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Personal data Charles roi des Francs ""il Calvo"" roi des Francs

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Nickname is "il Calvo".
He was born on 13 JUN 823 TO 13-06-823 in Frankfurt-am-Main (Present Hessen-Nassau), Austrasia (Present Germany), Frankish EmpireFrankfurt-am-Main, Austrasia (Present Germany).
He was christened in French, Le Chauve, Karl, der Kahle.
Alternative: He was christened in French, Le Chauve, Karl, der Kahle.
Alternative: He was christened in French, Le Chauve, Karl, der Kahle.
Alternative: He was christened about 823 in Frankfort,Germany.
Alternative: He was christened about 823 in Franfurt, Hessen-Nassau Prussia.
Alternative: He was christened about 823 in Frankfort-Son of Louis the Pious.
Alternative: He was christened on June 13, 823 in Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Europe.
He was baptized on June 13, 823.
Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on April 21, 1928.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on April 21, 1928.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on April 21, 1928.
Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on March 2, 1940.
Occupations:

on 20 JUN 840 TO 06-10-877 .
{geni:current} 0
{geni:job_title} koning, keizer der Franken
about 848 TO ABT 855 .
{geni:current} 0
{geni:job_title} Roi d'Aquitaine
about 869 TO ABT 870 .
{geni:current} 0
{geni:job_title} Roi de Lotharingie
about 875 TO 06-10-877 .
{geni:current} 0
{geni:job_title} Romersk Keiser oder keizer der Franken, Empereur d'Occident, Kejsare, Keizer Roomse Rijk
about 876 TO 06-10-877 .
{geni:current} 0
{geni:job_title} Roi d'Italie

He died on October 6, 877 in Brides Les Bains, Regno Longobardo (Present Region Savoie), Western Francia (Present France), he was 54 years oldBrides Les Bains, Regno Longobardo (Present Region Savoie).
He is buried on October 6, 877 in Eglise de l'abbaye royale de Saint-DenisSt. Denis (within present Paris), Western Francia (Present France).
A child of Louis I "le Pieux" / "The Pious" / "le Debonnaire" des Francs and Judith Welf von Bayern
This information was last updated on May 25, 2012.

Household of Charles roi des Francs ""il Calvo"" roi des Francs

(1) He is married to Ermentrude d'Orléans.

They got married on December 14, 842 at France, he was 19 years old.

Child(ren):

Hersende de Lorraine ± 862-907
Louis II "le Bègue" Roi de France 846-879
Judith de France ± 844-± 870
Rothilde Caroling ± 843-????
Godehilde Carolingian Dynasty ± 868-????

(2) He is married to Richildis de Metz.

They got married on June 22, 870 at Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, he was 47 years oldAachen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Child(ren):

Rothilde / Rothaut of the Franks ± 852-912

Notes about Charles roi des Francs ""il Calvo"" roi des Francs

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Charles the Bald
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles II the Bald
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Western Francia

Seal of Charles the Bald
Reign King of Western Francia: 843–877;
Emperor: 875-877
Coronation King of Aquitaine: 6 June 848, Orleans;
King of Lotharingia: 9 September 869, Metz;
Emperor: 25 December 875, Rome
Titles King of Aquitaine (838-855);
King of Italy (875-877)
Born June 13, 823(823-06-13)
Birthplace Frankfurt, Germany
Died October 6, 877 (aged 54)
Place of death Avrieux, France
Predecessor In Western Francia: Louis the Pious;
in the Empire, Emperor Louis II
Successor In Western Francia: Louis the Stammerer;
In the Empire, Charles the Fat
Consort Ermentrude of Orléans
Richilde of Provence
Issue Judith of Flanders
Louis the Stammerer
Charles the Child
Lothar
Carloman
Rotrud
Ermentrud
Hildegard
Gisela
Rothild
Droger
Pippin
Charles
Royal House Carolingian
Father Louis the Pious
Mother Judith of Bavaria
Carolingian dynasty
Pippinids

* Pippin the Elder (c. 580–640)
* Grimoald (616–656)
* Childebert the Adopted (d. 662)

Arnulfings

* Arnulf of Metz (582–640)
* Chlodulf of Metz (d. 696 or 697)
* Ansegisel (c.602–before 679)
* Pippin the Middle (c.635–714)
* Grimoald II (d. 714)
* Drogo of Champagne (670–708)
* Theudoald (d. 714)

Carolingians

* Charles Martel (686–741)
* Carloman (d. 754)
* Pepin the Short (714–768)
* Carloman I (751–771)
* Charlemagne (d. 814)
* Louis the Pious (778–840)

After the Treaty of Verdun (843)

* Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor (795–855)
(Middle Francia)
* Charles the Bald (823–877)
(Western Francia)
* Louis the German (804–876)
(Eastern Francia)

Charles the Bald[1] (numbered Charles II of France and the Holy Roman Empire) (French: Charles le Chauve, German: Karl der Kahle; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), Holy Roman Emperor (875–877) and King of West Francia (840–877), was the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious, by his second wife Judith.

[edit] Struggle against his brothers

He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine) were unsuccessful. The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as their brother Louis the German, King of Bavaria, made Charles's share in Aquitaine and Italy only temporary, but his father did not give up and made Charles the heir of the entire land which was once Gaul and would eventually be France. At a diet near Crémieux in 837, Louis the Pious bade the nobles do homage to Charles as his heir. This led to the final rising of his sons against him and Pepin of Aquitaine died in 838, whereupon Charles received that kingdom, finally once and for all. Pepin's son Pepin II would be a perpetual thorn in his side.

The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor Lothair I, and the two allies defeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye on June 25, 841. In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the West Franks, which he had been up till then governing and which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse, the Saône, and the Rhône, with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro. Louis received the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire, known as the East Francia and later Germany. Lothair retained the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy. He also received the central regions from Flanders through the Rhineland and Burgundy as king of Middle Francia.

[edit] Reign in the West

The first years of Charles's reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855, were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brothers continued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedly with one another, at Koblenz (848), at Meerssen (851), and at Attigny (854). In 858, Louis the German, invited by disaffected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the West Frankish kingdom. Charles was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy. He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs, who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860, he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence, but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.

Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons. Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë, who defeated the king at Ballon (845) and Juvardeil (851), the Bretons were successful in obtaining a de facto independence. Charles also fought against the Vikings, who devastated the country of the north, the valleys of the Seine and Loire, and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders and, by the Edict of Pistres of 864, made the army more mobile by providing for a cavalry element, the predecessor of the French chivalry so famous during the next 600 years. By the same edict, he ordered fortified bridges to be put up at all rivers to block the Viking incursions. Two of these bridges at Paris saved the city during its siege of 885–886.

[edit] Emperor

In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on December 29. Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to Francia. After the death of Louis the German (28 August 876), Charles in his turn attempted to seize Louis's kingdom, but was decisively beaten at Andernach on October 8, 876. In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens, was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the Alps, but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his regent in Lombardy, Boso, and they refused to join his army. At the same time Carloman, son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain, on 6 October 877.

According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body. He was to have been buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was recorded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted down at the Revolution.

[edit] Legacy

Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis. Charles was a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims.

It has been suggested that Charles was not in fact bald, but that his epithet was applied ironically - that, in fact, he was extremely hairy. In support of this idea is the fact that none of his enemies commented on what would be an easy target. However, none of the voluble members of his court comments on his being hairy; and the Genealogy of Frankish Kings, a text from Fontanell dating from possibly as early as 869, and a text without a trace of irony, names him as Karolus Caluus ("Charles the Bald"). Certainly, by the end of the 10th century, Richier of Reims and Adhemar of Chabannes refer to him in all seriousness as "Charles the Bald".[2]

[edit] Family

Charles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842. She died in 869. In 870, Charles married Richilde of Provence, who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine, but none of the children he had with her played a part of any importance.

With Ermentrude:

* Judith (844–870), married firstly with Ethelwulf of Wessex, secondly with Ethelbald of Wessex (her stepson) and thirdly with Baldwin I of Flanders
* Louis the Stammerer (846–879)
* Charles the Child (847–866)
* Lothar (848–865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
* Carloman (849–876)
* Rotrud (852–912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde
* Ermentrud (854–877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon
* Hildegard (born 856, died young)
* Gisela (857–874)

With Richilde:

* Rothild (871–929), married firstly with Hugues, Count of Bourges and secondly with Roger, Count of Maine
* Drogo (872–873)
* Pippin (873–874)
* a son (born and died 875)
* Charles (876–877)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Charles II
2. ^ Dutton, Paul E, Charlemagne's Mustache

[edit] External links

* Online text, Patrologia Latina

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Charles II "the Bald," Holy Roman Emperor and King of France (as Charles I) was born on Jun 13 823 in Frankfurt; died on Oct 6 877 in Brides-les-Bains, France. Upon the death of his father in 840, Charles became king of what is now France, his brothers Pepin, Lothair and Louis ruling the rest of the Empire. He spent much of his reign at war with his brothers, and in 875 he managed to aquire the kingdom of his brother Lothair which included Lorraine and Italy. He had himself crowned Emperor in 876. He died the following year while he was returning from an abortive expedition to Italy to aid Pope John VIII against the Saracens.
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From Wikipedia:

Charles the Bald[1] (numbered Charles II of France and the Holy Roman Emperor) (French: Charles le Chauve, German: Karl der Kahle) (13 June 823 \endash 6 October 877), Holy Roman Emperor (875\endash 877) and king of West Francia (840\endash 877), was the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious, by his second wife Judith.

Contents [hide]
1 Struggle against his brothers
2 Reign in the West
3 Emperor
4 Legacy
5 Family
6 Notes

[edit] Struggle against his brothers
He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine) were unsuccessful. The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as their brother Louis the German, King of Bavaria, made Charles's share in Aquitaine and Italy only temporary, but his father did not give up and made Charles the heir of the entire land which was once Gaul and would someday be France. At a diet near Crémieux in 837, Louis the Pious bade the nobles do homage to Charles as his heir. This led to the final rising of his sons against him and Pepin of Aquitaine died in 838, whereupon Charles received that kingdom, finally once and for all. Pepin's son Pepin II would be a perpetual thorn in his side.

The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor Lothair I, and the two allies defeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye on June 25, 841. In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the West Franks, which he had been up till then governing and which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse, the Saône, and the Rhône, with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro. Louis received the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire, known as the East Francia and later Germany. Lothair retained the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy. He also received the central regions from Flanders through the Rhineland and Burgundy as king of Middle Francia.

[edit] Reign in the West

Seal of Charles the BaldThe first years of Charles's reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855, were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brothers continued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedly with one another, at Koblenz (848), at Meerssen (851), and at Attigny (854). In 858, Louis the German, invited by disaffected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the West Frankish kingdom. Charles was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy. He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs, who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860, he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence, but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.

Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons. Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë, who defeated the king at Ballon (845) and Juvardeil (851), the Bretons were successful in obtaining a de facto independence. Charles also fought against the Vikings, who devastated the country of the north, the valleys of the Seine and Loire, and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders and, by the Edict of Pistres of 864, made the army more mobile by providing for a cavalry element, the predecessor of the French chivalry so famous during the next 600 years. By the same edict, he ordered fortified bridges to be put up at all rivers to block the Viking incursions. Two of these bridges at Paris saved the city during its siege of 885\endash 886.

[edit] Emperor
In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on December 29. Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to Francia. After the death of Louis the German (28 August 876), Charles in his turn attempted to seize Louis's kingdom, but was decisively beaten at Andernach on October 8, 876. In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens, was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the Alps, but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his regent in Lombardy, Boso, and they refused to join his army. At the same time Carloman, son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain, on 6 October 877.

[edit] Legacy
Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis. Charles seems to have been a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims.

It has been suggested that Charles was not in fact bald, but that his epithet was applied ironically - that, in fact, he was extremely hairy. In support of this idea is the fact that none of his enemies commented on what would be an easy target. However, none of the voluble members of his court comments on his being hairy; and the Genealogy of Frankish Kings, a text from Fontanell dating from possibly as early as 869, and a text without a trace of irony, names him as Karolus Caluus ("Charles the Bald"). Certainly, by the end of the 10th century, Richier of Reims and Adhemar of Chabannes refer to him in all seriousness as "Charles the Bald".[2]

[edit] Family

Charles the Bald in old age; picture from his PsalterCharles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842. She died in 869. In 870, Charles married Richilde of Provence, who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine, but none of the children he had with her played a part of any importance.

With Ermentrude:

Judith (844\endash 870), married firstly with Ethelwulf of Wessex, secondly with Ethelbald of Wessex (her stepson) and thirdly with Baldwin I of Flanders
Louis the Stammerer (846\endash 879)
Charles the Child (847\endash 866)
Lothar (848\endash 865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
Carloman (849\endash 876)
Rotrud (852\endash 912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde
Ermentrud (854\endash 877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon
Hildegard (born 856, died young)
Gisela (857\endash 874)
With Richilde:

Rothild (871\endash 929), married firstly with Hugues, Count of Bourges and secondly with Roger, Count of Maine
Drogo (872\endash 873)
Pippin (873\endash 874)
a son (born and died 875)
Charles (876\endash 877)

(Research):Charles II Encyclopædia Britannica Article born June 13, 823 died Oct. 6, 877, Brides-les-Bain, France byname Charles the Bald , French Charles le Chauve , German Karl der Kahle king of France (i.e., Francia Occidentalis, the West Frankish kingdom) from 843 to 877 and Western emperor from 875 to 877. (He is reckoned as Charles II both of the Holy Roman Empire and of France.) Son of the emperor Louis I the Pious and his second wife, Judith, Charles was the unwitting cause of violent discord when, in 829, he was granted lands by his father; Louis's action precipitated a series of civil wars, lasting until 838, in which the three sons of his first marriage, Lothair I, Louis II the German, and Pippin I, strove to maintain or to increase the rights that they had been guaranteed by the succession settlement of 817, the Ordinatio imperii. Pippin died in 838, but after the death of Louis I in 840 the civil war resumed and continued until Louis the German joined with Charles to force Lothair to accept the Treaty of Verdun in 843, by which Charles received all the lands west of a line roughly following the Scheldt, Meuse, and Saône rivers, the eastern mountains of the Massif Central, and the lower reaches of the Rhône River, and Louis the German and Lothair received respectively the lands of the East Franks (Germany) and the middle kingdom, lying between the other two. Until 864 Charles's political situation was precarious because few vassals were loyal to him. His lands suffered from raids by Northmen, who left only after receiving bribes; he was defeated by the Bretons and, in 858, faced an invasion by Louis the German. Yet he succeeded in gaining control of Aquitaine after the capture of Pippin's son in 864; and, by the Treaty of Meersen (870) with Louis the German, he received western Lorraine. When Lothair's eldest son, the emperor Louis II, died in 875, Charles went to Italy and was crowned emperor on December 25 by Pope John VIII. In 876, after the death of Louis the German, Charles invaded Louis's possessions but was defeated at Andernach by Louis's son, Louis III the Younger. Charles's death in the next year occurred when another son of Louis the German, Carloman, was marching against him and when his own major vassals were in revolt. During Charles's reign some of the splendours of the Carolingian renaissance were revived, and his close collaboration with the church enhanced his prestige and authority.

Weis, p. 129: King of the Franks 840-877, Emperor 875-877.

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Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the fourth sone of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The was ended witht the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kindom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.[grosenbaum2.ged]

Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the fourth sone of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The was ended witht the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kindom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.

Name Prefix: King Name Suffix: Ii, Of France "The Bald" Charles II, King de France

KA: Charles II, Emperor of the West. AKA: Charles II, King de Bourgogne. AKA: Charles II, King of Italy. Also Known As: Charles "Le Chauve".

Born: on 13 Jun 823 in Francfort-sur-le-Main, Germany, son of Louis I,King de France and Judith de Baviere , Some sources assert King Charles II wasborn in the year 829.

Note - between 824 and 875 in France: The birth of Charles II in 823 did not at first excite jealousy or rivalry among his brothers.In 829, Charles was granted the region of Alemannia, Rhaetia and part of Burgundy. In 837, his Father Louis I "Le Debonnaire", by arrangement with Louis theGerman and Pepin gave Charles the land West of the Meuse, Burgundy, Chartres and Paris together with all the bishops, abbots and counts who held benefices inthese territories. A portion of Neustria was added in 838, and upon Pepin's death, Louis Le Pieux made Charles King of Aquitaine. On 24 July 840, the new Emperor, Lothar, in Strasburg, refuses to support the land claims of Charles (from the agreement of Worms on 30 May 839). The two brothers, Louis and Charles, unite against Lothar and the War of the Three Brothers begins. Meanwhile, on 12May 841, the Normands ravage Rouen and all the localities along the Seine, increasing their wealth considerably. At Fontenoy-en-Puisaye (24 June 841), Charlesdefeats his brothers Lothar (in spite of the arrival of the Army of Aquitainein the Imperial ranks -- and at a total loss of 40,000 lives at the battle) andLouis Le Germanique. Charles and Louis signed an alliance on 14 February 842 at Strasbourg. Leaving Strasbourg, the two brothers defeat the imperial army ofLothar just West of Comblence. Lothar leaves Aix-le-Chapelle precipitously, pursued by the two brothers. In Mellecey, not far from Chalon-sur-Saone, Lothar proposes a plan to establish perpetual peace which is acceptable to both Louis and Charles. On 15 June, they sign the preliminary peace document. On 1 October 842, each of them sends 40 commissioners to Metz to forge the official document.Prudence, the Bishop of Troyes, notes that Louis regained Germania in the East, Lothar gets the middle part of the Franc Kingdom, including Italy, and Charles obtains the Western lands (West of the Rhone, including Soissons). After that Charles goes to the Palace in Quierzy, where he marries Ermentrude.

Charles signed the Treaty of Verdun (843) which split the Kingdom of Charlemagne. Bythe Treaty, the destiny of Occidental Europe would be heavily influenced to this day. Louis obtains all lands East of the Rhine, including the cities of Spire, Worms, Mayence. Lothar gets all the lands extending between the Rhine and theEscaut, the Cambresis, the Hainaut, the country of Mezieres, and all the countships neighboring the Meuse, through the Saone and the Rhone, the Artois and Italy. Charles got all the lands East all the way to Spain. The Kingdom of Charlemagne thus was split forever, with the most serious rift between the germanic lands of Louis, and the French lands of Charles. The intervening lands extending from Frisia to Rome, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean including what would become Holland, Belgium, Lorraine and Switzerland would become a sore point of contention between these two peoples. The only thing that mattered to Lothar was the fact that both capitals (Aix and Rome) were located within his territory, thus legitimizing the title of Emperor.

Meanwhile, the Normands pillage Nantes and lower Aquitaine. Charles laid siege to Toulouse in vain (May toJuly 844). The Normands led by Ragnar Lodbrog arrive in Paris and must be heavily bribed to leave. Other Normand armies ravage Toulouse and Bordeaux (burnedto the ground in 848). On 6 May 848, Duke Nomenoe proclaims the indepence of the Church of Bretagne and the following year proclaims himself King of Bretagne.Charles fought Brittany (Bretagne) in 845-851 an

Name Suffix: Of Provence

Alias: King of /France/ REFERENCE: 2192

Alias: King of /Bavaria/ REFERENCE: 2357

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Facts about this person:

Fact 1843
Acceded:

Karl ?den Skallede? var
konge av Frankrike 843 - 877 og
tysk-romersk keiser 875 - 877.
Keiser Ludvig I's første hustru døde i 818 og han giftet seg om igjen. Den nye
dronningen, Judith, som var berømt for sin store skjønnhet, sto høyt over sin mann både når
det gjaldt begavelse og viljestyrke, og Ludvig ble snart bare en kasteball i hennes hender. Den
ærgjerrige dronningen satte alt inn på å skaffe sin og keiserens sønn Karl - som er kjent i
historien som Karl ?den Skallede? - så stor makt som mulig. Hun oppnådde å få drevet
igjennom at han allerede i barneårene fikk seg tildelt en betydelig del av riket som len, og det
gikk rykter om at Karl også var utsett til å bære keiserkronen etter sin far.
Forholdet mellom Ludvig og hans sønner og mellom sønnene innbyrdes var et sørgelig
kapitel, fullt av hat og fiendskap. Maktlyst og tarvelig egennytte fikk uhemmet drive sitt spill og
tro og lover ble trampet under fot. Lothar, den eldste av Ludvigs tre sønner, var like
herskelysten som han var intrigant. I 817 ble han valgt til sin fars medkeiser og fremtidige
etterfølger under en riksdag i Aachen, mens Ludvigs to yngre sønner fikk hvert sitt kongerike,
men som lydfyrster under Lothar.
I 835 fikk Karl flere besittelser og ytterligere nye etter broren Pipins død i 838.
Før farens død i 840 hadde Karl og Lothar blitt enige om å dele riket mellom seg. Uten å
bekymre seg om de løftene han hadde gitt den avdøde med hensyn til hans yndlingssønn,
Ludvig ?den Tyske?, bestemte Lothar seg til å gjøre seg til herre over hele riket. Mens Lothar
forberedte seg til et væpnet oppgjør med Ludvig, forsikret han Karl om sitt vennskap. Men Karl
kjente sin halvbrors falskhet alt for godt til ikke å gjennomskue hans hensikter og mente det
var tryggere å sette sin lit til våpenmakt enn til Lothars vennskapsforsikringer. Under slike
forhold var det rimelig at Karl og Ludvig fant hverandre og ble enige om å glemme sitt gamle
uvennskap. De sluttet forbund mot sin felles fiende og beseiret ham også i blodig slag ved
Fontenoy i 841.
Men dermed var ikke kampen avgjort. Lothar var en mester når det gjaldt renker og
intriger. Han sendte ut oppviglere som egget sakserne til opprør mot Ludvig, og for å skaffe
Karl lignende vanskeligheter på halsen, unnså han seg ikke for å gjøre felles sak med de
hedenske mennene fra Norden. Krigen ble ført med stadig større grusomhet og hensynsløshet,
og i bevisstheten om at det nå mer enn noensinne gjaldt å holde sammen, møttes Ludvig og
Karl i Strasbourg i 842 og bekreftet sitt forbund med høytidelige eder. Det er interessant å
merke seg at for at begge hærene skulle kunne forstå innholdet av denne overenskomsten,
var dokumentene avfattet både på tysk og på det romanske språk som fransken har utviklet
seg fra. De er for øvrig blant de eldste av de tekster med både fransk og tysk språk som er
bevart. Også i Italia holdt nå et særskilt folkemål på å utvikle seg av latinen. Det var
begynnelsen til det italienske språket vi kjenner i dag.
Den høytidelige overenskomsten mellom Karl og Ludvig gjorde Lothar betenkt, og han
tilbød forhandlinger. Han sendte bud og hilsen til sine brødre at han ?innså sin brøde mot Gud
og mot dem og ønsket å få slutt på den fordervelige striden? og erklærte seg villig til å gå med
på at riket ble oppdelt i tre omtrent like store kongedømmer.
Både fyrster og folk lengtet nå etter å få en slutt på krigens redsler, og etter lange
forhandlinger kom det i 843 til et forlik i Verdun. Ludvig ?den Tyske? fikk landene øst for
Rhinen og Weser, Karl ?den Skallede? landene vest for Rhône, Saône, Maas og Schelde,
mens Lothar fikk beholde det mellomliggende område fra og med Italia i syd til og med Friesland
i nord, samt keiserverdigheten. Noen måneder før riksdelingen i Verdun var forøvrig Karls mor,
Judith, som hadde brakt så meget ulykke over folk og land ved sin forblindede morskjærlighet
og sitt maktbegjør, avgått ved døden.
Ved forliket i Verdun var den germanske delen av Karl ?den Store?'s rike blitt skilt fra
den romanske, og dermed var også grunnen lagt for de senere nasjonalstatene Tyskland,
Frankrike og Italia. Skjebnegudinnen hadde bestemt at franskmenn, tyskere og italienere fra
nå av skulle gå hver sin vei. Språkgrensen mellom franskmenn og tyskere kan man datere til
omkring 700. På den tiden hadde nemlig latinen i Gallia forandret seg så sterkt på grunn av
keltisk og germansk påvirkning og hele utviklingens gang, at det må betraktes som et nytt
språk. Men det fantes også andre og mer dyptgående grenseskiller mellom de to nasjonene.
Franskmennene hadde overveiende keltisk og førkeltisk blod i årene, om enn oppblandet med
romersk og germansk. Tyskerne derimot er germanere, i visse områder oppblandet med
romanske og keltiske folkeelementer, i andre med slaviske.
Karl regjerte dårlig og normannerne gjorde innfall i landet. Da Lothars tredje sønn døde i
875 dro Karl til Italia, hvor det lykkedes ham å bli kronet som keiser.
Han var gift annen gang 22.11.870 med Richardis, datter til greve Burvinus som
døde etter 877.

Charles II, Frankish Emperor or "Charles the Bald", born June 13, 823, died Oct. 6, 877, was the son of Emperor LOUIS I by his second wife. Resented by three older half brothers, Charles became a pawn in the court politics of the Frankish empire, but by the Treaty of Verdun (843) he was recognized as king of the West Franks, the first true king of France. Toward the end of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support. Throughout his reign, Charles had to struggle against Viking raiders and disloyal magnates as well as with his own relatives. The French bishops helped him repel his brother LOUIS THE GERMAN in 859, but ten years later Louis prevented Charles from regaining his family's ancient homeland in LOTHARINGIA. The Treaty of Mersen (870), which established the ultimate boundaries of medieval France, deprived him of most of this disputed territory, and by his death the French monarchy was in serious decline.

