, the reins of government were entirely in the hands of others – the nobles and bishops. Indeed, the coronation was probably a result of the fact that there was little Louis could gain at the expense of the nobles.

The most influential of Louis's councillors were [[Hatto I]] and [[Solomon III (bishop of Constance)]]. It was these two who assured that the royal court decided in favour of the [[Conradine]]s against the [[Babenberger]]s in the matter of the [[Duchy of Franconia]]. They appointed Louis's nephew, [[Conrad I of Germany|Conrad]] as a duke. In 903 the [[Raffelstetten customs regulations]] were promulgated under Louis' reign, the first customs regulations in the East Frankish part of Europe.