 In 852 Louis sent his son Louis the Younger to Aquitaine, where nobles had grown resentful of Charles the Bald's rule.The younger Louis did not set out until 854, and returned the following year.Starting from 853 Louis made repeated attempts to gain the throne of West Francia, which, according to the "Annals of Fulda" ("Annales Fuldenses"), the people of that country offered him in their disgust with the cruel misrule of Charles the Bald.