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He was Emperor. was born on 13 June 823.1 He was the son of Louis I Frankish Emperor and Judit of Bavaria. He married Ermentrude of Orleans on 14 December 842.1 died on 6 October 877 at age 54

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Western Frankish King 843-877
Frankish Emperor 875-877
Louis the Pious became Frankish Emperor in 814 with no rivals to the throne. He had three sons, Lothar, Pepin, and Louis. In 817, Lothar was made co-Emperor with his father and King of Italy to replace Bernard, Pepin made King of Aquitaine, and Louis made King of Bavaria. In 823, Louis had another son, Charles, this one by a new wife (the mother of the 3 brothers had died). Louis tried desperately to work Charles in as a successor, but the three brothers fought him everytime he tried to reform his will. After much conflict, Emperor Louis dropped Lothar's imperial title in 829 and sent him off to Italy. The next year the brothers attacked, reinstated Lothar with his imperial title, and had Judith, the mother of Charles, sent off to a nunnery. By 831, Louishad regained his power, brought back his wife, and again dropped Lothar's titles, this time all of them, and refused him to return to courtever again without permission. That year Pepin revolted. In 832, Louis of Bavaria joined Pepin, and the Emperor Louis declaired Pepin deposed of all royal titles but he had no power to enforce this declairation, so Pepin continued to rule. In 833, the three again attacked with support from Louis's own generals and from Pope Gregory IV himself. They imprisoned their father and brother, and exiled Judith to Italy under watch of Lothar, and Louis and Pepin gained territory. The next year, however, Louis and Pepin released their father and brother, broughtback his wife, and peace was made. In 835, Louis was re-crowned Emperor with great pomp. Pepin died in 838, and while Louis tried to have Charles crowned king in Aquitaine, the nobles crowned Pepin's son PepinII. Neither had the authority to rule in the country. In 840, Louis the Pious died, and the three surviving brothers began a civil war for the division of the Empire.
In 841, Charles and Louis of Bavaria ganged up on their brother Lothar, who had the support of Pepin II, who were defeated at Fontenay, France. In 842, Charles and Louis made a formal alliegance, and together put down a Saxon revolt that year and a revolt in Aquitaine under Pepin II. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun was made between the three brothers, by which Charles would rule the Western Frankish Kingdom (France), with Pepin's Aquitaine a subkindom under the ultimate authority of Charles, Lothar would rule the Middle Frankish Kingdom (Italy, Provence, and Lorraine) with the imperial title, and Louis would rule the Eastern Frankish Kingdom (Germany).
During his reign in France, Charles suffered the awesome attacks of the Danes, starting in 853. In 846, he ceded Brittany to its Breton inhabitants, and due to force he had to give to them the Breton March in 851 and Maine in 857. In 853 and 855, he was forced to allow Danish immigration into his kingdom. Another Danish army invaded in 856-9, destroying many French cities. In 858, Charles met with King Lothar II, who controlled the area near Denmark, to discuss a formal defense. Two years later, Louis the German invaded France on the invite of Pepin IIand the Burgundian nobles, and Charles had so little authority that he couldn't even raise an army. The clergy finally pushed him out. In 868, Lothar died, and Louis the German and Charles the Bald divided upLotharingia between them, just as they had done on the death of Charles of Provence in 863. 865-6 saw more Danish invasions into France. In866, Charles finally bribed them to leave, and the East Frankish noble Hugh was made Duke to fight off the Norse. In 875, Emperor Louis II, died and on Christmas Day Pope John VIII crowned Charles Emperor inRome. Two years later, Charles died and the French throne went to hisson Louis II.
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Western Frankish King 843-877
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Louis the Pious became Frankish Emperor in 814 with no rivals to the throne. He had three sons, Lothar, Pepin, and Louis. In 817, Lothar was made co-Emperor with his father and King of Italy to replace Bernard, Pepin made King of Aquitaine, and Louis made King of Bavaria. In 823, Louis had another son, Charles, this one by a new wife (the mother of the 3 brothers had died). Louis tried desperately to work Charles in as a successor, but the three brothers fought him everytime he tried to reform his will. After much conflict, Emperor Louis dropped Lothar's imperial title in 829 and sent him off to Italy. The next year the brothers attacked, reinstated Lothar with his imperial title, and had Judith, the mother of Charles, sent off to a nunnery. By 831, Louishad regained his power, brought back his wife, and again dropped Lothar's titles, this time all of them, and refused him to return to courtever again without permission. That year Pepin revolted. In 832, Louis of Bavaria joined Pepin, and the Emperor Louis declaired Pepin deposed of all royal titles but he had no power to enforce this declairation, so Pepin continued to rule. In 833, the three again attacked with support from Louis's own generals and from Pope Gregory IV himself. They imprisoned their father and brother, and exiled Judith to Italy under watch of Lothar, and Louis and Pepin gained territory. The next year, however, Louis and Pepin released their father and brother, broughtback his wife, and peace was made. In 835, Louis was re-crowned Emperor with great pomp. Pepin died in 838, and while Louis tried to have Charles crowned king in Aquitaine, the nobles crowned Pepin's son PepinII. Neither had the authority to rule in the country. In 840, Louis the Pious died, and the three surviving brothers began a civil war for the division of the Empire.
In 841, Charles and Louis of Bavaria ganged up on their brother Lothar, who had the support of Pepin II, who were defeated at Fontenay, France. In 842, Charles and Louis made a formal alliegance, and together put down a Saxon revolt that year and a revolt in Aquitaine under Pepin II. In 843, the Treaty of Verdun was made between the three brothers, by which Charles would rule the Western Frankish Kingdom (France), with Pepin's Aquitaine a subkindom under the ultimate authority of Charles, Lothar would rule the Middle Frankish Kingdom (Italy, Provence, and Lorraine) with the imperial title, and Louis would rule the Eastern Frankish Kingdom (Germany).
During his reign in France, Charles suffered the awesome attacks of the Danes, starting in 853. In 846, he ceded Brittany to its Breton inhabitants, and due to force he had to give to them the Breton March in 851 and Maine in 857. In 853 and 855, he was forced to allow Danish immigration into his kingdom. Another Danish army invaded in 856-9, destroying many French cities. In 858, Charles met with King Lothar II, who controlled the area near Denmark, to discuss a formal defense. Two years later, Louis the German invaded France on the invite of Pepin IIand the Burgundian nobles, and Charles had so little authority that he couldn't even raise an army. The clergy finally pushed him out. In 868, Lothar died, and Louis the German and Charles the Bald divided upLotharingia between them, just as they had done on the death of Charles of Provence in 863. 865-6 saw more Danish invasions into France. In866, Charles finally bribed them to leave, and the East Frankish noble Hugh was made Duke to fight off the Norse. In 875, Emperor Louis II, died and on Christmas Day Pope John VIII crowned Charles Emperor inRome. Two years later, Charles died and the French throne went to hisson Louis II.

Charles the Bald
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Charles II the Bald
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Western Francia

Charles the Bald[1] (numbered Charles II of France and the Holy RomanEmpire) (French: Charles le Chauve, German: Karl der Kahle; 13 June 823 ? 6 October 877), Holy Roman Emperor (875?877) and King of West Francia (840?877), was the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious, by his second wife Judith.

Contents [hide]
1 Struggle against his brothers
2 Reign in the West
3 Emperor
4 Legacy
5 Family
6 Notes

[edit] Struggle against his brothers
He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder brothers werealready adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms,by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine)were unsuccessful. The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as their brother Louis the German, King of Bavaria, made Charles's share in Aquitaine and Italy only temporary, but his father did not give up and made Charles the heir of the entire land which was once Gaul and would eventually be France. At a diet near Crémieux in 837, Louis the Pious bade the nobles do homage to Charles as his heir. This led to the final rising of his sons against him and Pepin of Aquitaine died in 838, whereupon Charles received that kingdom, finally once and for all. Pepin's son Pepin II would be a perpetual thorn in his side.

The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor Lothair I, and the two alliesdefeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye on June 25, 841. In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance bythe celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the West Franks, which he had been up till then governing and which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse, the Saône, and the Rhône, with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro. Louis received the eastern part of theCarolingian Empire, known as the East Francia and later Germany. Lothair retained the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy. He also received the central regions from Flanders through the Rhineland and Burgundy as king of Middle Francia.

[edit] Reign in the West
The first years of Charles's reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855, were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brotherscontinued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedlywith one another, at Koblenz (848), at Meerssen (851), and at Attigny(854). In 858, Louis the German, invited by disaffected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the West Frankish kingdom. Charles was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy. He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs, who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860, he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence, but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.

Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons. Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë, who defeated the king at Ballon (845) and Juvardeil (851), the Bretons were successful in obtaining a de facto independence. Charles also fought against the Vikings, who devastated the country of the north, the valleys of the Seine and Loire, and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders and, by the Edict of Pistres of 864, made the army more mobile by providing for a cavalry element, the predecessor of theFrench chivalry so famous during the next 600 years. By the same edict, he ordered fortified bridges to be put up at all rivers to block the Viking incursions. Two of these bridges at Paris saved the city during its siege of 885?886.

[edit] Emperor

Charles the Bald in old age; picture from his PsalterIn 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on December 29. Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to Francia. After the death of Louis the German (28 August 876), Charles in his turn attempted to seizeLouis's kingdom, but was decisively beaten at Andernach on October 8,876. In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens, was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the Alps, but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his regent in Lombardy, Boso, and they refused to joinhis army. At the same time Carloman, son of Louis the German, enterednorthern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain, on 6 October 877.

According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body. He was to have been buried in theBasilique Saint-Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was recorded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted downat the Revolution.

[edit] Legacy
Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis. Charles was a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims.

It has been suggested that Charles was not in fact bald, but that hisepithet was applied ironically - that, in fact, he was extremely hairy. In support of this idea is the fact that none of his enemies commented on what would be an easy target. However, none of the voluble members of his court comments on his being hairy; and the Genealogy of Frankish Kings, a text from Fontanell dating from possibly as early as 869, and a text without a trace of irony, names him as Karolus Caluus ("Charles the Bald"). Certainly, by the end of the 10th century, Richierof Reims and Adhemar of Chabannes refer to him in all seriousness as "Charles the Bald".[2]

[edit] Family
Charles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842. She died in 869. In 870, Charles married Richilde of Provence, whowas descended from a noble family of Lorraine, but none of the children he had with her played a part of any importance.

With Ermentrude:

Judith (844?870), married firstly with Ethelwulf of Wessex, secondly with Ethelbald of Wessex (her stepson) and thirdly with Baldwin I of Flanders
Louis the Stammerer (846?879)
Charles the Child (847?866)
Lothar (848?865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
Carloman (849?876)
Rotrud (852?912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde
Ermentrud (854?877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon
Hildegard (born 856, died young)
Gisela (857?874)
With Richilde:

Rothild (871?929), married firstly with Hugues, Count of Bourges and secondly with Roger, Count of Maine
Drogo (872?873)
Pippin (873?874)
a son (born and died 875)
Charles (876?877)

[edit] Notes
^ Charles II
^ Dutton, Paul E, Charlemagne's Mustache

Charles the Bald, French Charles le Chauve, German Karl der Kahleking of France (i.e., Francia Occidentalis, the West Frankish kingdom) from 843 to 877 and Western emperor from 875 to 877. (He is reckoned as Charles II both of the Holy Roman Empire and of France.)
Son of the emperor Louis I the Pious and his second wife, Judith, Charles was the unwitting cause of violent discord when, in 829, he was granted lands by his father; Louis's action precipitated a series of civil wars, lasting until 838, in which the three sons of his first marriage, Lothair I, Louis II the German, and Pippin I, strove to maintain or to increase the rights that they had been guaranteed by the succession settlement of 817, the Ordinatio imperii. Pippin
died in 838, but after the death of Louis I in 840 the civil war resumed and continued until Louis the German joined with Charles to force Lothair to accept the Treaty of Verdun in 843, by which Charles received all the lands west of a line roughly following the Scheldt, Meuse, and Saône rivers, the eastern mountains of the Massif Central, and the lower reaches of the Rhône River, and Louis the German and Lothair received respectively the lands of the East Franks (Germany) and the middle kingdom, lying between the other two.
Until 864 Charles's political situation was precarious because few vassals were loyal to him. His lands suffered from raids by Northmen, who left only after receiving bribes; he was defeated by the Bretons and, in 858, faced an invasion by Louis the German. Yet he succeeded in gaining control of Aquitaine after the capture of Pippin's son in
864; and, by the Treaty of Meersen (870) with Louis the German, he received western Lorraine.
When Lothair's eldest son, the emperor Louis II, died in 875, Charles went to Italy and was crowned emperor on December 25 by Pope John VIII. In 876, after the death of Louis the German, Charles invaded Louis's possessions but was defeated at Andernach by Louis's son, Louis III the Younger. Charles's death in the next year occurred when
another son of Louis the German, Carloman, was marching against him and when his own major vassals were in revolt.
During Charles's reign some of the splendours of the Carolingian renaissance were revived, and his close collaboration with the church enhanced his prestige and authority.

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Charles II, the Bald, Duke of Alamannia, Rhaetia, and Alsace (829), King of Neustria (838), King of the West Franks (840/3), of Lorraine (869), and of Italy (875), Emperor (875).

Charles II was called Charles the Bald and was not only king of France
(843-877), but Holy Roman Emperor as Charles II, the 4th son of Holy
Roman Emperor Louis I. He was given Alemannia by his father in 829. The 3
jealous half brothers revolted against their father in 830, deposing Louis I.
In 832 their father took Aquitaine away from Pepin and gave it to Charles and
they revolted again. During Charles's reign, some of the splendors of the
Carolingian renaissance were restored, enhanced by his church collaboration.

Charles the Bald
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Charles the Bald (Charles II of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles II) (French: Charles le Chauve) (June 13, 823 - October 5 or 6, 877), Holy Roman Emperor and king of the West Franks, was the son of emperor Louis the Pious and his second wife Judith.

He was born on June 13, 823, when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia (829), then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (839), at the expense of his half-brothers Lothair and Louis the German led to a rising on the part of these two against the emperor.

The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor Lothair I, and the two allies defeated Lothair at Fontenoy-en-Puisaye on June 25, 841. In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated oaths of Strassburg. The war was brought to an end by the treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the western Franks, which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse, the Saône and the Rhone, with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro. Louis received the eastern part of the old Empire, hence known as the East Frankish Empire. Lothair retained the imperial title and the central regions from Flanders through the Rhineland and Burgundy into northern Italy.

The first years of Charles' reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855, were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brothers continued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedly with one another, at Koblenz (848), at Meerssen (851), and at Attigny (854). In 858, Louis the German, invited by disaffected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the western Frankish kingdom. Charles' was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy. He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs, who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860 he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence, but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the treaty of Meerssen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.

Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons. Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë, who defeated the king at Ballon (845) and Juvardeil (851), the Bretons were somewhat successful. Charles also fought against the Normans, who devastated the country in the north of Gaul, the valleys of the Seine and Loire, and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders, and tried to put a barrier in their way by having fortified bridges built over all the rivers.

In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on (December 29). Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to Francia. After the death of Louis the German (August 28, 876), Charles in his turn attempted to seize Louis' kingdom, but was decisively beaten at Andernach on October 8, 876. In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens, was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the Alps, but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his brother-in-law Boso, who had been entrusted by Charles with the government of Lombardy, and they refused to join his army. At the same time Carloman, son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain, France, on the 5th or 6th of October 877.

Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis, the child of Ermentrude, daughter of Odo, Count of Orleans, whom Charles had married in 842 and who had died in 869. In 870 Charles had married Richilde, who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine, but none of the children he had with her played a part of any importance. Charles seems to have been a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, or of Hincmar of Reims.

Preceded by:
Louis the Pious King of Western Francia
843–877 Succeeded by:
Louis the Stammerer
Preceded by:
Louis II Holy Roman Emperor
875–877 Succeeded by:
Charles the Fat
King of Italy
875–877 Succeeded by:
Carloman

Charles of Provence
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Charles of Provence (845 – 24 January 863) was the Carolingian King of Provence from 855 until his early death in 863.

Charles was the youngest son of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours.

His father divided his realm of the Middle Franks (Lotharingia) between his three sons: the eldest, Louis, received Italy and the emperorship; Lothair II received Lotharingia (modern Lorraine and the Low Countries); and the youngest, Charles, received Upper and Lower Burgundy (Arles and Provence).

Charles was only a child when his father died; accordingly, the governance of his realm was undertaken by his tutor, Count Gerard II of Vienne, whose wife was a sister-in-law of Emperor Lothar I. Gerard was a vigorous regent, defending the kingdom from the Northmen, who raided up the Rhone as far as Valence. In 860, he ejected them from the Rhone delta.

Charles' uncle, Charles the Bald of West Francia, attempted to intervene in Provence in 861. After receiving an appeal for intervention from the Count of Arles, he invaded Provence, but only reached Macon, being restrained by Hincmar of Rheims.

Charles of Provence never ruled his realm in anything more but name. It was Gerard, rather than he, who in 858 arranged that should he die without children, Provence would revert to Charles' brother Lothair II. When Charles died, however, his other brother Emperor Louis II also claimed Provence, and the realm was divided between the two (Lothair received the bishoprics of Lyon, Vienne and Grenoble, to be governed by Gerard; Louis II received Arles, Aix and Embrun).
Charles of Provence
Carolingian Dynasty
Born: 845 Died: January 863
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Emperor Lothar I
as King of Middle Francia King of Provence
23 September 855 – January 863 Succeeded by
Kingdom divided between Emperor Louis II
and Lothair II of Lotharingia

Charles II was called Charles the Bald and was not only king of France
(843-877), but Holy Roman Emperor as Charles II, the 4th son of Holy
Roman Emperor Louis I. He was given Alemannia by his father in 829. The 3
jealous half brothers revolted against their father in 830, deposing Louis I.
In 832 their father took Aquitaine away from Pepin and gave it to Charles and
they revolted again. During Charles's reign, some of the splendors of the
Carolingian renaissance were restored, enhanced by his church collaboration.

Charles II, byname CHARLES THE BALD, French CHARLES LE CHAUVE, German KARL DER KAHLE (b. June 13, 823--d. Oct. 6, 877, Brides-les-Bain, Fr.), king of France (i.e., Francis Occidentalis, the West Frankish kingdom) from 843 to 877 and Western emperor from 875 to 877. (He is reckoned as Charles II both of the Holy Roman Empire and of France.) Son of the emperor Louis I the Pious and his second wife, Judith, Charles was the unwitting cause of violent discord when, in 829, he was granted lands by his father; Louis's action precipitated a series of civil wars, lasting until 838, in which the three sons of his first marriage, Lothair I, Louis (the German), and Pepin, strove to maintain or to increase the rights that they had been guaranteed by the succession settlement of 817, the Ordinatio imperii. Pepin died in 838, but after the death of Louis I in 840 the civil war resumed and continued until Louis the German joined with Charles to force Lothair to accept the Treaty of Verdun in 843, by which Charles received all the lands west of a line roughly following the Scheldt, the Meuse, the Saône, the eastern mountains of the Massif Central, and the lower reaches of the Rhône, and Louis the German and Lothair received respectively the lands of the East Franks (Germany) and the middle kingdom, lying between the other two. Until 864 Charles's political situation was precarious because few vassals were loyal to him. His lands suffered from raids by Northmen, who left only after receiving bribes; he was defeated by the Bretons and, in 858, faced an invasion by Louis the German. Yet he succeeded in gaining control of Aquitaine after the capture of Pepin's son in 864; and, by the Treaty of Meersen (870) with Louis the German, he received western Lorraine. When Lothair's son, the emperor Louis II, died in 875, Charles went to Italy and was crowned emperor on December 25 by Pope John VIII. In 876, after the death of Louis the German, Charles invaded Louis's possessions but was defeated at Andernach by Louis's son, Louis the Younger. Charles's death in the next year occurred when another son of Louis the German, Carloman, was marching against him and when his own major vassals were in revolt. During Charles's reign some of the splendours of the Carolingian renaissance were revived, and his close collaboration with the church enhanced his prestige and authority. Source: "Charles II" Britannica Online. [Accessed 10 February 1998].

Charles II was called Charles the Bald and was not only king of France
(843-877), but Holy Roman Emperor as Charles II, the 4th son of Holy
Roman Emperor Louis I. He was given Alemannia by his father in 829. The 3
jealous half brothers revolted against their father in 830, deposing Louis I.
In 832 their father took Aquitaine away from Pepin and gave it to Charles and
they revolted again. During Charles's reign, some of the splendors of the
Carolingian renaissance were restored, enhanced by his church collaboration.

keizer

[Wikipedia, "Charles the Bald", retrieved 4 Oct 07]
Charles the Bald (numbered Charles II of France and the Holy Roman Emperor) (French: Charles le Chauve, German: Karl der Kahle) (13 June 823 - 5 October 877), Holy Roman Emperor (875-877) and king of West Francia (840-877), was the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious, by his second wife Judith.

Legacy
Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis. Charles seems to have been a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims.

Finally, it is unlikely that Charles was actually bald. Rather, the epithet the Bald is thought to be early medieval humour and historians generally agree that he was probably quite hirsute, with a full head of hair and a beard.

Family
Charles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842. She died in 869. In 870, Charles married Richilde of Provence, who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine, but none of the children he had with her played a part of any importance.

With Ermentrude:

- Judith (844-870), married firstly with Ethelwulf of Wessex, secondly with Ethelbald of Wessex (her stepson) and thirdly with Baldwin I of Flanders
- Louis the Stammerer (846-879)
- Charles the Child (847-866)
- Lothar (848-865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
- Carloman (849-876)
- Rotrud (852-912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde
- Ermentrud (854-877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon
- Hildegard (born 856, died young)
- Gisela (857-874)

With Richilde:
- Rothild (871-929), married firstly with Hugues, Count of Bourges and secondly with Roger, Count of Maine
- Drogo (872-873)
- Pippin (873-874)
- a son (born and died 875)
- Charles (876-877)

Charles II the Bald, Holy Roamn Emperor, King of France was born 823 i nFrankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Died 6 Oct 877 in Avrieux, Dauphine, Fran ce.Charles !! (holy Roamn Empire) called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roma nEmperor (875-877), and as Charles I, King of France (843-877),. He wa sthe fourth son of Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judit h ofBavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only s on ledto civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman E mperorLothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the s igning ofthe Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the western por tion of theempire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of F rance, or theWest Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the grea t nobles wererapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged th e countrywithout meeting much resistance from Charles, who prefered t o buy themoff. Nevertheless, when Holy Roamn Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charlesreceived the imperial crown through the favor of Pope Joh n VIII. Charleswas suceeded as King of France by his son Louis II (846 -79), but theimperial throne was vacant until 881.

Charles II, King of France & III Holy Roman Emperor was born in 839. D ied888. Charles III(holy Roman Empire), called The Fat (839-888), Hol y RomanEmperoro (881-887), King of the East Franks, or Germans, (876-8 87), Nadas Charles II, King of the West Franks, or French (884-887). H e was theson of Emperor Louis II and the great Grandson of Charlemagne . Charleswas desposed from his throne in 887 by his nephew Arnulf, Duk e ofCorinthia. His deposition marked the dissolution of the Frankish E mpire.

http://www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk/maximilia/pafg70.htm#926
Charles LE CHAUVE King of France [Parents] was born 13 Jun 823. He died 6 Oct 877 in Modano. Charles married Hermentrude on 842. Charles was baptized in Reigned 823-877.

II-3 (I-7)
8 Charles 'the Bald'
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 875-877
King of Italy 876-877
King of West-France 843, Aquitaine 848
and Lorraine 869
Born 13 June 823 Frankfurt am Main
Died 6 October 877 nr Avrieux, Mt.Cenis
Married (1) 13 December 842 Queercy-sur-Oise
Ermentrudis of Orléans, daughter of Eudes, Count of Orléans
and Ingeltrud
Born 27 September 830 ?
Died 6 October 869 St.Denis
Married (2) 22 January 870 Aachen
Richeut/Richardis, daughter of Buvinus (Bouvin), Graf von
Metz and NN
Children, Generation III-8

Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.

"Charles II (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia. 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. Funk & Wagnalls Corporation.

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BJOHNSN.GED file b&d place, full d.d.

AUREJAC.GED, du 20 Juin 840 au 6 Octobre 877 Roi de France

WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 279052306 = 7357474, "le Chauve", d at Mt. Cenis, Alps, France, m 14 dec 842

Microsoft Encarta Enclyclopedia 1993,

Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-77), Holy Roman emperor (875-77), and, as Charles I, king of France (843-77), born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. He was the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son, Louis II (846-79), but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.

"History of the Middle Ages 284-1500", King of the West Franks 843-77

"Bloodline ... ", p 226-8, shows his mother as Irmengarde, other wife of Louis I

Karl der Grosse..Charlemagne URL: http://www.aritek.com/hartgen/htm/charlemagne.htm

2. Emperor Louis I "The Pious" of Roman Empire - was born Aug 0778 in Casseneuil, France and died on 20 Jun 0840 in Mainz, Germany . He was the son of Emperor Charles Charlemagne and Empress Hildegard of Savoy.
emperor Louis married Ermengarde de Hesbaye in 0795. Ermengarde was born about 0778, lived in Hesbaye,Liege,Belgium. She was the daughter of Duke Ingeramme de Hesbaye. She died on 3 Oct 0818 .
Ermengarde - Empress of the West.
Then emperor Louis married Princess Judith of Bavaria Feb 0818/0819. Princess Judith was born about 0800, lived in Altdorf, Bavaria. She was the daughter of Duke Welf of Bavaria I and Duchess Hedwig of Bavaria. She died on 19 Apr 0843 in Tours, Neustria .

Emperor Louis - was the King of Acquitaine, King of the Franks and the Emperor of the Romans. He was called "the Fair" , "the Pious" and "the Debonaire" depending on what source you read about him in. He was married twice. He had three sons by his first wife. He married Judith as his second wife and had son Charles. As he redivided his land to include his second son Charles, there grew a large dissension between he and his step brothers. Their bitter struggle continued until Louis I died in 840. Children with Ermengarde de Hesbaye (Quick Family Chart)
i. King Pepin of Aquitaine I was born about 0803 in France and died on 13 Dec 0835 . See #4. below.
ii. Princess Adelahide of Tours was born about 0824, lived in Tours, France and died after 0866 .
iii. Emperor Lothaire I of Roman Empire was born in 0795, lived in Altdorf, Bavaria and died on 29 Sep 0855 in Pruem, Rheinland, Prussia . See #6. below.
Children with Princess Judith of Bavaria (Quick Family Chart)
iv. Emperor Charles II "The Bald" of Roman Empire was born on 13 Jun 0823 in Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia and died on 6 Oct 0877 in Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne, France . See #7. below.
v. Princess Gisela of Roman Empire was born about 0820, lived in Frankfort, Hesse Nassau, Prussia and died after 1 Jul 0874 .
Princess Gisela married Marchese Eberhard Di Friuli. Marchese Eberhard was born about 0800, lived in Friuli, Italy. He was the son of Conte Unroch I Di Friuli. He died in 0864/0866 .
See Di Friuli family for children.
vi. Gisele was born in 0820 and died on 1 Jul 0874 .
Gisele married Eberhard Margrave. Eberhard , lived in Fruilli. . He died in 0864 .
See Hunroch family for children.

7. Emperor Charles II "The Bald" of Roman Empire - was born on 13 Jun 0823 in Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia and died on 6 Oct 0877 in Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne, France . He was the son of Emperor Louis I "The Pious" of Roman Empire and Princess Judith of Bavaria.
Emperor Charles married Ermentrude of Orleans. Ermentrude was born on 27 Sep 0830, lived in Orleans, Neustria. She died on 6 Oct 0869 .
Then Emperor Charles married Countess Hermintrudis of Orleans on 13 Dec 0842 in Crecy, France. Countess Hermintrudis was born on 27 Sep 0830 in Orleans, Neustria. She was the daughter of Count Eudes of Orleans. She died on 6 Oct 0869 .

Emperor Charles - - during his reign in France, Charles suffered the awesome attacks of the Danes, starting in 853. In 846, he ceded Brittany to its Breton inhabitants, and due to force he had to give to them the Breton March in 851 and Maine in 857. In 853 and 855, he was forced to allow Danish immigration into his kingdom.

In 875, Emperor Louis II, died and on Christmas Day Pope John VIII crowned Charles Emperor in Rome. Two years later, Charles died and the French throne went to his son Louis II. Children with Ermentrude of Orleans (Quick Family Chart)
i. Princess Judith of France was born in 0844 in France and died after 0870 .
Princess Judith married Count Baudouin I of Flanders about 0859 in Flanders, Belgium. Count Baudouin was born about 0837/0840, lived in Flanders, Belgium. . He died in 0879 .
See Liderie family for children.
Children with Countess Hermintrudis of Orleans (Quick Family Chart)
ii. King Louis II "The Stammerer" of France was born on 1 Nov 0843 in France and died on 10 Apr 0879 in Compiaegne, Neustria .

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Charles II The Bald, b 823 - frankfurt, Prussia URL: http://www.treetracer.com/trees/Hall&Stantonweb_file/gp295.htm

Husband
Charles II "The Bald", Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Born: 13 JUN 823 - frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Marr: 13 DEC 842 - Crecy, France
Died: 6 OCT 877 - Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne
Father: Louis I "The Pious", Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Mother: Judith, Princess of Bavaria
Other Spouses:
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Ermentrude (Irmtrud), Countess of Orleans
Born: 27 SEP 830 - Orleans, Neustria
Died: 6 OCT 869 -
Father: Eudes, Count of Orleans
Mother: Ingeltrude, Countess of Orleans
Other Spouses:
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Hersent, Duchess of Lorraine
Born: ABT 865 - Lorraine, France
Marr: 889
Died: -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Louis II "The Stammerer", King of France
Born: 1 NOV 843 - France
Marr: 875(other spouses) - Adbelahide, Queen of France
Died: 10 APR 879 - Compiaegne, Neustria
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Judith, Princess of France
Born: 844 - France
Marr: 859 - Baudouin I, Count of Flanders
Died: AFT 870 -

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Birth: 15 May 0823 in Frankfurt,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia
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Christening: 0823 Frankfort - Son of Louis the Pious
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PLAC Emperor in West - le ChauveCharles II (Holy Roman Empire), calledThe Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, kingof France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was
the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's secondwife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdomfor her only son led to civil war with Louis's other
two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II ofGermany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, whichfrom this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West FrankishKingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles
were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the countrywithout meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy themoff. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II
died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor ofPope John VIII. Charles was succeeded
as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne wasvacant until 881.
Source: "Charles II (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98
Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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CHARLES II, son of LOUIS I and JUDITH DE BAVARIA, or Charles the Bald,823-77, emperor of the West (875-77) and king of the West Franks(843-77), was the son of Emperor Louis I by a second marriage.
Louis's attempts to create a kingdom for Charles
were responsible for the almost constant warfare with Charles' elderbrothers, Lothair I and Louis the German. In 843, Charles received whatis roughly modern France, and
in 870, he divided Lotharingia with Louis. Charles became emperor uponthe death of his nephew Louis II. His brief reign saw the rise of thepower of the nobles and serious threats of the Norseman.
- Encyclopedia, p. 156
King of West Franks, Emperor of the West, 25 Dec 875; King of Burgundy,869;
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of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support.Throughout his reign, Charles had to struggle

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UNKNOWN HERSENT b: 0865 in FRANCE
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PLAC Emperor in West - le ChauveCharles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was
the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other
two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles
were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II
died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded
as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.
Source: "Charles II (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98
Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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CHARLES II, son of LOUIS I and JUDITH DE BAVARIA, or Charles the Bald, 823-77, emperor of the West (875-77) and king of the West Franks (843-77), was the son of Emperor Louis I by a second marriage.
Louis's attempts to create a kingdom for Charles
were responsible for the almost constant warfare with Charles' elder brothers, Lothair I and Louis the German. In 843, Charles received what is roughly modern France, and
in 870, he divided Lotharingia with Louis. Charles became emperor upon the death of his nephew Louis II. His brief reign saw the rise of the power of the nobles and serious threats of the Norseman.
- Encyclopedia, p. 156
King of West Franks, Emperor of the West, 25 Dec 875; King of Burgundy, 869;
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Charles II, or Charles the Bald, b. June 13, 823, d. Oct. 6, 877, was the son of Emperor LOUIS I by his second wife. Resented by three older half brothers, Charles became a
pawn in the court politics of the Frankish empire, but by the Treaty of Verdun (843) he was recognized as king of the West Franks, the first true king of France. Toward the end
of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support. Throughout his reign, Charles had to struggle against Viking raiders and disloyal magnates as well as with his own relatives.
The French bishops helped him repel his brother
LOUIS THE GERMAN in 859, but ten years later Louis prevented Charles from regaining his
family's ancient homeland in LOTHARINGIA. The Treaty of Mersen (870), which established the ultimate boundaries of medieval France, deprived him of most of this disputed territory, and by his death
the French monarchy was in serious decline. JOHN B.
HENNEMAN
He married Ermentrude Orleans, daughter of Odo count
of Orleans, 14 Dec 842[3]. Marriage number 420. Died, 6 Oct
869[3]. Individual number 2461. Children:
7 i. [4] Louis II, the Stammerer.
8 ii. Judith of France.
- CHARL.TXT
acceded 843 emperor 875; b. 15 May 823, Prussia; d. 6 Sep 877, Modano; buried St. Denis - http://gendex. com/users/daver/rigney/D0001/G0000075.html#I1347
Charles II (The Bald)Emperor HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, BIRTH: 15 Mar 823, Frankfurt,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia - http://www.teleport.com/~ddonahue/donahue/d0003/s0000222.htm#I3185
Charles the Bald; Emperor of the West, King of the West Franks - Encyclopedia
le Chauve, King of the Franks and Emperor of the West - ROYAL.JRW (Compuserve)
Charles I - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), p. 5; R. de Italis, King of France, Holy
Roman Emperor - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve), #1148

OCCU Emperor of the West ...
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT says 13 Jun 823; members.aol.com/sargen3 says 15 May 823, Frankfurt
Hessen-Nassau, Prussia; Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) #2032180106
QUAY 3
SOUR Encyclopedia, p. 156; members.aol.com/sargen3;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) #2032180106;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130 says, St. Denis;
gendex.com/users/daver/rigney says ST Dennis, Paris, France;
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 97, 185;
Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 406
CHARLES II, son of LOUIS I and JUDITH DE BAVARIA, or Charles the Bald, 823-77, emperor of the West (875-77) and king of the West Franks (843-77), was the son of Emperor Louis I by a second marriage.
Louis's attempts to create a kingdom for Charles
were responsible for the almost constant warfare with Charles' elder brothers, Lothair I and Louis the German. In 843, Charles received what is roughly modern France, and
in 870, he divided Lotharingia with Louis. Charles became emperor upon the death of his nephew Louis II. His brief reign saw the rise of the power of the nobles and serious threats of the Norseman.
- Encyclopedia, p. 156
King of West Franks, Emperor of the West, 25 Dec 875; King of Burgundy, 869;
King of Italy, 875 - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130
Charles II, or Charles the Bald, b. June 13, 823, d. Oct. 6, 877, was the son of Emperor LOUIS I by his second wife. Resented by three older half brothers, Charles became a
pawn in the court politics of the Frankish empire, but by the Treaty of Verdun (843) he was recognized as king of the West Franks, the first true king of France. Toward the end
of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support. Throughout his reign, Charles had to struggle against Viking raiders and disloyal magnates as well as with his own relatives.
The French bishops helped him repel his brother
LOUIS THE GERMAN in 859, but ten years later Louis prevented Charles from regaining his
family's ancient homeland in LOTHARINGIA. The Treaty of Mersen (870), which established the ultimate boundaries of medieval France, deprived him of most of this disputed territory, and by his death
the French monarchy was in serious decline. JOHN B.
HENNEMAN
He married Ermentrude Orleans, daughter of Odo count
of Orleans, 14 Dec 842[3]. Marriage number 420. Died, 6 Oct
869[3]. Individual number 2461. Children:
7 i. [4] Louis II, the Stammerer.
8 ii. Judith of France.
- CHARL.TXT
acceded 843 emperor 875; b. 15 May 823, Prussia; d. 6 Sep 877, Modano; buried St. Denis - http://gendex. com/users/daver/rigney/D0001/G0000075.html#I1347
Charles II (The Bald)Emperor HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, BIRTH: 15 Mar 823, Frankfurt,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia - http://www.teleport.com/~ddonahue/donahue/d0003/s0000222.htm#I3185
Charles the Bald; Emperor of the West, King of the West Franks - Encyclopedia
le Chauve, King of the Franks and Emperor of the West - ROYAL.JRW (Compuserve)
Charles I - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), p. 5; R. de Italis, King of France, Holy
Roman Emperor - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve), #1148

OCCU Emperor of the West ...
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT says 13 Jun 823; members.aol.com/sargen3 says 15 May 823, Frankfurt
Hessen-Nassau, Prussia; Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) #2032180106
QUAY 3
SOUR Encyclopedia, p. 156; members.aol.com/sargen3;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) #2032180106;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130 says, St. Denis;
gendex.com/users/daver/rigney says ST Dennis, Paris, France;
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 97, 185;
Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 406
CHARLES II, son of LOUIS I and JUDITH DE BAVARIA, or Charles the Bald, 823-77, emperor of the West (875-77) and king of the West Franks (843-77), was the son of Emperor Louis I by a second marriage.
Louis's attempts to create a kingdom for Charles
were responsible for the almost constant warfare with Charles' elder brothers, Lothair I and Louis the German. In 843, Charles received what is roughly modern France, and
in 870, he divided Lotharingia with Louis. Charles became emperor upon the death of his nephew Louis II. His brief reign saw the rise of the power of the nobles and serious threats of the Norseman.
- Encyclopedia, p. 156
King of West Franks, Emperor of the West, 25 Dec 875; King of Burgundy, 869;
King of Italy, 875 - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130
Charles II, or Charles the Bald, b. June 13, 823, d. Oct. 6, 877, was the son of Emperor LOUIS I by his second wife. Resented by three older half brothers, Charles became a
pawn in the court politics of the Frankish empire, but by the Treaty of Verdun (843) he was recognized as king of the West Franks, the first true king of France. Toward the end
of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support. Throughout his reign, Charles had to struggle against Viking raiders and disloyal magnates as well as with his own relatives.
The French bishops helped him repel his brother
LOUIS THE GERMAN in 859, but ten years later Louis prevented Charles from regaining his
family's ancient homeland in LOTHARINGIA. The Treaty of Mersen (870), which established the ultimate boundaries of medieval France, deprived him of most of this disputed territory, and by his death
the French monarchy was in serious decline. JOHN B.
HENNEMAN
He married Ermentrude Orleans, daughter of Odo count
of Orleans, 14 Dec 842[3]. Marriage number 420. Died, 6 Oct
869[3]. Individual number 2461. Children:
7 i. [4] Louis II, the Stammerer.
8 ii. Judith of France.
- CHARL.TXT
acceded 843 emperor 875; b. 15 May 823, Prussia; d. 6 Sep 877, Modano; buried St. Denis - http://gendex. com/users/daver/rigney/D0001/G0000075.html#I1347
Charles II (The Bald)Emperor HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, BIRTH: 15 Mar 823, Frankfurt,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia - http://www.teleport.com/~ddonahue/donahue/d0003/s0000222.htm#I3185
Charles the Bald; Emperor of the West, King of the West Franks - Encyclopedia
le Chauve, King of the Franks and Emperor of the West - ROYAL.JRW (Compuserve)
Charles I - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), p. 5; R. de Italis, King of France, Holy
Roman Emperor - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve), #1148

See Historical Document.

The Duc de Castries says he was the first real king of France.

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See Historical Document.

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PLAC Emperor in West - le ChauveCharles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was
the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other
two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles
were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II
died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded
as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.
Source: "Charles II (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98
Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

OCCU Emperor of the West ...
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT says 13 Jun 823; members.aol.com/sargen3 says 15 May 823, Frankfurt
Hessen-Nassau, Prussia; Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) #2032180106
QUAY 3
SOUR Encyclopedia, p. 156; members.aol.com/sargen3;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) #2032180106;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130 says, St. Denis;
gendex.com/users/daver/rigney says ST Dennis, Paris, France;
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 97, 185;
Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 406
CHARLES II, son of LOUIS I and JUDITH DE BAVARIA, or Charles the Bald, 823-77, emperor of the West (875-77) and king of the West Franks (843-77), was the son of Emperor Louis I by a second marriage.
Louis's attempts to create a kingdom for Charles
were responsible for the almost constant warfare with Charles' elder brothers, Lothair I and Louis the German. In 843, Charles received what is roughly modern France, and
in 870, he divided Lotharingia with Louis. Charles became emperor upon the death of his nephew Louis II. His brief reign saw the rise of the power of the nobles and serious threats of the Norseman.
- Encyclopedia, p. 156
King of West Franks, Emperor of the West, 25 Dec 875; King of Burgundy, 869;
King of Italy, 875 - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130
Charles II, or Charles the Bald, b. June 13, 823, d. Oct. 6, 877, was the son of Emperor LOUIS I by his second wife. Resented by three older half brothers, Charles became a
pawn in the court politics of the Frankish empire, but by the Treaty of Verdun (843) he was recognized as king of the West Franks, the first true king of France. Toward the end
of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support. Throughout his reign, Charles had to struggle against Viking raiders and disloyal magnates as well as with his own relatives.
The French bishops helped him repel his brother
LOUIS THE GERMAN in 859, but ten years later Louis prevented Charles from regaining his
family's ancient homeland in LOTHARINGIA. The Treaty of Mersen (870), which established the ultimate boundaries of medieval France, deprived him of most of this disputed territory, and by his death
the French monarchy was in serious decline. JOHN B.
HENNEMAN
He married Ermentrude Orleans, daughter of Odo count
of Orleans, 14 Dec 842[3]. Marriage number 420. Died, 6 Oct
869[3]. Individual number 2461. Children:
7 i. [4] Louis II, the Stammerer.
8 ii. Judith of France.
- CHARL.TXT
acceded 843 emperor 875; b. 15 May 823, Prussia; d. 6 Sep 877, Modano; buried St. Denis - http://gendex. com/users/daver/rigney/D0001/G0000075.html#I1347
Charles II (The Bald)Emperor HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, BIRTH: 15 Mar 823, Frankfurt,Hessen-Nassau,Pruss

Born: on 13 Jun 823 in Francfort-sur-le-Main, Germany, son of Louis I, King de France and Judith de Baviere , Some sources assert King Charles II was born in the year 829.
The birth of Charles II in 823 did not at first excite jealousy or rivalry among his brothers. In 829, Charles was granted the region of Alemannia, Rhaetia and part of Burgundy. In 837, his Father Louis I "Le Debonnaire", by arrangement with Louis the German and Pepin gave Charles the land West of the Meuse, Burgundy, Chartres and Paris together with all the bishops, abbots and counts who held benefices in these territories. A portion of Neustria was added in 838, and upon Pepin's death, Louis Le Pieux made Charles King of Aquitaine. On 24 July 840, the new Emperor, Lothar, in Strasburg, refuses to support the land claims of Charles (from the agreement of Worms on 30 May 839). The two brothers, Louis and Charles, unite against Lothar and the War of the Three Brothers begins. Meanwhile, on 12 May 841, the Normands ravage Rouen and all the localities along the Seine, increasing their wealth considerably. At Fontenoy-en-Puisaye (24 June 841), Charles defeats his brothers Lothar (in spite of the arrival of the Army of Aquitaine in the Imperial ranks -- and at a total loss of 40,000 lives at the battle) and Louis Le Germanique. Charles and Louis signed an alliance on 14 February 842 at Strasbourg. Leaving Strasbourg, the two brothers defeat the imperial army of Lothar just West of Comblence. Lothar leaves Aix-le-Chapelle precipitously, pursued by the two brothers. In Mellecey, not far from Chalon-sur-Saone, Lothar proposes a plan to establish perpetual peace which is acceptable to both Louis and Charles. On 15 June, they sign the preliminary peace document. On 1 October 842, each of them sends 40 commissioners to Metz to forge the official document. Prudence, the Bishop of Troyes, notes that Louis regained Germania in the East, Lothar gets the middle part of the Franc Kingdom, including Italy, and Charles obtains the Western lands (West of the Rhone, including Soissons). After that Charles goes to the Palace in Quierzy, where he marries Ermentrude.
Charles signed the Treaty of Verdun (843) which split the Kingdom of Charlemagne. By the Treaty, the destiny of Occidental Europe would be heavily influenced to this day. Louis obtains all lands East of the Rhine, including the cities of Spire, Worms, Mayence. Lothar gets all the lands extending between the Rhine and the Escaut, the Cambresis, the Hainaut, the country of Mezieres, and all the countships neighboring the Meuse, through the Saone and the Rhone, the Artois and Italy. Charles got all the lands East all the way to Spain. The Kingdom of Charlemagne thus was split forever, with the most serious rift between the germanic lands of Louis, and the French lands of Charles. The intervening lands extending from Frisia to Rome, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean including what would become Holland, Belgium, Lorraine and Switzerland would become a sore point of contention between these two peoples. The only thing that mattered to Lothar was the fact that both capitals (Aix and Rome) were located within his territory, thus legitimizing the title of Emperor.
Meanwhile, the Normans pillage Nantes and lower Aquitaine. Charles laid siege to Toulouse in vain (May to July 844). The Normans led by Ragnar Lodbrog arrive in Paris and must be heavily bribed to leave. Other Normand armies ravage Toulouse and Bordeaux (burned to the ground in 848). On 6 May 848, Duke Nomenoe proclaims the indepence of the Church of Bretagne and the following year proclaims himself King of Bretagne. Charles fought Brittany (Bretagne) in 845-851 and was victorious. Not liking Pepin II, the people of Aquitaine request Charles' help, and he obliges by accepting the Crown, and on 6 June 848 is consecrated King of Aquitaine, though he could not defend his kingdom against the Normands. He had Charles of Aquitaine jailed (849 in Corbie). In 850 Charles attacks Bretagne and leaves a garrison in Rennes. No sooner does he leave, that Nomenoe takes the city and then takes Nantes as well. The next year, Nomenoe ravages Maine, but, fortunately for Charles, the King of Bretagne dies suddenly on 7 March in Vendome. Charles has Pepin II locked in the Monastery of Saint-Medard de Soissons in 852. The Normands under Godfrid pillage Tours and Angers and penetrate via the Valley of Escaut all the way to the Seine. The loyalty of Aquitaine shifts in 853, and Louis the German is called upon to help against Charles le Chauve. He in turn defeats Louis and offers Aquitaine his son by Ermentrude, Charles, who would be crowned sovereign in Limoges in October 855. Both Pepin II and Charles d'Aquitaine escape raise armies against Charles le Chauve. Charles fought against Louis for Lorraine (859, 870 [Treaty of Mersen] and 875).

When Louis le Germanique becomes ill in 869 near Rastisbonne, shortly after his nephew Lothar II died, Charles see the opportunity to claim his heritage as Uncle of the deceased. He has himself annointed King of Lorraine in Metz on 9 September, by the Bishop Hincmar. In March, 867, Charles d'Aquitaine dies, and his father Charles le Chauve is recognized as King by the Assembly in Pouilly-sur-Loire. Upon the death of his nephew, Lothar II on 8 August 869, Charles sped to Lotharingia and had himself crowned King of Lotharingia annointed on 9 September in the cathedral at Metz by Bishop Adventius of Metz and Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims. In 9 August 870, through the Treaty of Meerseen, Louis "Le Germanique" and Charles "Le Chauve" reach an agreeable compromise whereby they divide the lands of Lothar II between themselves, leaving Louis II no part of the inheritance. As soon as Louis II died on 12 August 875, Charles rushed to Italy and received the imperial crown and is annointed by Pope John VIII on 25 December 875. In Pavia on 5 January 876, by acclamation of the counts and nobles of Italy, Charles becomes King of Italy. On 31 January 876, the Archbishop of Milan proclaims Charles as Emperor. The French ecclesiasticals and nobles, having some misgivings about Charles' ability to take care of his Kingdom meet in Ponthion. Charles joins them dressed in the attire of the Frankish King. As soon as they declare him elected and recognize his imperial authority, Charles donned the Byzantine crown, and purple vestment of emperor. When Louis le Germanique dies on 28 August 876, Charles claims Lorraine as his own. While on an expedition in Italy against the Sarrasins, through the specific request of Pope Jean VIII, Charles le Chauve dies at the foot of Mount Cenis.
Married on 13 Dec 842 in Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne, Ile-de-France, France: Ermentrude d'Orleans , daughter of Odon=Eudes, Count d'Orleans and Ingeltrude de Paris; Ermentrude was crowned Queen of France in 866, having already produced a number of children including 6 sons but none of them was satisfactory as far as Charles Le Chauve was concerned. By September 866, four of them were dead.
Married on 25 Nov 869 in Aix-la-Chapelle, France: Richilde de Bourgogne, daughter of Beuve=Bouin, Comte de Bourgogne and Richilde d'Arles; The honeymoon is short-lived, as Louis le Germanique demands, as part of his heritage from the death of his nephew Lothar II, a part of Lorraine. Died: on 6 Oct 877 in Avrieux, Dauphine, France, at age 54 Charles II is buried at Saint Denis although originally he was buried in Nantua. Before expiring, he named his son, Louis Le Begue as his successor, and the Empress Richilde, crowned by Pope Jean VIII earlier that year, is charged with taking the royal garbs and sword to her step-son.

CHARLES II le Chauve
(né le 13 juin 823, mort le 6 octobre 877)
Roi de France (Francie occidentale) : règne 840-875.
Roi de Lotharingie : règne 869-875. Empereur d'Occident : règne 875-877
Dit le Chauve, parce qu'il l'était réellement, il était fils de Louis le Débonnaire et de Judith de Bavière, sa seconde femme. Il naquit à Francfort-sur-le-Mein le 13 juin 823. Avant sanaissance, l'empereur, son père, avait déjà distribué ses États entre les trois fils qu'il avait eus de sa première femme, et la nécessité de revenir sur ce partage, pour faire un royaume au jeune Charles, avança le désordre qui devait résulter de la mauvaise situation politique de la France depuis l'usurpation de Pépin le Bref. L'un des fils nés du premier mariage de Louis le Débonnaire étant mort, sans égard pour les enfants qu'il laissait, l'Aquitaine fut donnée à Charles : ce fut une cause de division de plus dans la famille royale.

Aussitôt après la mort de son père, Charles s'unit à Louis le Germanique pour combattre Lothaire, leur frère aîné, qui voulait les exclure du partage de l'empire, et les forcer à reconnaître sa prééminence politique ; ils remportèrent contre lui cette bataille de Fontenay, si sanglante, que les nobles firent passer en loi qu'ils ne devraient dorénavant assistance à leurs souverains que lorsqu'il s'agirait de la défense de l'Etat ; et, dès lors, les hommes de guerre cessèrent de relever directement du monarque, et furent bien plus les soldats des seigneurs que les sujets du roi : ce qui acheva de consolider le régime féodal, dont les grands poursuivaient depuis deux siècles l'établissement avec une constance égale à celle que Pépin avait montrée pour s'emparer de la couronne.

Le résultat de la bataille de Fontenay, donnée le 25 juin 842, fut un partage de l'empire entre les trois frères ; Charles eut la France, dont il resta roi, malgré les efforts de Lothaire pour revenir contre cet arrangement, et malgré l'ambition de Louis le Germanique, qui l'attaqua ouvertement en 858, sous prétexte de venir combattre les Normands que Charles n'avait pas su repousser. Celui-ci, après avoir soumis l'Aquitaine, faisait le siège d'Oissel, lorsqu'il apprit que Louis venait d'envahir ses États, et qu'une assemblée d'évêques l'avait déposé en déliant ses sujets du serment de fidélité. « On ne sait, dit l'historien Velly, qu'admirer davantage, ou la hardiesse des prélats, ou la faiblesse du monarque, qui publie dans un manifeste qu'onn'aurait pas dû le déposer sans l'entendre, ou du moins sans un jugement en règle des évêques qui l'ont consacré, et qui sont les trônes où Dieu repose, et dont il se sert pour rendre ses décrets absolus ; qu'il a toujours été prêt à se soumettre à leur correction paternelle, comme il s'y soumet encore actuellement. »

Charles se prépara néanmoins à la résistance, et quelques seigneurs bourguignons s'étant joints à lui, il vint camper devant l'armée de son frère ; mais il se laissa entraîner dans desnégociations dont on profita pour ébranler la fidélité de son armée, qui bientôt l'abandonna. Resté seul, il se retira en Bourgogne, d'où il revint peu après, avec une nouvelle armée,surprendre et mettre en fuite les troupes de son frère, qui avait commis la faute d'en renvoyer la plus grande partie.

Quelques années après (869), ils se réunirent pour partager la succession de Lothaire, et ils bravèrent de concert l'autorité ecclésiastique, qu'ils avaient l'un et l'autre invoquée avec tant de soumission. Hincmar, chargé par eux de répondre au pape Adrien II, qui avait mis tout en ¶uvre pour faire échouer ce partage, s'acquitta de cette commission avec beaucoup de force et de fermeté. Les remontrances ne firent cependant aucune impression sur l'esprit d'Adrien. Peu de temps après, il se déclara contre Charles, en faveur de Carloman, son fils, qui s'était mis à la tête d'une troupe de brigands. Le roi n'ayant pu le réduire, s'adressa aux évêques, qui l'excommunièrent.

Le pape en écrivit à Charles d'un style qui marque le vif ressentiment qu'il avait conçu, de n'avoir pas été écouté sur la succession du royaume de Lorraine ; il le traita d'avare, de parjure,de ravisseur, de père dénaturé, etc. Charles répondit avec fermeté, et déclara « que les rois de France ne s'aviliraient jamais jusqu'à se regarder comme les lieutenants des papes, et qu'il eût, à l'avenir, à se départir de lettres de telle substance. » Cette réponse étonna le saint-père ; il fit des excuses, et abandonna Carloman.

Celui-ci, auquel son père avait pardonné une première révolte, ayant recommencé à brouiller, Charles le fit prendre, dégrader du diaconat qu'il avait reçu, et enfermer dans l'abbaye de Corbie pour faire pénitence, après lui avoir fait crever les yeux en 873. Dès lors le pape se montra dévoué aux intérêts de Charles, et il contribua de tout son pouvoir à mettre sur sa tête lacouronne impériale. Après la mort de l'empereur Louis, Charles se hâta de rassembler une armée pour envahir l'Italie ; ce fut en vain que le roi de Germanie envoya son fils à la tête d'une armée pour s'opposer à cette invasion.

Après avoir fait essuyer une défaite au jeune prince, et l'avoir ensuite trompé par de fausses promesses, Charles arriva à Rome, où Jean VIII, qui venait de succéder à Adrien, le couronna empereur et le décora du titre d'Auguste (875), en exigeant qu'il reconnût sa puissance, et qu'il renonçât à la souveraineté que Charlemagne s'était réservée sur les provinces qu'il avait cédées à l'Eglise romaine. Tant de soumission n'était balancée par aucun avantage ; cette couronne n'apportait aucun droit, aucun privilège, et l'on aurait été bien embarrassé d'expliquer ce que signifiait l'empire d'Occident, depuis que l'héritage de Charlemagne avait été divisé et subdivisé entre tant de princes égaux et indépendants.

Charles se mit au-dessous de sa dignité, comme roi ; mais les titres flattent l'ambition, et l'ambition des faibles n'est pas difficile. Sous le règne de Charles, les hommes du Nord, connus dans l'histoire sous le nom de Normands, profitèrent de la division qui régnait entre les héritiers de Charlemagne, pour mettre la France au pillage. L'imagination ne peut s'arrêter sans effroi sur les horreurs qu'ils commirent ; aucune province ne fut épargnée ; les monastères, les âeglises étaient dévastés ; les hommes, les femmes, les enfants, emmenés en esclavage, et Charles, après avoir abandonné sa capitale, s'était retranché à Saint-Denis, pour en défendre les reliques.

N'ayant pas d'armée à opposer aux barbares, il les accablait de présents, pour les engager à se retirer, tandis qu'il offrait aux Saxons le droit de relever leurs idoles, dans l'espoir de s'enfaire des partisans. Deux fois les Normands vinrent tout mettre à feu et à sang jusqu'au milieu de la France, et deux fois Charles acheta d'eux la promesse de se retirer et de ne plus revenir(845 et 861) ; enfin une troisième incursion irrita ce prince, au point qu'il résolut de les exterminer ; mais, après les avoir inutilement assiégés dans Angers (865), et avoir laissé échapper leur flotte, qu'il eût pu détruire, il eut la douleur de les voir se rembarquer, et bientôt manquer encore à leur parole, en recommençant leurs brigandages.

Telle était l'humiliation dans laquelle était tombée la France sous un petit-fils de Charlemagne. Ce n'est pas que Charles le Chauve manquât de courage : il eut toujours les armes à la main pour agrandir ses Etats ; il voulait conquérir, parce que l'esprit de conquête avait été celui de ses aïeux ; il prodiguait les hommes dans des expéditions mal conçues, mais qui offraient auxsoldats l'espoir du butin, tandis qu'il restait sans forces pour se défendre, parce que la défense des pays acquis ne présentait aucun avantage aux guerriers.

C'est ainsi qu'il trouva une armée nombreuse pour marcher contre les fils de Louis le Germanique aussitôt après la mort de ce prince, croyant s'emparer de ses Etats ; il fut battu complètement par un de ses neveux, et chercha vainement ensuite des troupes suffisantes pour soumettre les Bretons et pour combattre les Normands. Son royaume d'Aquitaine fut pour lui une source de dissensions et de guerres presque continuelles. Nommé roi de cette contrée, au préjudice de son neveu Pépin II, il en fut chassé et dépossédé à différentes reprises.

Ce fut en vain que, déployant une cruelle sévérité, il fit trancher la tête au comte Bernard, toujours armé pour la défense de Pépin. Guillaume, son fils, s'empara de Toulouse, souleva tout lepays voisin des Pyrénées, et tailla en pièces l'armée de Charles, qui, peu de temps après, fut obligé de reconnaître le jeune Pépin ; mais il le dépouilla plus tard, et s'empara de Toulouse(858), pour l'abandonner encore peu de temps après, lorsqu'il fut pressé par les invasions des Normands.

Le pouvoir politique était alors dans l'assemblée de la nation, et comme les nobles, devenus indépendants, se cantonnaient dans leurs domaines, se fortifiaient dans leurs châteaux, et ne prenaient aucun intérêt aux affaires générales, l'assemblée de la nation n'était plus que l'assemblée des évêques, prononçant pour ou contre le roi, selon qu'il etait heureux ou malheureux. Ceprince fut appelé en Italie en 877 par le pape, effrayé des incursions des Sarrasins. Charles ne put mener à son secours qu'un petit nombre de troupes. Arrivé à Pavie, où le saint-père était venu au-devant de lui, ils concertaient ensemble les moyens d'attaquer les infidèles, lorsqu'ils apprirent que Carloman, roi de Baviáere, venait de fondre sur la Lombardie avec une nombreuse armée. Dans l'impossibilité où il était de lui résister, Charles se hâta de revenir en France.

La honte, l'inquiétude et les regrets frappèrent tellement son imagination, qu'il fut attaqué d'une fièvre violente, et qu'il mourut au village de Brios, dans une chaumière de paysan, le 6 octobre 877, dans la 54e année de son âge ; la 37e de son règne en France, et la 2e depuis qu'il avait été couronné empereur. Son corps fut inhumé à Nantua, dans le diocèse de Lyon, d'où, huitans après, ses os furent transférés à Saint-Denis, qu'il avait désigné pour sa sépulture, parce qu'il en avait été abbé.

Il ne laissa qu'un fils, connu sous le nom de Louis le Bègue, qui lui succéda, et une fille, qui, devenue veuve d'un roi d'Angleterre, fut enlevée et épousée par Baudouin, comte de Flandre,sans que Charles pût s'y opposer. les historiens assurent qu'un juif nommé Sédécias, son médecin et son favori, l'empoisonna. Charles le Chauve a laissé la réputation d'un prince artificieux,sans amour pour ses peuples, ignorant l'art de gouverner, et toujours ambitieux de conquérir. Sa faiblesse pour Richilde, sa seconde femme, allait jusqu'à vouloir qu'elle prît place dans l'assemblée des évêques, et qu'elle présidât un concile, ce qui ne contribua pas peu à lui attirer le mépris des peuples.

Son règne fut cependant remarquable par des choses utiles, et son édit de Pistes, en trente-sept articles, qui rappelle les Capitulaires de Charlemagne et règle plusieurs points de l'administration, renferme un règlement sur la fabrication et la valeur des monnaies, qui est un des plus anciens et des plus curieux monuments de notre législation. Comme il avait del'instruction, il protégea les savants, les appela auprès de lui, les combla de bienfaits, et les savants lui ont donné le titre de grand ; mais les ouvrages qui contenaient ses louages s'étantperdus, il est resté Charles le Chauve.

NAME Charles II The Bald, King of Franks. BIRT PLAC Frankfort-Am-Main.
DEAT PLAC Near Mt. Cenis In Alps. Kilde: Weis, Frederick Lewis,
Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, 6th Edition, Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co, 1988.
Kilde: date: [Ref: Weis AR #148], place: [Ref: Weis AR #148], parents:
[Ref: Weis AR #148]
Kilde: date: [Ref: Weis AR #49] Kilde: date: [Ref: Weis AR #148] Kilde:
date: [Ref: Weis AR #148], place: [Ref: Weis AR #148] Merged General
Note: [] Title: Charles I & II aka CHARLES THE BALD, King of France and
Holy Roman Emperor.
[peter.kauffner at tc1bbs.com] King of France 840-877. [Ancestral
Safari, Wm. G. Cook, Parke's Newsletter 1991 #3] : Charles II The
Bald, Emperor (828-77).

13 June ?

#Générale#Décéde pendant une expédition en Italie destinée à protéger Rome des attaques berbères.

#Générale#Profession : Roi de France du 20 Juin 840 au 6 Octobre 877,
Roi d'Aquitaine en 848, Roi de Lorraine en 869.

{geni:occupation} King of West Francia (843–877), Emperor of the Romans (875-877), King of Franks, roi de France, roi d'Aquitaine, roi de Lotharingie, roi d'Italie, roi de Provence, empereur d'Occident, Emperor, keizer, King of France, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

{geni:about_me} Ben M. Angel notes: Again, if the year is before 962, it is not the Holy Roman Empire, and the ruler is not the Holy Roman Emperor. The first Emperor of the entity that later becomes known as the Holy Roman Empire was Otto I, coroneted in 962. This individual precedes him by over a century.

References to "Holy Roman Empire" in secondary sources can be regarded as poorly researched (perhaps from obsolete documentation suggesting the German Holy Roman Empire to be a continuation of the Carolingian Frankish Empire - no longer considered to be so) and incorrect.

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'''Alternative Data from merges''' (Sharon):
*Born 5/15/823
*Nicknames/ Transliteration Names? Kaljupaa; el Calvo

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=Family of Origin=
'''Louis I The Pious m Judith second'''
m secondly (Aix-la-Chapelle Feb 819) JUDITH, daughter of WELF [I] Graf [von Altdorf] & his wife Heilwig --- ([805]-Tours 19 Apr 843, bur Tours Saint-Martin). [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_Toc240955192 His second wife was, Judith of Bavaria:[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious]

With her had three children[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_Toc240955192 / a daughter and a son: :[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious]

'''2.1 Gisela (c819-c874)'''

='''2.2 Charles (823-877)'''=
'''CHARLES (Frankfurt-am-Main 13 Jun 823-Avrieux or Brides-les-Bains, Savoie 6 Oct 877, bur Nantua Abbey, transferred to église de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denis). The Annales S. Benigni Divisionensis record the birth of "Karolus filius Ludowici" in Frankfurt "Idus Iun 824"[214]. Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names Charles as son of his father by his second wife[215]. Under the division of Imperial territories by the Treaty of Verdun 11 Aug 843, he became CHARLES II “le Chauve” King of the West Franks. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_Toc240955192 Charles the Bald, king of West Francia:[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious]'''

'''2.3? Daughter'''

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Marriages and children

Charles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842. She died in 869. In 870, Charles married Richilde of Provence, who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine.

With Ermentrude:
*1. Judith (844–870), married firstly with Ethelwulf of Wessex, secondly with Ethelbald of Wessex (her stepson) and thirdly with Baldwin I of Flanders
*2. Louis the Stammerer (846–879)
*3. Charles the Child (847–866)
*4. Lothar (848–865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
*5. Carloman (849–876)
*6. Rotrud (852–912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde
*7. Ermentrud (854–877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon
*8. Hildegard (born 856, died young)
*9. Gisela (857–874)

With Richilde:
*1. Rothild (871–929), married firstly with Hugues, Count of Bourges and secondly with Roger, Count of Maine
*2. Drogo (872–873)
*3. Pippin (873–874)
*4. a son (born and died 875)
*5. Charles (876–877)

Notes
*1. ^ Charles II
*2. ^ Dutton, Paul E, Charlemagne's Mustache
*3. ^ From German Wikipedia, where it is probably derived from Reinhard Lebe (2003), War Karl der Kahle wirklich kahl? Historische Beinamen und was dahintersteckt, ISBN 3 42330 876 1.

Charles the Bald
*Carolingian Dynasty
*Born: June 13 823
*Died: October 877

King of Western Francia (843 - 877)
*Preceded by Louis I
*Succeeded by Louis II

Holy Roman Emperor (correct title: Emperor of the Romans, 875 - 877)
*Preceded by Louis II
*Succeeded by Charles III

King of Italy (875 - 877)
*Succeeded by Carloman

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Ben M. Angel's summary:

Parents:
*Father: Louis/Hludowic I, Emperor of the Romans (778 - 20 June 840)
*Mother: Judith von Bayern, Empress of the Romans (c805 - 19 April 843)

Siblings:
*1. Gisela (819/822 - 1 July 874), wife of Eberhard, Marchese di Friulia.
*3. Unknown Sister, wife to an Udalrichinger.

Legitimate Half Siblings:
*1. Lothaire/Lothar (795 - 29 September 855), Emperor of the Romans, King of Lotharingia
*2. Pepin I (c797 - 13 December 838), King of Aquitaine
*3. Hrotrud/Rotrude (b. c800)
*4. Berta
*5. Hildegard (802/804 - 857/860), Abbess of Notre-Dame and St-Jean at Laon
*6. Louis (c806 - 28 August 876) "le Germanique/der Deutsche", King of the Eastern Franks.

Illegitimate Half-Siblings:

*1. Alpais (793/794 - 23 July 852), wife of Bego, Comte de Paris, and Abbess of St-Pierre-le-Bas at Reims.
*2. Arnoul (c794 - after April 841), Comte de Sens (817 - 841)

Spouses and Children:

Wife 1: Ermentrudis (27 September 830 - 6 October 869)
*1. Judith (c844 - after 870), wife of Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, and Aethelwulf's son, Aethelbald, King of Wessex, and Baudouin, Comte de Flandres.
*2. Louis II (1 November 846 - 10 April 879) "le Begue", King of the West Franks.
*3. Charles (847/848 - 29 September 866), King of Aquitaine (October 855 - 866), husband of the widow of Humbert, Comte de Bourges.
*4. Carloman (d. 877/878), Abbot de St-Medard at Soisons, Abbot of Echternach in Luxembourg.
*5. Lothaire (d. 14 December 865), Abbot of St-Germain at Auxerre.
*6. Hildegardis
*7. Ermentrudis (d. after 11 July 877), Abbess of Hasnon, near Douai (present France)
*8. Gisela
*9. Rotrudis (b. c850), Abbess of St-Radegonde at Poitiers (868 - 870)

Wife 2: Richildis (d. after 30 January 910)
*1. Rothildis (c871 - 22 March 929), wife of Roger, Comte du Maine, and Abbess of Chelles
*2. Drogo (872/873 - 873/874) twin.
*3. Pepin (872/873 - 873/874) twin.
*4. Unknown son (23 March 875 - died young after baptism)
*5. Charles (10 October 876 - before 7 April 877)

Basic information and justifications: pretty much everything taken from either FMG, or where lacking there, Wikipedia.

Birth: 13 June 823 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Austrasia, Frankish Empire

Marriages:
* With Ermentrudis: 13 December 842 - Quierzy-sur-Oise, (Present Departement d'Aisne), Neustria, Frankish Empire. Separated 867, retiring to a Monastery St-Dionysus
* With Richildis: marriage 12 October 869, confirmed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Ostenfrankenreich, 22 January 870

Death: 6 October 877 - Avrieux or Brides-les-Bains, Regno Longobardo (Present Region Savoie, France), Western Francia

Burial: église de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denis, Present Paris

Occupation:
*August 829 - March 830: Dux in Alemania, Rhetia, Alsace and part of Burgundy
*September 832 - 15 March 834: King of Aquitaine (first reign)
*837 - 838: Ruler of lands between Frisia and the Seine.
*838 - 28 May 839: Ruler of Maine and the lands between the Seine and the Loire.
*28 May 839 - 20 June 840: Ruler of Western Francia
*20 June 840 - 11 August 843: King of the Franks of the West
*11 August 843 - 6 October 877: King of the West Franks
* 848 - 6 October 877: King of Aquitaine (second reign)
*8 August 869 - 6 October 877: King of Lotharingia
25 December 875 - 6 October 877: Emperor of the Romans
876 - 6 October 877: King of Italy

Alternate names: Charles/Karl, epitaph: [en] The Bald, [fr] le Cheuve, [es] el Calvo, [no] den skallede, [de] der Kahle, [nl] de Kale, [it] il Calvo, [hu] Kopasz, [sv] den skallige, [dk] den Skaldede, [pt] o Calvo, [pl] Łysy, [ru] Лысый, [bg] Плешиви

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From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Carolingian Kings:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_Toc240955195

LOUIS I 814-840

LOUIS [Hludowic], son of CHARLES I King of the Franks & his second wife Hildegard (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou {Vienne} [16 Apr/Sep] 778-island in the Rhine near Ingelheim 20 Jun 840, bur Metz, église abbatiale de Saint-Arnoul[178]).
*He is named, and his parentage recorded, in the Gesta Mettensium, which specifies that he was his parents' third son, born a twin with Hlothar[179].
*Crowned King of the Aquitainians in Rome 15 Apr 781 by Pope Hadrian I.
*His armies occupied Girona, Urgel and Cerdanya in 785 and besieged Barcelona 802, establishing the "March of Spain"[180].
*At the partition of territories agreed at Thionville in 806, he was designated sovereign of Aquitaine, Gascony, Septimania, Provence and southern Burgundy. His father named him as his successor at Aix-la-Chapelle, crowning him as joint emperor 11 Sep 813[181].
*On his father's death, he adopted the title Emperor LOUIS I “der Fromme/le Pieux” 2 Feb 814, and was crowned at Reims [Jul/Aug] 816 by Pope Stephen IV. He did not use the titles king of the Franks or king of Italy so as to emphasise the unity of the empire[182].
*He promulgated the Ordinatio Imperii at Worms in 817, which established his eldest son as his heir, his younger sons having a subordinate status, a decision which was eventually to lead to civil war between his sons. His nephew Bernard King of Italy, ignored in the Ordinatio Imperii, rebelled against his uncle, but was defeated and killed. After his death, Italy was placed under the direct rule of the emperor.
*Emperor Louis crowned his son Lothaire as joint emperor at Aix-la-Chapelle in Jul 817, his primary status over his brothers being confirmed once more at the Assembly of Nijmegen 1 May 821.
*In Nov 824, Emperor Louis placed Pope Eugene II under his protection, effectively subordinating the papal role to that of the emperor.
*The birth of his son Charles by his second marriage in 823 worsened relations with his sons by his first marriage, the tension being further increased when Emperor Louis invested Charles with Alemannia, Rhætia, Alsace and part of Burgundy at Worms in Aug 829, reducing the territory of his oldest son Lothaire to Italy. His older sons revolted in Mar 830 and captured their father at Compiègne, forcing him to revert to the 817 constitutional arrangements.
*However, Emperor Louis reasserted his authority at the assemblies of Nijmegen in Oct 830 and Aix-la-Chapelle in Feb 831, depriving Lothaire of the imperial title and relegating him once more to Italy. A further revolt of the brothers followed. Emperor Louis was defeated and deposed by his sons at Compiègne 1 Oct 833. He was exiled to the monastery of Saint-Médard de Soissons.
*His eldest son Lothaire declared himself sole emperor but was soon overthrown by his brothers Pepin and Louis, who freed their father. Emperor Louis was crowned once more at Metz 28 Feb 835.
*He proposed yet another partition of territories in favour of his son Charles at the assembly of Aix-la-Chapelle in 837, implemented at the assembly of Worms 28 May 839 when he installed his sons Lothaire and Charles jointly, setting aside the claims of his sons Pepin and Louis. This naturally led to revolts by Pepin in Aquitaine and Louis in Germany, which their father was in the process of suppressing when he died[183].
*The Annales Fuldenses record the death "in insulam quondam Rheni fluminis prope Ingilenheim XII Kal Iul 840" of Emperor Louis and his burial "Mettis civitatem…in basilica sancti Arnulfi"[184]. The necrology of Prüm records the death "840 12 Kal Iul" of "Ludvicus imperator"[185]. The necrology of St Gall records the death "XII Kal Jul" of "Hludowicus imperator in insula Rheni quiæ est sita iuxta palatium Ingelheim"[186]. The Obituaire de Notre-Dame de Paris records the death "XII Kal Jul" of "Ludovicus imperator"[187]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XII Kal Jul" of "Ludovicus imperator"[188].

m firstly ([794]) ERMENGARD, daughter of ENGUERRAND Comte [de Hesbaye] & his wife --- ([775/80]-Angers 3 Oct 818[189], bur Angers).
*Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names the wife of Emperor Ludwig "filiam nobilissimi ducis Ingorammi…Irmingarda"[190].
*The Gesta Francorum records the death "818 V Non Oct" of "Irmingardis regina"[191]. The Vita Hludowici Imperatoris records the death "V Non Oct" of "Hirmingardis regina" three days after falling ill[192].

m secondly (Aix-la-Chapelle Feb 819) JUDITH, daughter of WELF [I] Graf [von Altdorf] & his wife Heilwig --- ([805]-Tours 19 Apr 843, bur Tours Saint-Martin).
*The Annales Xantenses record the marriage in Feb 819 of "Ludewicus imperator" and "Iudith"[193]. Thegan names "filiam Hwelfi ducis sui, qui erat de nobolissima progenie Bawariorum…Iudith…ex parte matris…Eigilwi nobilissimi generic Saxonici" as second wife of Emperor Ludwig, specifying that she was "enim pulchra valde"[194]. Einhard's Annales record that Emperor Louis chose "Huelpi comitis filiam…Judith" as his wife in 819 after "inspectis plerisque nobelium filiabus"[195].
*Judith was influential with her husband, which increased the tensions with the emperor's sons by his first marriage.
*Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris records that "quondam duce Bernhardo, qui erat de stirpe regali" was accused of violating "Iudith reginam" but comments that this was all lies[196].
*Judith was exiled to the monastery of Sainte-Croix de Poitiers during the first rebellion of her stepsons in 830, was released in 831, but exiled again to Tortona in Italy in 833 from where she was brought back in Apr 834[197].
*The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XIII Kal Mai" of "Judith regina"[198]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 843 of "Iudhit imperatrix mater Karoli" at Tours[199].

Mistress (1): ---. The name of Emperor Lothar's mistress or mistresses is not known.

Emperor Louis I & his first wife had six children:

1. LOTHAIRE [Lothar] (795-Kloster Prüm 29 Sep 855, bur Kloster Prüm).
*Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names (in order) "Hlutharius, Pippinus, Hludowicus" as sons of Emperor Ludwig I & his wife Ermengard[200].
*He was crowned joint Emperor LOTHAIRE I, jointly with his father, in Jul 817 at Aix-la-Chapelle.

2. PEPIN ([797]-Poitiers 13 Dec 838, bur Poitiers, église collégiale de Sainte-Radégonde).
*Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names (in order) "Hlutharius, Pippinus, Hludowicus" as sons of Emperor Ludwig I & his wife Ermengard[201].
*Under the Ordinatio Imperii promulgated by his father at Worms in 817, he became PEPIN I King of Aquitaine.

3. HROTRUD [Rotrude] ([800]-).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hlotharium Pipinum et Hludovicum Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as children of "Hludovicus ymperator…ex Yrmingardi regina"[202].

4. BERTA .
*Settipani cites charters which name Berta as the daughter of Emperor Louis[203].

5. HILDEGARD ([802/04]-857, or maybe after [23 Aug 860]).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hlotharium Pipinum et Hludovicum Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as children of "Hludovicus ymperator…ex Yrmingardi regina"[204]. Hildegard is named as sister of Charles by Nithard[205].
*Abbess of Notre-Dame and Saint-Jean at Laon.
*She supported her brother Lothaire against her half-brother Charles and, in Oct 841, imprisoned Adalgar at Laon. After Laon was besieged, she surrendered Adalgar but was herself released by her half-brother [205].
*The Annales Formoselenses record the death in 857 of "Hildegard, Lothawici regis filia"[206], corroborated in the Annales Alemannici[207].

6. LOUIS ([806]-Frankfurt-am-Main 28 Aug 876, bur Kloster Lorsch).
*Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names (in order) "Hlutharius, Pippinus, Hludowicus" as sons of Emperor Ludwig I and his wife Ermengardis[208].
*Under the Ordinatio Imperii promulgated by his father at Worms in 817, he became King of Bavaria and Carinthia.
*Under the partition of territories agreed by the Treaty of Verdun 11 Aug 843, Louis was installed as LUDWIG II "le Germanique/der Deutsche" King of the East Franks.

Emperor Louis I & his second wife had [three] children:

7. GISELA ([819/822]-after 1 Jul 874, bur Cysoing, Abbey of St Calixtus).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Karolum et Gislam" children of "Hludovicus ymperator…ex Iudith ymperatrice"[209]. Her marriage is deduced from a charter in which Gisela states that their eldest son Unruoch brought back the body of Eberhard from Italy[210].
*She founded the abbey of St Calixtus at Cysoing, Flanders, where she lived as a widow. "Gisle" granted "le fisc de Somain en Ostrevant" to "filii…Adelarde" by charter dated 14 Apr 869, which names "rex Karolus meus…germanus…senioris mei dulcis memorie Evrardi…tres infantes meos Rodulfum…et Berengarium…et…Adelarde"[211]. The Historia Ecclesiæ Cisoniensis records that “Gisla” donated property to Cysoing abbey for her burial next to “coniugis mei dulcis memoriæ Evrardi”, by charter dated 2 Apr 870 which names “filiæ meæ Ingiltrudis…filius meus Rodulfus”, and by charter dated “Kal Jul anno XXXV regnante Carolo Rege”, naming “filii mei Unroch…filiorum meorum Adalardo atque Rodulfo” and signed by “Odelrici Comitis”[212]. "Gisle" donated property to Cysoing for the anniversaries of "Ludovico imperatore patre meo et…Judith imperatrice matre mea et…rege Karolo…germano et…prole mea…Hengeltrude, Hunroc, Berengario, Adelardo, Rodulpho, Hellwich, Gilla, Judith" by charter dated to [874][213].
*m ([836]) EBERHARD Marchese di Friulia, son of UNRUOCH Comte [en Ternois] & his wife Engeltrude (-in Italy 16 Dec 866, bur Cysoing, Abbey of St Calixtus).

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8. CHARLES (Frankfurt-am-Main 13 Jun 823-Avrieux or Brides-les-Bains, Savoie 6 Oct 877, bur Nantua Abbey, transferred to église de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).

The Annales S. Benigni Divisionensis record the birth of "Karolus filius Ludowici" in Frankfurt "Idus Iun 824"[214].

Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names Charles as son of his father by his second wife[215].

Under the division of Imperial territories by the Treaty of Verdun 11 Aug 843, he became CHARLES II “le Chauve” King of the West Franks.

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9. [daughter .
*The Casus Monasterii Petrishusensis records that "rex Francorum qui et imperator Romanorum" (which appears to indicate Charles II "le Chauve") gave his sister in marriage to "vir nobilissimo genere decoratus", that the couple had two sons to whom their uncle gave "in Alemannia loca…Potamum et Brigantium, Ubirlingin et Buochorn, Ahihusin et Turingen atque Heistirgou, Wintirture…et in Retia Curiensi Mesouch", and that one of the sons returned to France while the other "Oudalricus" retained all the property in Alamannia[216]. The editor of the MGH SS compilation dates this source to the mid-12th century[217].
*The information has not been corroborated in any earlier primary source, although it is not known what prior documentation may have been available to the compiler of the Casus.
*There are several other difficulties with this marriage which suggest that the report in the Casus should be treated with caution. If the information is accurate, it is likely that the bride was a full sister of King Charles, although if this is correct her absence from contemporary documentation is surprising. If she had been Charles's half-sister, it is difficult to see how Charles would have had much influence on her marriage, which would have been arranged by one of her full brothers.
*In any case, it is unlikely that Emperor Louis's first wife would have had further children after [812/15] at the latest, given the birth of her eldest son in 795. If that estimated birth date is correct, then it is more likely that this daughter's marriage would have been arranged by her father Emperor Louis before his death in 840.
*Another problem is the potential consanguinity between the parties. Although the precise relationship between the couple's son Udalrich [III] and the earlier Udalrichinger cannot be established from available documentation, it is probable that he was closely related to Hildegard, first wife of Emperor Charles I, who was the paternal grandmother of Emperor Louis's children.
*Lastly, Udalrich [III] is recorded in charters dated 847 and 854, suggesting a birth date in the 820s assuming that he was adult at the time, which is inconsistent with Charles II "le Chauve" (born in 823) having arranged his parents' marriage.
*m --- [Udalrichinger].]

Emperor Louis I had [two] illegitimate children by Mistress (1):

10. [ALPAIS ([793/94]-23 Jul 852 or after, bur [Reims]).
*Flodoard refers to "Ludowicus Alpheidi filie sue uxori Begonis comitis"[218]. The Annales Hildesheimenses name "filiam imperatoris…Elpheid" as the wife of "Bicgo de amici regis" when recording the death of her husband[219].
*Settipani discusses the debate about the paternity of Alpais, preferring the theory that Emperor Charles I was her father[220]. If Emperor Louis was her father, it is unlikely that she was born before [793/94], given his known birth date in 778. It would therefore be chronologically tight for her to have had [three] children by her husband before his death in 816. However, no indication has been found in primary sources of the age of these children when their father died. The question of Alpais's paternity is obviously not beyond doubt, but it is felt preferable to show her as the possible daughter of Emperor Louis in view of the clear statement in Flodoard.
*No indication has been found of the name of Alpais's mother. If Alpais was the daughter of Emperor Louis, it is likely that she was not her husband's only wife in view of Bego's estimated birth date.
*After her husband died, she became abbess of Saint-Pierre-le-Bas at Reims in [817]. She was still there 29 May 852.
*m ([806]) [as his second wife,] BEGO, son of [GERARD [I] Comte de Paris & his wife Rotrud] ([755/60]-28 Oct 816). He governed the county of Toulouse as "marchio" for Septimania in 806. Comte de Paris in [815], succeeding comte Stephanus.]

11. ARNOUL ([794]-after [Mar/Apr] 841).
*The Chronicon Moissacense names "quartum…filium [Ludovici]…ex concubina…Arnulfum" recording that his father gave him the county of Sens[221].
*Comte de Sens 817.
*He was a supporter of his half-brother Emperor Lothaire in [Mar/Apr] 841[222].

Chapter 2. KINGS of the WEST FRANKS 751-840 (CAROLINGIANS)

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CHARLES II 843-877

CHARLES, son of Emperor LOUIS I "le Pieux" & his second wife Judith [Welf] (Frankfurt-am-Main 13 Jun 823-Avrieux or Brides-les-Bains, Savoie 6 Oct 877, bur Nantua Abbey, transferred to église de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).

The Annales S. Benigni Divisionensis record the birth of "Karolus filius Ludowici" in Frankfurt "Idus Iun 824"[223]. Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names Charles as son of his father by his second wife[224].

His father invested Charles as dux in Alemania, Rhetia, Alsace and part of Burgundy at Worms Aug 829, reducing the territory of his oldest brother Lothaire to Italy. This triggered the revolt of his older half-brothers in Mar 830, when they captured their father at Compiègne and forced him to revert to the constitutional arrangements decided in 817.

His father installed Charles as King of Aquitaine in Sep 832, having deprived Charles's half-brother Pepin. His father restored Aquitaine to Pepin 15 Mar 834 at Quierzy-sur-Oise.

His father accorded Charles the land between Frisia and the Seine at the Assembly of Aix-la-Chapelle in 837, Maine and the land between the Seine and the Loire (as well as a royal crown) in 838, and Francia between the Meuse and the Seine, western and southern Burgundy, Provence, Neustria, the march of Bretagne, Aquitaine, Gascogne and Septimanie at the Assembly of Worms 28 May 839.

On the death of his father, he became King of the Franks of the West. His brother Emperor Lothaire sought to deprive him of his lands. Charles allied himself with his half-brother Ludwig and together they defeated Lothaire at Fontenoy-en-Puisaye 25 Jun 841.

Under the division of imperial territories agreed under the Treaty of Verdun 11 Aug 843, he became CHARLES II “le Chauve” King of the West Franks.

King of Aquitaine in 848, when he deposed his nephew Pepin II. When King Charles II was faced with widespread rebellion, his brother Ludwig II "der Deutsche" King of the East Franks invaded his kingdom in Aug 858 but was defeated 15 Jan 859 in the Laonnais and forced to withdraw.

In 865, Charles agreed with King Ludwig II "der Deutsche" the future division of the territories of Lothaire II King of Lotharingia, but on the latter's death in 869 Charles invaded Lotharingia and proclaimed himself CHARLES King of Lotharingia before Ludwig could assert his rights. A settlement was reached at Meerssen in Aug 870 under which Charles received the Meuse valley, Lyonnais, Viennois and Vivarais, declaring himself king of Lotharingia in 869.

He was crowned Emperor CHARLES II at Rome 25 Dec 875 by Pope John VIII, and elected king of Italy at Pavia in 876[225].

The Annales S. Benigni Divisionensis record the death of "Karolus imperator Prid Non Oct 877"[226]. The necrology of Reims Saint-Rémi records the death "III Non Oct" of "Karolus Calvus rex Francorum"[227].

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m firstly (Quierzy, Aisne 13 Dec 842, separated 867) ERMENTRUDIS, daughter of EUDES Comte [d’Orléans] & his wife Engeltrudis (27 Sep [830]-Saint-Denis 6 Oct 869, bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).
*The Annales Bertiniani record the marriage in 842 of "Ermendrud neptem Adalardi comitis" and "Karolus" at "Carisiacum palatium"[228]. Nithard names "Hirmentrude, daughter of Odo and Ingiltrud" as wife of Charles[229].
*She was crowned in Aug 866 at Saint-Médard de Soissons.
*After she was separated from her husband, she retired to a monastery.
*The Annales Bertiniani record the death "869 II Non Oct in monasterio Sancti Dyonisii" of "Hyrmentrudem uxorem suam [=Karoli]" and her burial at Saint-Denis[230]. The Obituaire de Notre-Dame de Paris records the death "Non Oct" of "Irmentrudis regina uxor Caroli"[231]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "Non Oct" of "Hirmentrudis regina"[232].

m secondly (12 Oct 869, confirmed Aix-la-Chapelle 22 Jan 870) RICHILDIS, daughter of comte BUVIN & his wife --- d'Arles (-[30 Jan] [910 or after]).
*The Annales Bertiniani record the marriage "869 VII Id Oct" of "sororem…Bosonis…Richildem" and King Charles II[233].
*She was crowned empress at Tortona in Lombardy by Pope John VIII in 877. “Richildis quondam regina” donated property, among which “in pago Gerbercinse in Langeii villa”, to Gorze Abbey by charter dated 910[234].
*The necrology of Reims Saint-Rémi records the death "III Kal Feb" of "RICHILDIS"[235].

Emperor Charles II & his first wife had nine children:

1. JUDITH ([844]-after 870).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Iudith et Hildegardim, Hirmintrudim et Gislam" as the four daughters of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina", specifying that she married "Balduinus comes"[236]. The Annales Bertiniani record the betrothal in Jul 856 of "Iudith filiam Karli regis" and "Edilvulf rex occidentalium Anglorum" after the latter returned from Rome and their marriage "Kal Oct in Vermaria palatio", during which "Ingmaro Durocortori Remorum episcopo" set a queen's diadem on her head[237]. Her first husband placed her "by his own side on the regal throne", contrary to normal practice in the kingdom of Wessex[238].
*The Annales Bertiniani record the marriage of "Iudit reginam" and "Adalboldus filius eius [=Edilvulf regis]" in 858 after the death of her first husband[239]. Asser records that when King Æthelwulf was dead, his son Æthelbald married Judith daughter of Charles king of the Franks "contrary to God's prohibition and the dignity of a Christian, contrary also to the custom of all the pagans…and drew down much infamy upon himself"[240].
*The Annales Bertiniani record that Judith returned to her father after the death of her second husband, lived at Senlis "sub tuitione paterna", and from there was abducted by "Balduinum comitem" with the consent of her brother Louis, her father consenting to the marriage the following year[241]. Flodoard names "Balduini comitis et Iudita…Karoli regis filia, Edilvulfo regi Anglorum qui et Edelboldus in matrimonium"[242].
*m firstly (Verberie-sur-Oise, near Senlis 1 Oct 856) as his [second/third] wife, ÆTHELWULF King of Wessex, son of ECGBERT King of Wessex & his wife Redburga --- ([795/800]-13 Jan 858, bur Winchester).
*m secondly (858) ÆTHELBALD King of Wessex, son of ÆTHELWULF King of Wessex & his [second] wife Osburga --- (-20 Dec 860, bur Sherborne).
*m thirdly (Auxerre 13 Dec 862) BAUDOUIN I Count of Flanders, son of ODACRE [Audacer/Odoscer] Graf van Harlebeek & his wife --- ([837/840]-Arras 879, bur Abbaye de Saint-Bertin near Saint-Omer).

2. LOUIS (1 Nov 846-Compiègne 10 Apr 879, bur Compiègne, église collégiale Saint-Corneille).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hludovicum Karolum Karlomannum et Hlotharium" as the four sons of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina"[243].
*He succeeded his father in 877 as LOUIS II "le Bègue" King of the West Franks.

3. CHARLES ([847/48]-near Buzançais, Indre 29 Sep 866, bur Bourges, église de Saint-Sulpice).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hludovicum Karolum Karlomannum et Hlotharium" as the four sons of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina"[244].
*Elected King of Aquitaine in Oct 855 at Limoges, and crowned. His residence was at Bourges.
*He married against the wishes of his father, and was deprived of his titles in 863.
*He was restored as king of Aquitaine in 865.
*The Annales Bertiniani record the death "866 III Kal Oct in villa secus Bosentiacas" of "Karoli filius Karolus et Aquitanorum rex" two years after suffering severe brain injuries, and his burial "in ecclesia sancti Sulpitii apud Biturigum"[245]. The Chronico Floriacensi records that "duo filii illius [Karolo Ludovici filio]…Hlotharius Abbas et Karolus Rex Aquitanorum" died in 866[246].
*m (862, annulled 863) as her second husband, ---, widow of HUMBERT Comte [de Bourges], daughter of ---. The Annales Bertiniani record the marriage in 862 of "Karolus rex Aquitannorum, Karoli regis filius" and "relictam Humberti comitis", on the advice of "Stephani" against the will of his father[247].

4. CARLOMAN (-[877/78]).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hludovicum Karolum Karlomannum et Hlotharium" as the four sons of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina"[248]. "Carlomannum" is named son of King Charles by Folcuin, who specifies that his father installed him as abbot "Laubiensi"[249].
*The Annales Bertiniani record that "Karlus rex Karlommanum filium suum" was tonsured in 854[250].
*Abbé de Saint-Médard at Soissons 860.
*He conspired against his father, was imprisoned at Senlis and deprived of his abbeys in 870.
*He escaped to Belgium.
*He was rejected by the church by judgment of the bishops meeting at Senlis in 873. His father had him blinded and imprisoned at the monastery of Corbie in 873.
*He fled to Ludwig II "der Deutsche" King of the East Franks. He was sent to Luxembourg where he became Abbot of Echternach in 874[251].

5. LOTHAIRE (-14 Dec 865).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hludovicum Karolum Karlomannum et Hlotharium" as the four sons of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina"[252].
*He was lame from birth.
*The Annales Bertiniani record that "Karlus rex filium Lotharium claudum" became a monk "in monasterio Sancti Iohannis" in 861[253]. He became a monk at the abbey of Moutier Saint-Jean in 861.
*Abbé de Saint-Germain at Auxerre[254].
*The Chronico Floriacensi records that "duo filii illius [Karolo Ludovici filio]…Hlotharius Abbas et Karolus Rex Aquitanorum" died in 866[255]. One necrology of Saint-Germain d´Auxerre records the death "XIX Kal Jan" of "domni Lotharii abbatis"[256].

6. HILDEGARDIS.
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Iudith et Hildegardim, Hirmintrudim et Gislam" as the four daughters of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina"[257].

7. ERMENTRUDIS (-after 11 Jul 877).
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Iudith et Hildegardim, Hirmintrudim et Gislam" as the four daughters of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina"[258].
*The Historia Monasterii Hasnonensis names "Ermentrudis imperatrix et regina cum filia Ermendtrude"[259]. Abbess of Hasnon near Douai 11 Jul 877.

8. GISELA.
*The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Iudith et Hildegardim, Hirmintrudim et Gislam" as the four daughters of "Karolus imperator…ex Hyrmentrudi regina"[260].

9. [ROTRUDIS ([850]-).
*Settipani names Rotrudis as the daughter of King Charles II but appears to base this on her being named as such in the Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis[261], but this does not appear to be the case.
*Flodoard names "Rotrudi" when recording her election as abbess of "monasterii Sanctæ Crucis et Sanctæ Radegundis" but does not give her parentage[262]. Abbess of Sainte-Radégonde at Poitiers 868-870.]

Emperor Charles II & his second wife had five children:

10. ROTHILDIS ([871]-22 Mar 929).
*Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks confirmed donations of property "in comitatu quoque Cœnomannico" made by "Hugo comes et mater sua Rothildis", at the request of "genitrix nostra Adeleidis et…comes Hugo consanguineus, necnon et…comes Ecfridus" by charter dated 1 Nov 900[263]. The charter dated 929 subscribed by "Hugonis comitis filii Rotgerii comitis" suggests that Rothildis must have been the wife of Roger[264]. Flodoard names "Rothildis, amitæ suæ [regis Karoli], socrus autem Hugonis" when recording that the king deprived her of "abbatiam…Golam" [Chelles] in favour of his favourite Haganon, the context dictating that "Hugonis" was "Hugo filius Rotberti"[265].
*As the paternal aunt of King Charles III, chronology determines that she must have been the daughter of her father's second marriage, although no source has so far been identified which states this to be the case.
*She acquired the monasteries of Chelles, and Notre-Dame and Saint-Jean at Laon. She retreated to Chelles in 922 but was deprived of the monastery by her nephew Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks in favour of his favourite Haganon, an event which led to the rebellion of Robert Marquis en Neustrie who was the father of Rothilde's son-in-law (Hugues, later "le Grand" Duc des Francs)[266].
*Her death is dated to late 928/early 929 as Flodoard names "Rothildis…nuper defunctæ" when recording that "Heribertus et Hugo comites" (specifying that "Hugo" was "gener ipsius Rothildis") attacked "Bosonem Rodulfi regis frater" in 929 over the property of Rothilde[267]. This is also the only source so far identified from which her marriage is deduced.
*The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés records the death "XI Kal Apr" of "Rothildis abbatisse et monache filia regis magni Karoli"[268]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XI Kal Mar" of "Rotildis abbatissa"[269]. These entries could refer alternatively to Rothildis, daughter of Emperor Charlemagne, but it is more likely that the former entry would have referred to her father as "imperator" if that was the case.
*m ([890]) ROTGER [Roger] Comte, nephew of [HUGUES Comte de Bourges], son of --- (-before I Nov 900). Comte du Maine 897.

11. DROGO ([872/73]-[873/74], bur Abbaye de Saint-Amand, Flanders).
*The Chronico Floriacensi records the birth and death of "de Caroli Carolus…rex…Pippinus…simulque Drogo"[270]. Twin with Pepin.

12. PEPIN ([872/73]-[873/74], bur Abbaye de Saint-Amand, Flanders).
*The Chronico Floriacensi records the birth and death of "de Caroli Carolus…rex…Pippinus…simulque Drogo"[271]. Twin with Drogo.

13. son (23 Mar 875-soon after).
*The Annales Bertiniani record that in 875 "Richildis uxor eius [=Karoli]" gave birth to a child "noctu ante quartam feriam paschæ" which died immediately after being baptised[272].

14. CHARLES (10 Oct 876-877 before 7 Apr, bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).
*The Annales Bertiniani record the death in early 877 of "filius eius [=Karoli]…Karolus" and his burial at Saint-Denis[273].

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*[178] Nithard I.8, p. 140.
*[179] Pauli Gesta Episcop. Mettensium, MGH SS II, p. 265.
*[180] Settipani (1993), p. 250.
*[181] RFA 813, p. 95.
*[182] Settipani (1993), p. 252.
*[183] Settipani (1993), pp. 252-3.
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*[244] Genealogiæ Comitum Flandriæ, Witgeri Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis MGH SS IX, p. 303.
*[245] Annales Bertiniani III 866.
*[246] Chronico Floriacensi apud Chesnium Tomo 3, p. 355, cited in RHGF 7, p. 272.
*[247] Annales Bertiniani III 862.
*[248] Genealogiæ Comitum Flandriæ, Witgeri Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis MGH SS IX, p. 303.
*[249] Folcuini Gesta Abbatum Lobiensium 14, MGH SS IV, p. 61.
*[250] Annales Bertiniani II 854.
*[251] Settipani (1993), p. 310.
*[252] Genealogiæ Comitum Flandriæ, Witgeri Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis MGH SS IX, p. 303.
*[253] Annales Bertiniani II 861.
*[254] Settipani (1993), p. 310.
*[255] Chronico Floriacensi apud Chesnium Tomo 3, p. 355, cited in RHGF 7, p. 272.
*[256] Obituaires de Sens Tome III, Abbaye de Saint-Germain d´Auxerre, p. 274.
*[257] Genealogiæ Comitum Flandriæ, Witgeri Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis MGH SS IX, p. 303.
*[258] Genealogiæ Comitum Flandriæ, Witgeri Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis MGH SS IX, p. 303.
*[259] Tomelli, Historia Monasterii Hasnonensis 4, MGH SS XIV, p. 151.
*[260] Genealogiæ Comitum Flandriæ, Witgeri Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis MGH SS IX, p. 303.
*[261] Settipani (1993), p. 511 footnote 814.
*[262] Flodoardi Historia Remensis Ecclesiæ III , MGH SS XIII, p. 548.
*[263] RHGF X, p. 489.
*[264] 'Catalogue des actes des évêques du Mans jusqu'à la fin du XIII siècle', Revue historique et archéologique du Maine, t. 63 (1908) 2, pp. 32-63 and 144-185, quoted in Latouche Histoire du Maine, p. 15 footnote 4.
*[265] Flodoard 922, MGH SS III, p. 370.
*[266] Settipani, p. 406.
*[267] Flodoard 929, MGH SS III, p. 378.
*[268] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, p. 254.
*[269] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 312.
*[270] Epitaphium Drogonis et Pippini, Caroli Calvi filiorum, cited in RHGF 7, p. 224.
*[271] Epitaphium Drogonis et Pippini, Caroli Calvi filiorum, cited in RHGF 7, p. 224.
*[272] Annales Bertiniani III 875.
*[273] Annales Bertiniani III 877.

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Dito o Calvo, pois tinha os cabelos ralos, era filho de Luís I, o Piedoso e de Judith da Baviera, sua segunda esposa.

Depois de seu nascimento, seu pai, o Imperador, quis distribuir seus Estados entre os três filhos que tivera em seu primeiro casamento, e a necessidade de rever essa partilha em função do menino Carlos, dentro da desordem que resultou a péssima situação política da França, depois da usurpação de Pepino, o Breve.

Um dos filhos do primeiro casamento de Luís, o Piedoso havia morrido, e esse doou a Carlos II a Aquitânia, sem consultar os demais filhos, o que causou a divisão da família real. Assim, depois da morte de seu pai, Carlos II se uniu a Luís, o Germânico para combater Lotário I, seu irmão mais velho, que queria excluí-los da partilha, e forçá-los a reconhecer a sua supremacia política.

Eles se bateram na batalha de Fontenay, uma luta tão sangrenta, que os nobres declararam que em virtude dos acontecimentos, doravante não tinham mais nenhum compromisso com seu soberanos, pois esses não estavam agindo em defesa do Estado, e que dali em diante, os soldados não se reportariam mais diretamente ao monarca, senão a seus senhores, que tratavam de consolidar seu regime feudal. Como resultado da batalha de Fontenay, ocorrida no dia 25 de junho de 842, o Império foi repartido entre os três irmãos, tendo Carlos II herdado a França.

Alguns anos mais tarde, em 869, eles voltaram a se reunir para repartir a herança deixada por Lotário que falecera, o que envolveu a interferência do Papa Adriano II. O Papa escreveu a Carlos II, uma mensagem que marcava um vivo ressentimento por não ter sido escutado na sucessão de Lotário, declarando o Rei como perjuro, como vingativo e como pai desnaturado. Carlos rebateu com firmeza, declarando que os Reis da França jamais seriam submissos ao Papa, pois eram esses que deviam submissão ao Rei.

Carlos II deixou um único filho varão, que seria conhecido como Luís II, o Gago, que o sucederia. Carlos II o Calvo morreu no ano de 877.

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Charles II[1] dit le Chauve (né le 13 juin 823 à Francfort-sur-le-Main, Allemagne - mort le 6 octobre 877 à Avrieux, Savoie).

Petit-fils de Charlemagne, il est le fils de l'empereur Louis le Pieux et de sa troisième épouse Judith de Bavière. Il est roi de Francie occidentale de 840 à 877, et empereur d'Occident de 875 à 877.

Il est surnommé le Chauve, non en raison d’une calvitie, mais parce que le 5 mai 877, jour de la consécration de la collégiale Sainte-Marie, future abbaye Saint-Corneille à Compiègne, il se serait fait raser le crâne en signe de soumission à l’Église, et ce, malgré la coutume franque exigeant qu’un roi ait les cheveux longs.

À l'âge de sept ans, Charles est confié à un précepteur de renom, Walahfrid Strabo (v. 808/809-849), moine au monastère de Reichenau, en Alémanie, esprit cultivé attaché au mythe impérial, poète, auteur d'une glose qui contient des commentaires de la Bible, sur lesquels se fondent, des siècles durant, les interprétations du livre sacré. Pendant neuf ans, Strabo assure l'éducation du jeune prince, convaincu de la grande destinée qui attend son élève.

En conflit avec ses demi-frères pour le partage de l'immense empire de leur grand-père, maintenu par leur père, Charles doit attendre la fin de sa vie pour ceindre la couronne impériale.

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Charles II (the Bald) Roman
*Charles II (the Bald) was born on June 13th, 0823.
*Charles II (the Bald)'s father was Emperor Louis I (The Pious) Roman and his mother was Judith Bavaria. His paternal grandparents were Charlemagne Roman and Hildegard Von Vinzgau Of Serbia; his maternal grandparents were Guelph I (Welf) Altdorf and Hedwig Eigilwich Chelles. He was the youngest of two children.
*He had a sister named Gisela. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Lothair, Louis II "The German", Hildegard and Adelaide (Adelheid).
*He died, at the age of 54 years, 3 months and 23 days, on October 6th, 0877.

o Death Notes
* B: 13 Jun 0823
* P: Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
* D: 6 Oct 0877
* P: Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne

Burial: Dt Denis,France

o General Notes

# Note: Charles II, King de France
# Note: (Andre Roux: Scrolls,191.)
# Note: (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 130, Line 171-39.)
# Note: (Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians, Page 180.)
# Note: (Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel.)
# Note: (Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Pages 369, 387).
# Note: AKA: Charles II, Emperor of the West. AKA: Charles II, King de Bourgogne. AKA: Charles II, King of Italy. Also Known As: Charles "Le Chauve".
# Note: Born: on 13 Jun 823 in Francfort-sur-le-Main, Germany, son of Louis I, King de France and Judith de Baviere , Some sources assert King Charles II was born in the year 829.
# Note - between 824 and 875 in France: The birth of Charles II in 823 did not at first excite jealousy or rivalry among his brothers. In 829, Charles was granted the region of Alemannia, Rhaetia and part of Burgundy. In 837, his Father Louis I "Le Debonnaire", by arrangement with Louis the German and Pepin gave Charles the land West of the Meuse, Burgundy, Chartres and Paris together with all the bishops, abbots and counts who held benefices in these territories. A portion of Neustria was added in 838, and upon Pepin's death, Louis Le Pieux made Charles King of Aquitaine. On 24 July 840, the new Emperor, Lothar, in Strasburg, refuses to support the land claims of Charles (from the agreement of Worms on 30 May 839). The two brothers, Louis and Charles, unite against Lothar and the War of the Three Brothers begins. Meanwhile, on 12 May 841, the Normands ravage Rouen and all the localities along the Seine, increasing their wealth considerably. At Fontenoy-en-Puisaye (24 June 841), Charles defeats his brothers Lothar (in spite of the arrival of the Army of Aquitaine in the Imperial ranks -- and at a total loss of 40,000 lives at the battle) and Louis Le Germanique. Charles and Louis signed an alliance on 14 February 842 at Strasbourg. Leaving Strasbourg, the two brothers defeat the imperial army of Lothar just West of Comblence. Lothar leaves Aix-le-Chapelle precipitously, pursued by the two brothers. In Mellecey, not far from Chalon-sur-Saone, Lothar proposes a plan to establish perpetual peace which is acceptable to both Louis and Charles. On 15 June, they sign the preliminary peace document. On 1 October 842, each of them sends 40 commissioners to Metz to forge the official document. Prudence, the Bishop of Troyes, notes that Louis regained Germania in the East, Lothar gets the middle part of the Franc Kingdom, including Italy, and Charles obtains the Western lands (West of the Rhone, including Soissons). After that Charles goes to the Palace in Quierzy, where he marries Ermentrude.
# Note: Charles signed the Treaty of Verdun (843) which split the Kingdom of Charlemagne. By the Treaty, the destiny of Occidental Europe would be heavily influenced to this day. Louis obtains all lands East of the Rhine, including the cities of Spire, Worms, Mayence. Lothar gets all the lands extending between the Rhine and the Escaut, the Cambresis, the Hainaut, the country of Mezieres, and all the countships neighboring the Meuse, through the Saone and the Rhone, the Artois and Italy. Charles got all the lands East all the way to Spain. The Kingdom of Charlemagne thus was split forever, with the most serious rift between the germanic lands of Louis, and the French lands of Charles. The intervening lands extending from Frisia to Rome, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean including what would become Holland, Belgium, Lorraine and Switzerland would become a sore point of contention between these two peoples. The only thing that mattered to Lothar was the fact that both capitals (Aix and Rome) were located within his territory, thus legitimizing the title of Emperor.
# Note: Meanwhile, the Normands pillage Nantes and lower Aquitaine. Charles laid siege to Toulouse in vain (May to July 844). The Normands led by Ragnar Lodbrog arrive in Paris and must be heavily bribed to leave. Other Normand armies ravage Toulouse and Bordeaux (burned to the ground in 848). On 6 May 848, Duke Nomenoe proclaims the indepence of the Church of Bretagne and the following year proclaims himself King of Bretagne. Charles fought Brittany (Bretagne) in 845-851 and was victorious. Not liking Pepin II, the people of Aquitaine request Charles' help, and he obliges by accepting the Crown, and on 6 June 848 is consecrated King of Aquitaine, though he could not defend his kingdom against the Normands. He had Charles of Aquitaine jailed (849 in Corbie). In 850 Charles attacks Bretagne and leaves a garrison in Rennes. No sooner does he leave, that Nomenoe takes the city and then takes Nantes as well. The next year, Nomenoe ravages Maine, but, fortunately for Charles, the King of Bretagne dies suddenly on 7 March in Vendome. Charles has Pepin II locked in the Monastery of Saint-Medard de Soissons in 852. The Normands under Godfrid pillage Tours and Angers and penetrate via the Valley of Escaut all the way to the Seine. The loyalty of Aquitaine shifts in 853, and Louis the German is called upon to help against Charles le Chauve. He in turn defeats Louis and offers Aquitaine his son by Ermentrude, Charles, who would be crowned sovereign in Limoges in October 855. Both Pepin II and Charles d'Aquitaine escape raise armies against Charles le Chauve. Charles fought against Louis for Lorraine (859, 870 [Treaty of Mersen] and 875).
# Note: When Louis le Germanique becomes ill in 869 near Rastisbonne, shortly after his nephew Lothar II died, Charles see the opportunity to claim his heritage as Uncle of the deceased. He has himself annointed King of Lorraine in Metz on 9 September, by the Bishop Hincmar. In March, 867, Charles d'Aquitaine dies, and his father Charles le Chauve is recognized as King by the Assembly in Pouilly-sur-Loire. Upon the death of his nephew, Lothar II on 8 August 869, Charles sped to Lotharingia and had himself crowned King of Lotharingia annointed on 9 September in the cathedral at Metz by Bishop Adventius of Metz and Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims. In 9 August 870, through the Treaty of Meerseen, Louis "Le Germanique" and Charles "Le Chauve" reach an agreeable compromise whereby they divide the lands of Lothar II between themselves, leaving Louis II no part of the inheritance. As soon as Louis II died on 12 August 875, Charles rushed to Italy and received the imperial crown and is annointed by Pope John VIII on 25 December 875. In Pavia on 5 January 876, by acclamation of the counts and nobles of Italy, Charles becomes King of Italy. On 31 January 876, the Archbishop of Milan proclaims Charles as Emperor. The French ecclesiasticals and nobles, having some misgivings about Charles' ability to take care of his Kingdom meet in Ponthion. Charles joins them dressed in the attire of the Frankish King. As soon as they declare him elected and recognize his imperial authority, Charles donned the Byzantine crown, and purple vestment of emperor. When Louis le Germanique dies on 28 August 876, Charles claims Lorraine as his own. While on an expedition in Italy against the Sarrasins, through the specific request of Pope Jean VIII, Charles le Chauve dies at the foot of Mount Cenis.
# Note: Married on 13 Dec 842 in Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne, Ile-de-France, France: Ermentrude d'Orleans , daughter of Odon=Eudes, Count d'Orleans and Ingeltrude de Paris; Ermentrude was crowned Queen of France in 866, having already produced a number of children including 6 sons but none of them was satisfactory as far as Charles Le Chauve was concerned. By September 866, four of them were dead.
# Note: Married on 25 Nov 869 in Aix-la-Chapelle, France: Richilde de Bourgogne, daughter of Beuve=Bouin, Comte de Bourgogne and Richilde d'Arles; The honeymoon is short-lived, as Louis le Germanique demands, as part of his heritage from the death of his nephew Lothar II, a part of Lorraine. Died: on 6 Oct 877 in Avrieux, Dauphine, France, at age 54 Charles II is buried at Saint Denis although originally he was buried in Nantua. Before expiring, he named his son, Louis Le Begue as his successor, and the Empress Richilde, crowned by Pope Jean VIII earlier that year, is charged with taking the royal garbs and sword to her step-son.
# Note: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
# Note: Page: Charles II
# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 49-16

Charles II (the Bald)'s first family with Ermentrude (Irmtrud) Orleans

Charles II (the Bald) and Ermentrude (Irmtrud) were married (further details are not known). They had a son and four daughters, named Louis II (The Stammerer), Judith, Rothildis, Hersent and Godehilde.

1. Male Louis II (The Stammerer) France
*Louis II (The Stammerer) was born on November 1st, 0843.
* Death Notes
*B: 1 Nov 0843
*P: France

2. Female Judith France
*Judith was born in year 0844. She died, at the age of 26 years, in year 0870.
*Death Notes
*B: 0844
*P: France
*D: Aft. 0870

3. Female Rothildis d' Aquitaine
*Rothildis was born in year 0844 in Aquitaine, France.
*Birth Notes
*B: Abt. 844,871
*She died, at the age of 84 years, in year 0928.1
*Death Notes
*D: Abt. 928

4. Female Hersent France
*Hersent was born in year 0865.
*Death Notes
*B: 0865
*P: France

5. Female Godehilde France
*Godehilde was born in year 0868.
*Death Notes
*B: Abt. 0868
*P: France

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Charles II (the Bald)'s second family with Richaut Metz

Charles II (the Bald) and Richaut were married (further details are not known). They had a son and a daughter, named Reheut and Rothilde.

1. Male Reheut France
* Reheut was born in year 0870.

2. Female Rothilde Carolingian
*Rothilde was born in year 0871 in Frankfort-am-Main, Germany.2
*Birth Notes
*B: Abt. 871
*She died, at the age of 56 years, on March 22nd, 0927.2
*Death Notes
*D: 22 Mar 0927/28

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Charles the Bald[1] (13 June 823 – 6 October 877), Holy Roman Emperor (875–877, as Charles II) and King of West Francia (840–877), was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith.

Struggle against his brothers

He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine) were unsuccessful. The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as their brother Louis the German, King of Bavaria, made Charles's share in Aquitaine and Italy only temporary, but his father did not give up and made Charles the heir of the entire land which was once Gaul and would eventually be France. At a diet near Crémieux in 837, Louis the Pious bade the nobles do homage to Charles as his heir. This led to the final rising of his sons against him and Pepin of Aquitaine died in 838, whereupon Charles received that kingdom, finally once and for all. Pepin's son Pepin II would be a perpetual thorn in his side.

The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor Lothair I, and the two allies defeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye on June 25, 841. In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the West Franks, which he had been up till then governing and which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse, the Saône, and the Rhône, with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro. Louis received the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire, known as the East Francia and later Germany. Lothair retained the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy. He also received the central regions from Flanders through the Rhineland and Burgundy as king of Middle Francia.

Reign in the West

The first years of Charles's reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855, were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brothers continued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedly with one another, at Koblenz (848), at Meerssen (851), and at Attigny (854). In 858, Louis the German, invited by disaffected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the West Frankish kingdom. Charles was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy. He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs, who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860, he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence, but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.

Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons. Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë, who defeated the king at Ballon (845) and Juvardeil (851), the Bretons were successful in obtaining a de facto independence. Charles also fought against the Vikings, who devastated the country of the north, the valleys of the Seine and Loire, and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders and, by the Edict of Pistres of 864, made the army more mobile by providing for a cavalry element, the predecessor of the French chivalry so famous during the next 600 years. By the same edict, he ordered fortified bridges to be put up at all rivers to block the Viking incursions. Two of these bridges at Paris saved the city during its siege of 885–886.

Reign as emperor

In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on December 29. Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to Francia. After the death of Louis the German (28 August 876), Charles in his turn attempted to seize Louis's kingdom, but was decisively beaten at Andernach on October 8, 876. In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens, was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the Alps, but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his regent in Lombardy, Boso, and they refused to join his army. At the same time Carloman, son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain, on 6 October 877.

According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body. He was to have been buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was recorded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted down at the Revolution.

Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis. Charles was a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims.

Baldness

It has been suggested that Charles was not in fact bald, but that his epithet was applied ironically—that, in fact, he was extremely hairy. In support of this idea is the fact that none of his enemies commented on what would be an easy target. However, none of the voluble members of his court comments on his being hairy; and the Genealogy of Frankish Kings, a text from Fontanelle dating from possibly as early as 869, and a text without a trace of irony, names him as Karolus Caluus ("Charles the Bald"). Certainly, by the end of the 10th century, Richier of Reims and Adhemar of Chabannes refer to him in all seriousness as "Charles the Bald".[2]

An alternative or additional interpretation is based on Charles' initial lack of a regnum. "Bald" would in this case be a tongue-in-cheek reference to his landlessness, at an age where his brothers already had been sub-kings for some years.[3]

Marriages and children

Charles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842. She died in 869. In 870, Charles married Richilde of Provence, who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine.

With Ermentrude:
*1. Judith (844–870), married firstly with Ethelwulf of Wessex, secondly with Ethelbald of Wessex (her stepson) and thirdly with Baldwin I of Flanders
*2. Louis the Stammerer (846–879)
*3. Charles the Child (847–866)
*4. Lothar (848–865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
*5. Carloman (849–876)
*6. Rotrud (852–912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde
*7. Ermentrud (854–877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon
*8. Hildegard (born 856, died young)
*9. Gisela (857–874)

With Richilde:
*1. Rothild (871–929), married firstly with Hugues, Count of Bourges and secondly with Roger, Count of Maine
*2. Drogo (872–873)
*3. Pippin (873–874)
*4. a son (born and died 875)
*5. Charles (876–877)

Notes
*1. ^ Charles II
*2. ^ Dutton, Paul E, Charlemagne's Mustache
*3. ^ From German Wikipedia, where it is probably derived from Reinhard Lebe (2003), War Karl der Kahle wirklich kahl? Historische Beinamen und was dahintersteckt, ISBN 3 42330 876 1.

Charles the Bald
*Carolingian Dynasty
*Born: June 13 823
*Died: October 877

King of Western Francia (843 - 877)
*Preceded by Louis I
*Succeeded by Louis II

Holy Roman Emperor (correct title: Emperor of the Romans, 875 - 877)
*Preceded by Louis II
*Succeeded by Charles III

King of Italy (875 - 877)
*Succeeded by Carloman

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Karel II, de Kale, koning, daarna keizer, geb. Frankfurt aan de Main 13.6.823, overl. Maurienne op 6.10.877, begr. klooster Nantua, later Saint-Denis. Vormt reeds vanaf 829 het middelpunt van handelen van zijn ouders om hem (in strijd met de als definitief bedoelde Ordinatio Imperii) een eigen rijk te bezorgen; door zijn vader tot koning gekroond en aangesteld tot hertog van Maine, Quierzy sept. 838 en van Aquitanië 13.12.838; strijdt na de dood van zijn vader samen met zijn halfbroer Lodewijk de Duitser tegen hun oudste broer Lotharius I, welke zij verslaan bij Fontenoy (bij Auxerre) 25.6.841; verkrijgt West-Francië bij het verdelingsverdrag van Verdun aug. 843; wordt na jarenlang verzet van de aristocratie in het hem toebedeelde rijksdeel alsnog door ‘bijna alle’ wereldrijke en geestelijke groten van Aquitanië tot koning gekozen en door de aartsbisschop van Sens gezalfd en gekroond, Orléans 848; weet echter (o.a. door de voortdurende Noormannen-invallen) pas vanaf 860 een zekere consolidering te bereiken; schaart zich van dan af, samen met Lodewijk de Duitser, aan de zijde van Theutberga wier huwelijk met hun neef Lotharius II kinderloos is, wat dus tot een komende verwerving, althans deling van het middenrijk kan leiden; laat zich na de plotselinge dood van Lotharius II (8.8.869) tot koning van Lotharingen wijden Metz 9.9.869, doch moet het oostelijke deel daarvan afstaan aan Lodewijk de Duitser bij het verdrag van Meersen 8.8.870; laat zich na de dood van zijn neef Lodewijk 11 door paus Johannes VIII tot keizer kronen, Rome 25.12.875; geacclameerd door een Italiaanse Rijksverzameling als ‘protector et defensor’ (en daarmee feitelijk tot koning) Pavia febr. 876; tracht na de dood van Lodewijk de Duitser (28.8.876) via een bliksemveldtocht naar Aken alsnog het hele middenrijk te verwerven, maar wordt door Lodewijk de Jonge bij Andernach verslagen 8.10.876; treft op een rijksverzameling te Quierzy (waar voor de duur van zijn afwezigheid de erfelijkheid van lenen per cartularium wordt afgekondigd 14.6.877) voorbereidingen om de paus tegen de Saracenen te hulp te komen, maar ziet daartoe in Italië geen kans. Tr. (1) Quierzy 13.12.842 Ermentrudis, geb. ca. 830; overl. 6-10-869; dr. van graaf Odo van Orléans; tr. 2) 12 .10.869, bevestigd Aix-la-Chapelle 22.1.870, een Bosonide vrouw, overl. tussen 910 en 3 febr. 911, dochter van Bivin, graaf en abt van Gorze en van NN, dochter van Boso de Oude, graaf van Italië, en nicht van koningin Theutberga, echtgenote van Lotharius II.

Uit het eerste huwelijk:
*a. Judith, (zie Reeks 2 en Reeks 105), geb. ca. 844, overl. na 870, tr. 1) Verberie 1.10.856, Aethelwulf, koning der West Saxen (Wessex), overl. 13 jan. of 13 juni 858, zoon van Egbert, koning van Wessex en Kent, en van Redburgh; tr. 2) 858 Aethelbald, koning van Wessex, overl. 860, zoon van koning Ethelwulf en diens eerste echtgenote Osburgh; tr. 2) Auxerre dec. 862 Boudewijn I, met de IJzeren Arm, graaf van Gantois, Waas, Ternois en Vlaanderen, overl. Arras 879.
*b. Lodewijk, volgt IVF
*c. Karel, het kind, koning van Aquitanië, geb. 847 of 848, overl. bij Buzzancais 29.9.866, begr. in de kerk Saint-Sulpice te Bourges. Tr. 862 NN, weduwe van graaf Hunibert (graaf van Bourge?), kinderloos.
*d. Carloman, de Blinde. Werd op last van zijn vader de ogen uitgestoken; werd abt van Saint-Médard te Soissons, overl. Echternach 877 of 878.
*e. Lotharius, overl. 865, voor 25 dec. Abt van Moutier-Saint-Jean, daarna te Saint-Germain in Auxerre, waar hij overleed.
*f. Ermentrudis, vermeld als abdis van Hasnon en Oostervant op 11.7.877.
*g. Hildegardis
*h. Gisela
*i. Rothrudis, abdis van Andlau, overl. na 889.

Uit het tweede huwelijk:
*j. Rothildis, geb. ca. 871, overl. 928 of 929, tr. ca. 890 Rodgar, graaf van de Maine, overl. voor 31.10.900, neef van Hugo, graaf van Bourges. Volgt Reeks 145
*k. Drogo, geb. 872 of 873, overl. 873, of 874, begr. in de abdij van Saint-Amand in Vlaanderen.
*l. Pippijn, geb. 872 of 873, overl. 873 of 874, begr. in de abdij van Saint-Amand in Vlaanderen.
*m. NN, geb. 23.3.875, overl. kort na de geboorte.
*n. Karel, geb. 10.10.876, overl. 877, voor pasen, begr. in de kerk van de abdij van Saint-Denis.

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Född 823. Död 877. Karl II, Karl den skallige, född 823, död 877, romersk kejsare 875, västfrankisk kung 843, kung av Akvitanien 848, kung av Lotharingia 869-870, kung av Italien 876. Han var son till Ludvig den fromme, far till Ludvig den stammande och far till Judith som var gift med Baldwin I av Flandern. Den här artikeln är hämtad från

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Charles I, Roi de France (1)
*M, #102622, b. 13 June 823, d. 6 October 877
*Last Edited=20 Aug 2005

Charles I, Roi de France was born on 13 June 823 at Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. (2) He is the son of Louis I, Roi de France and Judith von Bayern. (1)

He married Ermentrude d'Orléans, daughter of Odo, Comte de Orléans, in 842.

He married Richilde Gräfin von Metz, daughter of Beuve Graf von Metz, on 22 January 870 in a Aix-la-Chapelle, France marriage. (2)

He died on 6 October 877 at age 54 at Brides-les-Bains, Bourgogne, France. (2)

Charles I, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Charles 'the Bald' (?). (3)
*He gained the title of Roi Charles I de France in 840. (1)
*He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 875. (4)
*He succeeded to the title of Emperor Charles II of the Holy Roman Empire in 875. (4)

Children of Charles I, Roi de France and Ermentrude d'Orléans
*-1. Charles, Roi d'Aquitaine d. 866
*-2. Carloman (?) d. 876
*-3. Judith, Princesse de France+ b. bt 843 - 844 (5)
*-4. Louis II 'the Stammerer', Roi de France+ b. 1 Nov 843, d. 10 Apr 879 (1)

Forrás / Source:
* http://www.thepeerage.com/p10263.htm#i102622

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Marriage(s)

Spouse 2: Richilde Countess Of METZ (ARDENNES)
*Marriage: 22 Jan 870
*Aix La Chapelle, , France

Spouse 1: Ermentrude (Irmtrud) Countess Of ORLEANS
*Marriage: 13 Dec 842
* , Crecy, , France

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Charles II

(born June 13, 823 — died Oct. 6, 877, Brides-les-Bain, Fr.) Carolingian king (843 – 77) and emperor (875 – 77). He was the son of the emperor Louis I and his second wife Judith. Louis's efforts to include Charles in the succession led to revolts against the emperor by his three older sons. After the death of Louis, Charles fought his two surviving half brothers in a bloody civil war (840 – 43) that was concluded with the Treaty of Verdun, which settled the terms of succession. Charles was granted the kingdom of the western Franks, which he ruled with the support of the bishops despite the wavering loyalties of his vassals and the attacks of Norsemen, Bretons, and Germans. In 864 he won control of Aquitaine, and in 870 he gained western Lorraine. He was crowned emperor in 875 but died two years later in the midst of invasion and internal revolt. Inspired by his grandfather, Charlemagne, Charles was a patron of the arts and oversaw the revival of the splendours of the Carolingian renaissance.

For more information on Charles II, visit Britannica.com.

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Reference > Archaeology Dictionary Charles the Bald

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Frankish leader, born ad 823, youngest son of Louis the Pious. King of the West Franks who outlived his brothers and many of their heirs to become emperor in ad 875. He died in ad 877.

People > Columbia Encyclopedia - People Charles II or Charles the Bald, 823â€“77, emperor of the West (875â€“77) and king of the West Franks (843â€“77); son of Emperor Louis I by a second marriage. The efforts of Louis to create a kingdom for Charles were responsible for the repeated revolts of Louis's elder sons that disturbed the latter part of Louis's reign. When Lothair I, the eldest and heir to the imperial title, attempted to reunite the empire after Louis's death (840), Charles and Louis the German marched against their brother and defeated him at Fontenoy (841). Reaffirming their alliance in 842 (see Strasbourg, Oath of), they signed (843) with Lothair the Treaty of Verdun (see Verdun, Treaty of), which divided the empire into three parts. The part roughly corresponding to modern France fell to Charles. He was almost continuously at war with his brothers and their sons, with the Norsemen (or Normans, as they came to be known in France), and with rebellious subjects. When Charles's nephew Lothair, son of Lothair I and king of Lotharingia, died in 869, Charles seized his kingdom but was forced by the Treaty of Mersen (870) to divide it with Louis the German. In 875, at the death of his nephew Louis II, who had succeeded Lothair I as emperor, Charles secured the imperial crown. His reign witnessed the growth of the power of the nobles at the expense of the royal power and thus marked the rise of local feudalism. Charles's chief adviser was Archbishop Hincmar.

Reference > Wikipedia Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. 845-851, kept at the BibliothÃ¨que nationale de France.Carolingian dynasty

Pippinids
*1. Pippin the Elder (+ 640)
*2. Grimoald (+ 662)
*3. Childebert the Adopted (+ 662)

Arnulfings
*1. Arnulf of Metz (+ 640)
*2. Chlodulf of Metz (+ 696)
*3. Ansegisel (+ before 679)
*4. Pippin the Middle (+ 714)
*5. Grimoald II (+ 714)
*6. Drogo of Champagne (+ 708)
*7. Theudoald (+ 714)

Carolingians
*1. Charles Martel (+ 741)
*2. Carloman (+ 754)
*3. Pepin the Short (+ 768)
*4. Carloman (+ 771)
*5. Charlemagne (+ 814)
*6. Louis the Pious (+ 840)

After the Treaty of Verdun (843)
*1a. Lothair I (Middle Francia)
*1b. Charles the Bald (Western Francia)
*1c. Louis the German (Eastern Francia)

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopedia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-the-bald

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http://www.genealogy.theroyfamily.com/p30183.htm

Charles II "the Bald" King of France was born on 13 June 828 in Frankford-on-Main, Germany. Sewell gives his birth date as 13 June 823.[4],[2],[3] He was the son of Louis I "the Fair" Emperor of the West and Judith of Bavaria.[1],[2],[3],[4]

Charles II "the Bald" King of France was crowned King of West Franks in 840.[4]

On 14 December 842 Charles married Ermentrude of Orléans, daughter of Eudes unknown Count of Orléans and Engeltrude.[4],[2],[3],[5]

By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the Carolingian Empire was divided into three kingdoms, with Charles the Bald receiving the West Frankish Kingdom, Lothar receiving the Kingdom of Lothar, and Louis the German receiving the East Frankish Kingdom.[3]

Charles II "the Bald" King of France was crowned King of Burgundy in 869.[2]

On 25 November 870 Charles married Richardis of Metz, daughter of Budwine Count of Italy and Metz and Richilde of Arles.[2],[3]

Charles II "the Bald" King of France was crowned King of Italy in 875.[2]

He was crowned Emperor of the West in 25 December 875.[4],[2]

He died on Wednesday, 6 October 877 in Brides-les-Bains, Near Mt. Cenis in the Alps, at age 49 years, 3 months and 23 days.[4],[2],[3] He was buried in St. Denis, France.[2]

Children of Charles II "the Bald" King of France and Ermentrude of Orléans

*1. Hersent Princess of France+ [4],[2]
*2. Lothar [3]
*3. Ermentrude Abbess of Hasnon [3]
*4. Hildegard [3]
*5. Gisele [3]
*6. Rotrude of Poitiers Abbess of St Radegund [3]
*7. Drogo [3]
*8. Pippin [3]
*9. Judith of France+ (a 844 - a 870)[1],[4],[2],[3]
*10. Louis II "the Stammerer" Holy Roman Emperor+ (1 Sep 846 - 10 Apr 879)[4],[2],[3]
*11. Charles of Aquitaine King of Aquitaine (a 847 - )[3]
*12. Carloman Abbott of St Médard Soiss (a 849 - )[3]

Children of Charles II "the Bald" King of France and Richardis of Metz
*1. Charles [3]
*2. Roheut+ (a 870 - )[2],[3]
*3. Rothilde of Neustria+ (a 871 - a 22 Mar 928)[2]

Citations

1. Norr, Vernon M.. Some Early English Pedigrees. Washington DC: by author, 1968.

2. Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa. Fourth Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.

3. Sewell Genealogy Site. Online http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/sitemapweb.html

4. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650. Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.

5.. Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Genealogical Research in Europe: The Parentage of Count Wugrim of Angoulême", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CX (January 1956).

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Carlos, "o Calvo". /// Morte: ou em Brides-les-Bains; "mourut, le 6 octobre 877 au village de Brios, l'actuel Avrieux au pied du Mont-Cenis en Savoie"; "died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain, on 6 October 877" (data: ou em 5 de outubro - Wiki italiana). Sepultamento: "Il fut enterré à Saint-Pierre de Nantua et plus tard, en 884, ses ossements furent ramenés à l'abbatiale de Saint-Denis"; "According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body. He was to have been buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was recorded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted down at the Revolution".

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Carlos II de Francia, llamado el Calvo fue rey de la Francia Occidentalis de 843 hasta 877 y Emperador romano de Occidente (Emperador carolingio) desde 875 a 877.

Era el menor de los hijos del Rey Luis I el Piadoso (también llamado Ludovico Pío) y de su segunda esposa, Judith de Baviera, y, por tanto, nieto de Carlomagno.

Rey y Emperador. El tratado de Verdún [editar]

En el 840, al morir el Emperador Luis I, empezaron de inmediato las batallas entre sus hijos a fin de repartirse el vasto imperio fundado por Carlomagno.

Luis el Germánico, hijo de Luis I el Piadoso en su primer matrimonio con Ermengarda de Hesbaye, se alía con Carlos el Calvo contra el primogénito Lotario I del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico en la batalla de Fontenoy-en-Puisaye (841), en la cual Lotario es vencido. Los Juramentos de Estrasburgo, primer testimonio escrito en una lengua romance, recogen esta alianza en proto francés y proto alto alemán. El tratado de Verdún en 843 divide definitivamente el imperio, que sólo fugazmente se reunificará.

A Lotario I le corresponderá una faja que abarcaba Italia, los valles del Ródano, del Saona, el Mosa, el Mosela y el curso bajo del Rin: fue llamada por su nombre, la Lotaringia. Conservaba el título de Emperador (aunque sin tener autoridad sobre sus hermanos) y tenía bajo su control las dos capitales imperiales: Aquisgrán y Roma.

A Luis el Germánico se le otorgará la Francia Orientalis o Germania (la futura Alemania), es decir, las zonas al este de la margen derecha del Rin, más la ciudad de Maguncia, en la margen izquierda.

Carlos el Calvo recibe la Francia occidental, Francia Occidentalis (futura Francia), o sea, las cuencas del Escalda, del Sena, del Loira y del Garona.

El Tratado de Verdún, origen de la fragmentación política de Europa que perdura hasta nuestros días, fue concebido como una solución transitoria a este enfrentamiento de hermanos, pero poco después sus estipulaciones fueron cambiando por el encadenamiento de los hechos.

En 869, tras la muerte de Lotario II, hijo de Lotario I, la Lotaringia se reparte entre Francia y Germania. En 875 muere Luis II, también hijo de Lotario I, y Carlos el Calvo es nombrado Emperador, reunificando el Imperio aunque no fuera más que por breve tiempo.

Dislocada la Lotaringia, sólo restaron los territorios que comprenderían los reinos que son la base de las actuales Francia y Alemania, cuyo origen debe buscarse precisamente en la partición de Verdún.

En su reinado, Carlos el Calvo hubo de enfrentar en su territorio las invasiones normandas entre 856 y 861.

El 16 de junio de 877 firmó la capitular de Quierzy, con la que se pretende regular la buena marcha del imperio, estableciendo la heredad de los principados y cargos condales, lo que da paso al nacimiento del feudalismo

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Karl der Kahle

Stifterbild aus dem Gebetbuch Karls des Kahlen

Karls des Kahlen Reich nach dem Vertrag von Verdun 843

Karls des Kahlen Reich nach dem Vertrag von Meersen 870

Karl II. thront zwischen zwei Waffenträgern und weiblichen Personifikationen der Länder Francia und Gotia, Miniatur, Reims um 870. Daran angelehnt ist die Darstellung Kaiser Heinrichs II. in seinem Sakramentar, Darstellung im Codex aureus

Zwischen Wächtern und Beratern empfängt Karl II. eine Delegation von Mönchen aus dem Kloster Tours. Sie übergeben ihm im Auftrag des Abtes Vivian eben die Handschrift, in der sich diese Miniatur befindet

Karl II., der Kahle (* 13. Juni 823 in Frankfurt am Main; † 6. Oktober 877 in Avrieux bei Modane) aus dem Adelsgeschlecht der Karolinger war von 843 bis 877 westfränkischer König und von 875 bis 877 König von Italien und römischer Kaiser.

Leben

Karl war der jüngste Sohn Ludwigs des Frommen aus dessen zweiter Ehe mit Judith. (Viel später aber, als Karl 844 den Grafen Bernhard von Septimanien hinrichten ließ, berichtete eine Legende, Karl habe Bernhard auch aus Rache für dessen Ehebruch mit Karls Mutter Judith getötet, möglicherweise war Karl also gar nicht Ludwigs leiblicher Sohn, sondern Bernhards Sohn, eine vor allem von Karls rivalisierenden Brüdern aufgebrachte Behauptung.) Sein Beiname könnte darauf hindeuten, dass Karl von seiner Geburt 823 bis zum Reichstag in Worms 829 im Gegensat
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=* Wikipedia English: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Bald Charles the Bald]=

=* Wikipedia Français: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_le_Chauve Charles II le Chauve]=

=*Wikipedia Nederlands: [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_de_Kale Karel de Kale]=

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2. Charles II King of France, [Karl The Bold], b. 15 Jul 823, Frankfurt, H-Nss, Prussia, d. 5 Oct 877, Brios, , , France Family 1 Ermentrude Queen of France, b. Abt 825, Orleans, , , France, d. 6 Oct 869

Carl II den skallige, f. 823, konung av Frankrike, Romersk kejsare 875, död 877 g.1. 842 (843) m. Irmintrud, död 869.
He became West Francian king from 843-877, and emperor from 875-877. He tried to take advantage of Lorraine when Louis the German died, but was defeated at the battle at Andernach in 876.

Vedi padre Ludvig den Fromme. (......Carlo Magno).

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Charles II King of France, [Karl The Bold], b. 15 Jul 823, Frankfurt, H-Nss, Prussia, d. 5 Oct 877, Brios, , , France Family 1 Ermentrude Queen of France, b. Abt 825, Orleans, , , France, d. 6 Oct 869
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Charles II "The Bald" King of the Franks [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 was born 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. He died 6 Oct 877 in Brides-les-Bain, Savoy, France. Charles married Ermentrude of ORLEANS on 14 Dec 842 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

Other marriages:

METZ, Richilde of

Ermentrude of ORLEANS [Parents] 1, 2 was born 829 in Orleans, Loiret, France. She died 6 Oct 869 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Ermentrude married Charles II "The Bald" King of the Franks on 14 Dec 842 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

They had the following children:

M i Louis II "The Stammerer" King of the Franks was born 844 and died 10 Apr 879.

F ii Judith was born 846 and died after 870.

M iii Charles Duke of Aquitaine 1, 2 was born 848 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He died 29 Sep 866 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

M iv Carloman 1, 2 was born 850 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He died 876 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

M v Lothar 1 was born 852 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He died 865 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

F vi Ermentrude Abbess of Hasnon 1 was born 854 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

F vii Rotrude 1 was born 856 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

F viii Hildegarde 1 was born 859 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

F ix Rothaut was born 862.

F x Gisela 1 was born 865 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

F xi Hersent was born 868 and died 888.

Charles II "The Bald" King of the Franks [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 was born 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. He died 6 Oct 877 in Brides-les-Bain, Savoy, France. Charles married Richilde of METZ on 25 Nov 870 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

Other marriages:

ORLEANS, Ermentrude of

Richilde of METZ [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 849 in Metz, Moselle, France. She married Charles II "The Bald" King of the Franks on 25 Nov 870 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

They had the following children:

F i Rothilde Abbess of Chelles was born 871 and died 22 Mar 928.

M ii Pepin 1 was born 872 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

M iii Drogo 1 was born 874 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He died 874 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

M iv Carlus 1 was born 10 Feb 876 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He died 877 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
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Keizer, Koning der Franken, Roi, De Kale koning,later Keizer, koning van Franrijk, later keizer
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Emperor Charles (empereur auguste) was King of West Francia (from 842) and was Holy Roman Emperor (from 875).

He was also known as “Charles the Bald” (or Charles le Chauve, or Karl der Kahl), not because of any lack of hair but rather because of his temporarily empty inheritance.

He was the brother of Princess Gisela of France and the half-brother (and first cousin?? ) of both Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and of Hildegard--all of whom are our ancestors as well.

Charles received homage as heir in 837 from the nobles (at his father’s insistence).

After a 2-year civil war (840-842), Charles was recognized as ruling the Kingdom of West Francia.

He was forced to flee to Burgundy in 858 but was able to return. He was forced to suppress numerous rebellions and to pay heavy tribute to invading Vikings.

Charles was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 875 by Pope John VIII.

His first marriage was in 842 to our ancestor Ermentrude of Orléans, by whom he sired our ancestors Judith of Flanders, Hersent of France, and King Louis II of France.

Charles was widowered in 869; then, in 870, he married our ancestor Richilde of Provence, by whom he sired our ancestor Rothildis des Francs Occidental.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Bald for considerably more information.

Also see "My Lines"

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p312.htm#i5064 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
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King Of Neustria Between 843 and 877
Charles II of The FRANKS Between 875 and 877
Nickname: The Bald

Second wife: Richildis [Richilde], b. 0850; married: 0870.

1 NAME the Bald //
2 GIVN the Bald
2 SURN
2 NICK the Bald

1 NAME Charles II "the Bald" of the /West/ 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 BIRT 2 DATE 13 JUN 823 2 PLAC Frankfurt-on-, Main, Germany 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 DEAT 2 DATE 6 OCT 877 2 PLAC Brides-les-, Baines, near, Mt. Cenis, in the Alps 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001

[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: RC 133, 171, 250, 133, 346; Coe; A. Roots 49, 148, 155; AF; Kraentzler 1460.
Roots: Charles II, the Bald, b. 828, d. 877. RC: King of the West Franks. King of France, 840-877; Emperor, Holy Roman Empire, 25 Dec. 875-877. King of Burgundy, 869. King of Italy, 875.
K: King of West Franks, Lorraine and Bourgogne.
Helm: Charles the Bald, King of the West Franks.

Roi de Provence 863
Source Sebastien AVY

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King Charles II of France
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887252556. Konge Karl den Skallede N.NSON Frankrike (21957) was born on 13 Jun 823. (21958) He was a Konge between 843 and 877 in Frankrike.(21959) He was a Romersk Keiser between 875 and 877.(21960) He died on 6 Oct 877.(21961) Han fikk flere besiddelser og lere efter broren Popins død 838. Efter kamp med sin annen bror Lothar, fulgte et forlik i Verdun 843, hvorved karl fikk Frankrike. han regjerte slett. Normannerne gjorde infall. Da Lothars tredje sønn døde 875, drog karl til Italien, hvor det lykkedes ham å bli kronet som keiser. He was married to Irmentrud ODOSDTR av Orleans on 19 Dec 842. (21962)

A la mort de leurs páere (Lothaire 1er), Louis II le Jeune (822-875) obtient l'Itale avec le titre d'empereur, son fráere Lothaire II, devient roi de Lorraine tandis que le troisiáeme, Charles,
devient roi de Provence (son territoire s'âetendait entre le Rhãone, les Alpes et la Mâediterranâee avec le Lyonnais, le Viennois, le Vivarais, l'Uzáege et la Provence.
Mais Charles le Jeune meurt (863) sans postâeritâe et ses fráeres se partagent ses âetats. Lothaire II obtient, áa l'amiable !!, le Vivarais, le Viennois et le Lyonnais.
Louis II, soutenu par le pape, s'empare de la Provence. Ce partage fut signâe le,
30 avril 863 au chãateau de Mantaille (Drome 26).
Mantaille fut râesidence royale de Charles le Jeune. CdBdM

Karel II de kale van Franken (der Karolingen) (ouders onder II.1), geboren Frankfurt a/d Main , overleden Brides-les-bains Avrieux Zwitserland , Hertog van de Alamannen (829-833). Hij vormt reeds vanaf 829 het middelpu, nt van handelen van zijn ouders om hem (in strijd met de als definitief b, edoelde Ordinatio Inperii) een eigen rijk te bezorgen. Door zijn vader t, ot koning gekroond en aangesteld tot hertog van Maine, Quierzy in sept. 8, 38 en van AquitaniU op 13-12-838., Hij strijdt na de dood van zijn vader samen met zijn halfbroer Lodewijk, de Duitser tegen hun oudste broer Lotharius I, welke zij verslaan bij Fon, tenoy (bij Auxerre) op 25-06-841., Hij verkrijgt West-FranciU bij het verdelingsverdrag van Verdun in august, us 843 en wordt na jarenlang verzet van de aristocratie in het hem toebed, eelde rijksdeel alsnog door 'bijna alle' wereldlijke en geestelijke grot, en van AquitaniU tot koning gekozen en door de aartsbisschop van Sens gez, alfd en gekroond in OrlUans in 848., Hij weet echter, oa. door de voortdurende Noormannen-invallen, pas vanaf, 860 een zekere consolidering te bereiken; hij schaart zich van dan af, sa, men met Lodewijk de Duitser, aan de zijde van Theutberga wier huwelijk m, et hun neef Lotharius II kinderloos is, wat dus tot een komende verwervin, g, alhans deling van het middenrijk kan leiden., Hij laat zich, na de plotselinge dood van Lotharius II op 08-08-869 tot k, oning van Lotharingen wijden in Metz op 09-09-869, doch moet het oostelij, ke deel daarvan afstaan aan Lodewijk de Duitser bij het verdrag van Meers, en op 08-08-870., Hij laat zich, na de dood van zijn neef Lodewijk II, door paus Johannes V, III tot keizer kronen in Rome op 25-12-875 en is geacclameerd door een It, aliaanse rijksverzameling als 'protector et defensor' en daarmee feiteli, jk koning in Pavia in febr. 876. Hij tracht na de dood van Lodewijk de Du, itser op 28-08-876 via een bliksemveldtocht naar Aken alsnog het hele mid, denrijk te verwerven, maar wordt door Lodewijk de Jonge bij Andernach ver, slagen op 08-10-876., Hij treft op een rijksverzameling te Quierzy (waar voor de duur van zijn, afwezigheid de erfelijkheid van lenen per cartularium wordt afgekondigd, op 14-06-877) voorbereidingen om de paus tegen de Saracenen te hulp te ko, men, maar ziet daartoe in ItaliU geen kans., Hij overlijdt in een alpenhut te Avrieux (bij de Mont Cenis) op 06-10-8, 77 en is begraven in het klooster van Nantus en later in Saint-Denis., OBJE, FORM jpg, FILE \Karel II de kale van Franken.jpg, Karel II de kale van Franken, _NEW, TYPE 2, DATE 2 AUG 2006, TIME 20:31:09, trouwt(1) Aken - Hirmintrudus (ermentrude) van Orleans, overleden St Denis Frankrijk , _NEW, TYPE 2, DATE 2 AUG 2006, TIME 20:31:09, ouders Odo I Graaf van Orleans en Engeltrude van Parijs, trouwt(2) Richilde van Metz (Provence), ouders Bouvin van Metz en Richilde van Arles Kinderen uit huwelijk (1) Karel het kind van Aquitanie Lodewijk II de stammelaar(stotteraar) van Franken (der Karolingen), volgt (IV.1) Judith van West-Francie, volgt (IV.2) Kind uit huwelijk (2) Rothilde van Frankrijk, volgt (IV.3)

Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881."Charles II (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.

!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. IV
2. Die Nachkomen Karls des. Grossen
3. Carm. Pub. BT, v. 11, p. 3
4. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
5. Americana AM Pub. f, v. 32, p. 585
6. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, p. ccli
7. Anderson's Royal Genealogy, Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
8. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
9. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist., 25, pt. 1, p. 6, 7, 9
10. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253

!BIRTH: "Royal Ancestors" by Michel Call - Based on Call Family Pedigrees FHL
film 844805 & 844806, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Copy of
"Royal Ancestors" owned by Lynn Bernhard, Orem, UT.

Data From Lynn Jeffrey Bernhard, 2445 W 450 South #4, Springville UT 84663-4950
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!King of France

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aka Charles le Chauve. King of France from 840- to 877. Bec

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Ref Number: 366

Konge av Frankrike 843-77, Romersk Keiser 875-79

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King of west Franks 843, emperor 875.

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King of Provence

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Also:
King of West Franks
Holy Roman Emperor

AFN:9G61-L4 and 18JL-38V

King of France.

Frankisk kung från 843. Romersk kejsare från 875.

Karl II eller Karl den skallede (født 13. juni 823 i Frankfurt am Main, død 6. oktober 877 i Avrieux ved Modane) var vestfrankisk konge 843-877 og tysk-romersk keiser fra 875-877.

Han var yngste sønn av Ludvig den fromme fra dennes ekteskap med Judith og fikk i 829 hertugdømmet Schwaben. Ved traktaten i Verdun i 843 ble han konge over den vestlige delen av Karl den stores rike, fra Pyreneene til Schelde.

Etter Lothar IIs død i 869 forsøkte han å skaffe seg herredømme over hele Lotharingien, men måtte 870 overlate den østlige delen av Lothringen til Ludvig II av Østfrankerrike. I 875 ble han konge av Italia og ble i Roma kronet til romersk keiser.

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Karl II "den skallige"Charles II, Frankish emperor (Charles the Bald) Charles II, or Charles the Bald, b. June 13, 823, d. Oct. 6, 877, was the son of Emperor LOUIS I by his second wife. Resented by three older half brothers, Charles became a pawn in the court politics of the Frankish empire, but by the Treaty of Verdun (843) he was recognized as king of the West Franks, the first true king of France. Toward the end of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support. Throughout his reign, Charles had to struggle against Viking raiders and disloyal magnates as well as with his own relatives. The French bishops helped him repel his brother LOUIS THE GERMAN in 859, but ten years later Louis prevented Charles from regaining his family's ancient homeland in LOTHARINGIA. The Treaty of Mersen (870), which established the ultimate boundaries of medieval France, deprived him of most of this disputed territory, and by his death the French monarchy was in serious decline. JOHN B.Hennema

DUKE OF ALAMANNIA, RHAETIA, AND ALSACE (840/3); KING OF NEUSTRIA (838); KING OF
THE WEST FRANKS (840/3); KING OF LORRAINE (869); KING OF ITALY (875); EMPORER
(875); KNOWN AS "THE BOLD/BALD"

36th great grandfather

Charles the Bald
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Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. 845-851, kept at the National Library of France
Charles the Bald (Charles I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles II) (823 -877 ), Holy Roman Emperor and king of the West Franks , was the son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his second wife Judith. He was born when his elder brothers were already adults who had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a kingdom, first Alemannia (829), then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (839), at the expense of his half-brothers Lothair and Louis led to a rising on the part of these two against the emperor.
The death of the emperor in 840 was the signal for the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the emperor Lothar, and the two allies conquered him at Fontenoy-en-Puisaye on 25 June 841. In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated oaths of Strassburg . The war was brought to an end by the treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the western Franks, which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse , the Saône and the Rhone , with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro .
The first years of Charles' reign, up to the death of Lothar I in 855, were comparatively peaceful, and during them was continued the system of "confraternal government" of the sons of Louis the Pious, who had various meetings with one another, at Koblenz (848), at Meerssen (851), and at Attigny (854). In 858, Louis the German, summoned by disaffected nobles to oust Charles, invaded the western Frankish kingdom. Charles' reign was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy . He was saved only by the help of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs , who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860 he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence , but met with a repulse. On the death of his nephew Lothar II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothar's dominions, but by the treaty of Meerssen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.
French Monarchy-Carolingian Dynasty (French branch )

Charles the Bald
Children
Judith, Queen consort of Wessex
Louis the Stammerer
Charles the Child , King of Aquitaine
Louis the Stammerer
Children
Louis III
Carloman
Charles the Simple
Louis III
Carloman
Charles the Simple
Children
Louis IV
Louis IV
Children
Lothair
Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Lothair
Children
Louis V
Louis V
Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against the incessant rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons . Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë , who inflicted on the king the defeats of Ballon (845) and Juvardeil (851), the Bretons were somewhat successful. Charles also fought against the Normans , who devastated the country in the north of Gaul , the valleys of the Seine and Loire , and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Charles was several times compelled to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders, and tried to put a barrier in their way by having fortified bridges built over all the rivers.
In 875, after the death of the emperor Louis II, Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII , descended into Italy , receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial crown at Rome (December 29 ). Louis the German, who was also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself for Charles's success by invading and devastating his dominions. Charles was recalled to Francia , and after the death of Louis the German (August 28 , 876 ), in his turn made an attempt to seize his kingdom, but at Andernach met with defeat (October 8 , 876 ). In the meantime, John VIII, who was menaced by the Saracens , continued to urge Charles to come to Italy. After having taken at Quierzy the necessary measures for safeguarding the government of his dominions in his absence, Charles again crossed the Alps, but this expedition had been received with small enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by Boso , Charles's brother-in-law, who had been entrusted by him with the government of Lombardy , and they refused to come with their men to join the imperial army. At the same time Carloman , son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, and died while crossing the pass of the Mont Cenis on the 5th or 6th of October 877.
Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis , the child of Ermentrude , daughter of Odo, Count of Orleans and his wife Ermentrude, whom Charles had married in 842, and who had died in 869. In 870 Charles had married Richilde , who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine , but none of the children whom he had by her played a part of any importance. Charles seems to have been a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors for preference from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens , who betrayed him, or of Hincmar of Reims .
Preceded by: Louis I King of Western Francia Also Holy Roman Emperor Succeeded by: Louis II

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica .
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Capitulary of Quierzy
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The Capitulary of Quierzy (or Kiersy), was a capitulary of the emperor Charles the Bald , comprising a series of measures for safeguarding the administration of his realm during his second Italian expedition, as well as directions for his son Louis the Stammerer , who was entrusted with the government during his father's absence.
It was promulgated on June 14 , 877 at Quierzy-sur-Oise in France (département of Aisne ), the site of a Carolingian royal palatium, before a great concourse of lords. In this document Charles takes elaborate precautions against Louis, whom he had every reason to distrust. He forbids him to sojourn in certain palaces and in certain forests, and compels him to swear not to despoil his stepmother Richilde of her allodial lands and benefices.
At the same time Charles refuses to allow Louis to nominate to the countships left vacant in the emperor's absence. In principle the Jionores (benefices) and the office of a deceased count must be given to his son, who would be placed provisionally in possession by Louis; the definitive investiture, however, could be conferred only by Charles.
The capitulary thus served as a guarantee to the aristocracy that the general usage would be followed in the existing circumstances, and also as a means of reassuring the counts who had accompanied the emperor into Italy as to the fate of their benefices. It cannot, however, be regarded as introducing a new principle, and the old opinion that the capitulary of Quierzy was a legislative text establishing the hereditary system of fiefs has been proved to be untenable.
A former capitulary of Charles the Bald was promulgated at Quierzy on February 14 , 857 , and aimed especially at the repression of brigandage.
See E Bourgeois, Le Capitulaire de Kiersy-sur-Oise (Paris, 1885), and L'Assemblée de Quierzy sur-Oise in Études d'histoire du moyen âge, dédiées à Gabriel Monod (Paris, 1896).

Konge i Frankrike 846-877. Romersk keiser 874-877.

!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. IV
2. Die Nachkomen Karls des. Grossen
3. Carm. Pub. BT, v. 11, p. 3
4. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
5. Americana AM Pub. f, v. 32, p. 585
6. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, p. ccli
7. Anderson's Royal Genealogy, Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
8. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
9. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist., 25, pt. 1, p. 6, 7, 9
10. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253

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Charles II the Bald 823 - 877
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!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. IV
2. Die Nachkomen Karls des. Grossen
3. Carm. Pub. BT, v. 11, p. 3
4. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
5. Americana AM Pub. f, v. 32, p. 585
6. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, p. ccli
7. Anderson's Royal Genealogy, Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
8. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
9. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist., 25, pt. 1, p. 6, 7, 9
10. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253

Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-77), Holy Roman
emperor (875-77), and, as Charles I, king of France (843-77), born in
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. He was the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor
Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's
determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with
Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King
Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which
from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish
Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles were rapidly becoming
independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much
resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when
Holy Roman Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charles received the imperial
crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king
of France by his son, Louis II (846-79), but the imperial throne was
vacant until 881.

The period 840-890 was marked by continued anarchy in the Carolingian domains. Reigned briefly as King Charles I, King of the Franks after Louis II. He may have been the son of Lothair; sources disagree. He was Emperor Charles II of the West from 875 to 877. {Chamber�s Biographical Dictionary; Encyclopedia of of Military History} [GADD.GED]

Also have birth as 13 Jun 828 in Frankfort-am-Main.

Charles the Bald (Ermentrude)
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Charles The Bald
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Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-77), Holy Romanemperor (875-77), and, as Charles I, king of France (843-77), born inFrankfurt-am-Main, Germany. He was the fourth son of Holy RomanEmperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith ofBavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only sonled to civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy RomanEmperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with thesigning of the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the westernportion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdomof France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; thegreat nobles were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikingspillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, whopreferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor LouisII died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favorof Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son,Louis II (846-79), but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.

Karel de Kale werd geboren in Frankfurt aan de Main als jongste zoon van keizer Lodewijk de Vrome, de enige uit diens tweede huwelijk (met de Beierse Judith). Bij het Verdrag van Verdun (14 februari 843) erfde hij het westelijke gedeelte van het door zijn grootvader Karel de Grote opgebouwde Frankische rijk. Karels gebied lag ten westen van de rivieren Schelde, Maas, Saône en Rhône. Het werd omschreven als West-Francië of West-Frankenland.Daarmee wordt hij beschouwd als de eerste koning van Frankrijk, hoewel Hugo Capet daarvoor een gebruikelijker en ook juister keuze zou zijn, omdat er in Karels tijd nog niet echt sprake is van een Franse of Duitse nationale identiteit die de politiek bepaalt.

Karel II de Kale der Franken Geslacht : Man Geboren : 13 Jun 823 te Frankfurt am Main Overleden : 6 Okt 877 te Avrieux Begraven : te St Denis Vader : Lodewijk I de Vrome keizer der Franken Moeder : Judith der Welfen

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Charles 'The Bald' King Of The Franks arranged with his two half brothersto divide the great empire of their grandfather, Charlemagne. Heaccomplished this by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received thewestern portion, thus becoming the
first to rule France as a separate kingdom.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, C293 'Royalty forCommoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 185.
'Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants', Langston &Buck, 1986, p 197.

Source: The Rufus Parks Pedigree by Brian J.L. Berry. Chart: page 55.
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3a.Charles II the Bald, Louis's son by (2), b. Frankfort-on-Main 13 June 828-d. near Mt. Cenis in the Alps 6 Oct. 877; King of France 843-77, Holy Roman emperor from 875. Civil war followed Louis' death in 840, but with the support of his half-brother Louis the German in 842 and the Treaty of Verdun in 843, Charles received the western Frankish lands. His position was precarious until 864; he was plagued by rebellion, separatist efforts of the Bretons, Viking attacks on his long, defenseless coastline, Aquitainian separatism and even invasion by Louis the German. Nevertheless after 864 his power was fully established. There followed a period of church collaboration, copying and illumination of many manuscripts, more building, reconstruction of schools and renewed study of theology. During this period he acquired part of Lotharingia (Lorraine) and the Kingdom of Provence, and when his nephew Emperor Louis II d. 875, Charles hastened to Rome and was crowned emperor on Christmas day, 875. He became King of Italy 876 but failed to acquire the lands of Louis the German on the latter;s death 876. Funck-Bretano describes him as "intelligent, brave, active and unscrupulous." He mar (1) 19 Dec. 843, Ermentrude, d 6 Oct 869, dau. of Odo, Count of Orleans and his wife Engeltrude.

Source: "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists" by Frederick Lewis Weis.
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16.Charles II, the Bald (148-15), b. 828, d. 877, m. (2) 25 Nov. 870 Richaut, dau. Budwine, count of Metz. (See Moriarty, The Plantagenet Ancestry which cites the Abbè Chaume and Depoin's Thibaud le Tricheur.)

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15.Charles II, the Bald, b. Frankfort-am-Main, 13 Jun. 828, d. near Mt. Cenis in the Alps, 6 Oct. 877, King of Franks 840-877, Emporer 25 Dec. 875-877; m. (1) 14 Dec. 842 Ermentrude, d. 6 Oct. 869, dau. Odo, Count of Orlèans, and Engeltrude. (CCN 236, 642),

- during his reign in France, Charles suffered the awesome attacks of the Danes, starting in 853. In 846, heceded Brittany to its Breton inhabitants, and due to force he had to give to them the Breton March in 851 and Maine in857. In 853 and 855, he was forced to allow Danish immigration into his kingdom.

In 875, Emperor Louis II, died and on Christmas Day Pope John VIII crowned Charles Emperor in Rome. Two yearslater, Charles died and the French throne went to his son Louis II.
For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

from "Our Folk" by Albert D Hart, Jr.

BIOGRAPHY: Charles II, or Charles the Bald, b. June 13, 823, d. Oct. 6, 877, was the son of Emperor Louis I by his second wife. Resented by three older half brothers, Charles became a pawn in the court politics of the Frankish empire, but by the Treaty of Verdun (843) he was recognized as king of the West Franks, the first true king of France. Toward the end of his life he was acknowledged (875) as emperor with the pope's support.

Throughout his reign Charles had to struggle against Viking raiders and disloyal magnates as well as with his own relatives. The French bishops helped him repel his brother Louis the German in 859, but ten years later Louis prevented Charles from regaining his family's ancient homeland in Lotharingia. The Treaty of Mersen (870), which established the ultimate boundaries of medieval France, deprived him of most of this disputed territory, and by the time of his death the French monarchy was in serious decline.

Henneman, John Bell, "Charles II, Frankish Emperor (Charles the Bald)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Scholastic Library Publishing, 2005

Charles the Bald Holy Roman Emperor
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Karel II (De Kale) van West-Francië, geboren op 13-06-823 in Frankfurt ad Main (Dld). Karel is overleden op 06-10-877 in Brides-les-Mains, Avrieux(Zwit), 54 jaar oud. Hij is begraven te St. Denis (Fr). Notitie bij Karel: Karel II, de Kale, geb. Frankfurt aan de Main 13 juni 823, overl. Maurienne 6 okt. 877, begr. klooster Nantua, later Saint-Denis. Door zijn vader tot koning gekroond en aangesteld tot hertog van Maine, Quierzy en Aquitanië 838, streed na de dood van zijn vader samen met zijn halfbroer Lodewijk de Duitser tegen hun oudste broer Lotharius I, welke zij versloegen bij Fontenoy (bij Auxerre) 25 juni 841, verkreeg West-Francië bij het verdelingsverdrag van Verdun aug. 843, gekroond tot koning van Aquitanië, Orléans 848, liet zich na de dood van zijn neef Lotharius II tot koning van Lotharingen wijden Metz 9 sept. 869, doch moest het oostelijk deel daarvan afstaan aan Lodewijk de Duitser bij het verdrag van Meerssen 8 aug. 870, liet zich na de dood van Lodewijk II door paus Johannes VIII tot keizer kronen, Rome 25 dec. 875, tr. 1e Quierzy 13 dec. 842 Ermentrudis, geb. ca. 830, overl. 6 okt. 869, dr. van graaf Odo van Orléans Titels: van 840 tot 877 Koning der Franken van 875 tot 877 Keizer van het Heilige Roomse Rijk van 875 tot 877 Koning van de Provence (Fr) Hij trouwde, 19 jaar oud, op 13-12-842 in Quierzy-sur-Oise met de ongeveer 12-jarige 454226361107 Ermentrude van Orléans, geboren omstreeks 27-09-830. Ermentrude is overleden op 06-10-869 in St. Denis (Fr), ongeveer 39 jaar oud.

Karel II 'de Kale', geb. Frankfort a.d. Main 13-6-823, door zijn vader tot
koning gekroond en aangesteld tot hertog van Maine sept. 838 en van Aquitanië
13-12-838; strijdt na de dood van zijn vader samen met zijn halfbroer Lodewijk
de Duitser tegen hun oudste broer Lotharius I welke zij verslaan bij Fontenoy
25-6-841; verkrijgt West-Francië bij het verdelingsverdrag van Verdun aug. 843;
gekroond tot koning van Aquitanië Orléans 848; laat zich na de dood van zijn
neef Lotharius II tot koning van Lotharingen wijden Metz 9-9-869, doch moet
het oostelijke deel daarvan aan Lodewijk de Duitser afstaan bij het verdrag van
Meerssen 8-8-870; laat zich na de dood van zijn neef keizer Lodewijk II door
paus Johannes VIII tot keizer kronen Rome 25-12-875; koning van Italië Pavia
febr. 876; overl. in een alpenhut te Avrieux (bij de Mont Cenis) 6-10-877, begr.
klooster Nantua, later Saint-Denis,
tr. (1) 13-12-8423
Ermentrudis, overl. 6-10-869, dr. van graaf Odo van Orléans;

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Charles II (823-877)
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Charles II (823-877)
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He was King of France and, from 875 to 877, Holy Roman Emperor. He ruled Neustria, Aquitania and the Spanish Mark.

Emperor, King of West Franks

Karel II 'de Kale', geb. Frankfort a.d. Main 13-6-823, door zijn vader tot koning gekroond en aangesteld tot hertog van Maine sept. 838 en van AquitaniA« 13-12-838; strijdt na de dood van zijn vader samen met zijn halfbroer Lodewijk de Duitser tegen hun oudste broer Lotharius I welke zij verslaan bij Fontenoy 25-6-841; verkrijgt West-FranciA« bij het verdelingsverdrag van Verdun aug. 843; gekroond tot koning van AquitaniA« OrlA#ans 848; laat zich na de dood van zijn neef Lotharius II tot koning van Lotharingen wijden Metz 9-9-869, doch moet het oostelijke deel daarvan aan Lodewijk de Duitser afstaan bij het verdrag van Meerssen 8-8-870; laat zich na de dood van zijn neef keizer Lodewijk II door paus Johannes VIII tot keizer kronen Rome 25-12-875; koning van ItaliA« Pavia febr. 876; overl. in een alpenhut te Avrieux (bij de Mont Cenis) 6-10-877, begr. klooster Nantua, later Saint-Denis, tr. (1) 13-12-8423 Ermentrudis, overl. 6-10-869, dr. van graaf Odo van OrlA#ans;

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Koning der Westfranken, bijgenaamd De Kale. Bron: o.a. IsenburgStammtafeln, NF II.01

Karel II, de Kale, koning, daarna keizer, geb. Frankfurt aan de Main 13.6.823, overl. Maurienne op 6.10.877, begr. klooster Nantua, later Saint-Denis. Vormt reeds vanaf 829 het middelpunt van handelen van zijn ouders om hem (in strijd met de als definitief bedoelde Ordinatio Imperii) een eigen rijk te bezorgen; door zijn vader tot koning gekroond en aangesteld tot hertog van Maine, Quierzy sept. 838 en van Aquitanië 13.12.838; strijdt na de dood van zijn vader samen met zijn halfbroer Lodewijk de Duitser tegen hun oudste broer Lotharius I, welke zij verslaan bij Fontenoy (bij Auxerre) 25.6.841; verkrijgt West-Francië bij het verdelingsverdrag van Verdun aug. 843; wordt na jarenlang verzet van de aristocratie in het hem toebedeelde rijksdeel alsnog door ‘bijna alle’ wereldrijke en geestelijke groten van Aquitanië tot koning gekozen en door de aartsbisschop van Sens gezalfd en gekroond, Orléans 848; weet echter (o.a. door de voortdurende Noormannen-invallen) pas vanaf 860 een zekere consolidering te bereiken; schaart zich van dan af, samen met Lodewijk de Duitser, aan de zijde van Theutberga wier huwelijk met hun neef Lotharius II kinderloos is, wat dus tot een komende verwerving, althans deling van het middenrijk kan leiden; laat zich na de plotselinge dood van Lotharius II (8.8.869) tot koning van Lotharingen wijden Metz 9.9.869, doch moet het oostelijke deel daarvan afstaan aan Lodewijk de Duitser bij het verdrag van Meersen 8.8.870; laat zich na de dood van zijn neef Lodewijk 11 door paus Johannes VIII tot keizer kronen, Rome 25.12.875; geacclameerd door een Italiaanse Rijksverzameling als ‘protector et defensor’ (en daarmee feitelijk tot koning) Pavia febr. 876; tracht na de dood van Lodewijk de Duitser (28.8.876) via een bliksemveldtocht naar Aken alsnog het hele middenrijk te verwerven, maar wordt door Lodewijk de Jonge bij Andernach verslagen 8.10.876; treft op een rijksverzameling te Quierzy (waar voor de duur van zijn afwezigheid de erfelijkheid van lenen per cartularium wordt afgekondigd 14.6.877) voorbereidingen om de paus tegen de Saracenen te hulp te komen, maar ziet daartoe in Italië geen kans. Tr. (1) Quierzy 13.12.842 Ermentrudis, geb. ca. 830; overl. 6-10-869; dr. van graaf Odo van Orléans; tr. 2) 12 .10.869, bevestigd Aix-la-Chapelle 22.1.870, een Bosonide vrouw, overl. tussen 910 en 3 febr. 911, dochter van Bivin, graaf en abt van Gorze en van NN, dochter van Boso de Oude, graaf van Italië, en nicht van koningin Theutberga, echtgenote van Lotharius II.
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Koning der Franken en Italië, hertog van Maine en Aquitanië.
Wordt geboren na de definitieve Ordinatio Imperii, uit het tweede huwelijk van Lodewijk de Vrome 823; wordt alsnog door zijn vader (en moeder !) opgenomen in de rijksverdeling 829; hierdoor ontstaat de paleisrevolutie, waarin zijn oudere halfbroers hun rechten uit de Ordinatio Imperii claimen, hun vader afzetten en hun ouders met Karel de Kale gevangenzetten 830-834; na hun vrijlating en herstel van zijn vader wordt Karel de Kale gekroond tot koning der Franken en hertog van maine door zijn vader te Quierzy 838; wordt ook hertog van Aquitanië 838; wordt na de dood van zijn vader ondergeschikt aan Lotharius I 840; verslaat met Lodewijk de Duitser hun oudste broer Lotharius I bij Fontenoy 841; komt wapenstilstand en gelijke rijksdeling overeen met zijn broers 842; regeert per verdelingsverdrag van Verdun over de economisch en cultureel ontwikkelde gebieden West-Francië en Aquitanië 843; wordt na jarenlang verzet van de aristocratie alsnog door hen gekozen tot koning van Aquitanië en gezalfd/gekroond door aartsbisschop van Sens te Orleans 848; strijdt tegen de binnenvallende Noormannen vanaf 850; krijgt militaire rust tegen de Noormannen 860; steunt uit eigenbelang (=kans op opvolging van Lotharingen) de kinderloze Theutberga in haar jarenlange echtscheidingsconflict in de jaren 60; slaagt niet zijn neefje Karel van Provence op te volgen 861; laat zich wijden tot koning van Lotharingen na de dood van Lotharius II te Metz 869; staat het oostelijk deel van Lotharingen af aan zijn halfbroer Lodewijk de Duitser bij het verdrag van Meersen 870; wordt tot keizer gekroond door paus Johannes VIII te Rome 875; wordt protector et defensor' van Pavia (=koning der Longobarden) 876; onderneemt een bliksemveldtocht naar Aken na de dood van Lodewijk de Duitser om het middenrijk in te nemen, maar wordt door Lodewijk de Jonge bij Andernach verslagen 876; bereidt zijn leger voor de paus te helpen tegen de Saracenen in Italië te strijden, maar overlijdt in een alpenhut bij de berg Cenis 877; wordt eerst in klooster Nantua begraven, daarna te st Denis.
Bron: Kareldegrote.nl
Bron: ES NF Band I.1 Tafel 6 en ES NF Band II Tafel 1
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Vormt reeds vanaf 829 het middelpunt van handelen van zijn ouders om hem (in strijd met de als definitief bedoelde Ordinatio Imperii) een eigen rijk te bezorgen; door zijn vader tot koning gekroond en aangesteld tot hertog; strijdt na de dood van zijn vader samen met zijn halfbroer Lodewijk de Duitser tegen hun oudste broer Lotharius I, welke zij verslaan bij Fontenoy (bij Auxerre) 25.6.841; verkrijgt West-Francië bij het verdelingsverdrag van Verdun aug. 843; wordt na jarenlang verzet van de aristocratie in het hem toebedeelde rijksdeel alsnog door bijna alle wereldrijke en geestelijke groten van Aquitanië tot koning gekozen en door de aartsbisschop van Sens gezalfd en gekroond, Orléans 848; weet echter (o.a. door de voortdurende Noormannen-invallen) pas vanaf 860 een zekere consolidering te bereiken; schaart zich van dan af, samen met Lodewijk de Duitser, aan de zijde van Theutberga wier huwelijk met hun neef Lotharius II kinderloos is, wat dus tot een komende verwerving, althans deling van het middenrijk kan leiden; laat zich na de plotselinge dood van Lotharius II (8.8.869) tot koning van Lotharingen wijden Metz 9.9.869, doch moet het oostelijke deel daarvan afstaan aan Lodewijk de Duitser bij het verdrag van Meersen 8.8.870; laat zich na de dood van zijn neef Lodewijk 11 door paus Johannes VIII tot keizer kronen, Rome 25.12.875; geacclameerd door een Italiaanse Rijksverzameling als protector et defensor (en daarmee feitelijk tot koning) Pavia febr. 876; tracht na de dood van Lodewijk de Duitser (28.8.876) via een bliksemveldtocht naar Aken alsnog het hele middenrijk te verwerven, maar wordt door Lodewijk de Jonge bij Andernach verslagen 8.10.876; treft op een rijksverzameling te Quierzy (waar voor de duur van zijn afwezigheid de erfelijkheid van lenen per cartularium wordt afgekondigd 14.6.877) voorbereidingen om de paus tegen de Saracenen te hulp te komen, maar ziet daartoe in Italië geen kans.

Was a weak ruler. He was unable to protect his lands from invasion in 0886 by Norsemen who lay siege to Paris. He ransomed the city instead of waging battle. He allowed the invaders to ravage Burgundy.
He was deposed 0887 or 0888. The records aren't clear on the exact date. In any case he was deposed by his brother's illigitmate son, Arnulf in 0887/0888. History records that he suffered from Epilepsy.
He died in a monestary bereft of his kingdom and riches.
He was the last of the Carolingian Emperors.
There is a certain amount of controversy concerning if his title was legitimate or not.
Also known as Charles the Baldm Charles the Fat. I have read he was very ineffectual as a king.
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!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. IV
2. Die Nachkomen Karls des. Grossen
3. Carm. Pub. BT, v. 11, p. 3
4. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
5. Americana AM Pub. f, v. 32, p. 585
6. Burke's Peerage, Eng. P, 1949, p. ccli
7. Anderson's Royal Genealogy, Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
8. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
9. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist., 25, pt. 1, p. 6, 7, 9
10. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253

Koning Karel II (de Kale) der FRANKEN (de Kale), Ks., Kg. v. Westfranken, geboren op 13-06-0823 te Frankfurt a. Main (D.) (gezindte: RK), overleden op 06-10-0877 te Brides-les-Bains (Avrieux?) (F.) op 54-jarige leeftijd. Hertog v. Alemanië (met Rätien en Elzas) 829, Koning v. Neustrië (Westfranken) 843, Keizer 875, begraven te Klooster Nantua, later Parijs, St. Denis. Keizer, Koning der Westfranken, bijgenaamd De Kale. Bron: o.a. Isenburg Stammtafeln, NF II.01, zoon van Lodewijk I (Pius (de Vrome)) der FRANKEN (der Fromme) (zie 9744) en Judith der WELFEN (von Altorf) (zie 9788). Gehuwd (1) op 19-jarige leeftijd op 13-12-0842 te Quierzy, gehuwd voor de kerk op 13-12-0842 te Quercy-sur-Oise (F.) (RK) met Ermentrudis van ORLEANS (zie 9765), zie ES NF Band I.1 Tafel 6 en ES NF Band II Tafel 1. Gehuwd (2) op 46-jarige leeftijd op 12-10-0869 met Richardis NN (zie 15400). Gehuwd (3) op 47-jarige leeftijd op 22-11-0870 te Aachen (Dld), gehuwd voor de kerk op 22-01-0870 met Richilde van METZ (zie 9764), zie ES NF Band I.1 Tafel 6 en ES NF Band II Tafel 1. Uit het eerste huwelijk: 1. Judith van WEST-FRANCIë (zie 15656). 2. Koning Lodewijk II (Le Begue, de Stamelaar) der FRANKEN (der Stammler) (zie 9746). 3. Karl der FRANKEN (minor) (zie 19532). 4. Karlmann der FRANKEN (zie 19535). 5. Lothar der FRANKEN (zie 19537). 6. Ermentrud der FRANKEN (zie 19514). 7. Rotrud der FRANKEN (zie 19557). 8. Hildegard der FRANKEN (zie 19524). 9. Gisela der FRANKEN (zie 19518). 10. Rothrudis NN (zie 15649). 11. Gisela NN (zie 15650). 12. Hildegardis NN (zie 15651). 13. Ermentrudis NN (zie 15652). 14. Lotharius NN (zie 15653). 15. Carloman NN (zie 15654). 16. Karel NN (zie 15655). Uit het tweede huwelijk: 17. Rothildis NN (zie 15648). 18. Pippijn NN (zie 15646). 19. N.N. NN (zie 15645). 20. Karel NN (zie 15644). 21. Drogo NN (zie 15647). Uit het derde huwelijk: 22. Rothilde der FRANKEN (zie 9751). 23. Drogo der FRANKEN (zie 19513). 24. Karl der FRANKEN (zie 19533).

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Charles / Carolus Magnus / Karl der Große Emperor of the West
747-814

Hildegard von Vinzgau
± 758-783

Welf von Altdorf
± 782-± 876

Hedwig - Heilwig von Sachsen
± 785-± 851

Louis I "le Pieux" / "The Pious" / "le Debonnaire" des Francs
778-840

Judith Welf von Bayern
± 806-890

Charles roi des Francs roi des Francs
823-877

(1) 842

Ermentrude d'Orléans
823-869



Hersende de Lorraine ± 862-907	Louis II "le Bègue" Roi de France 846-879	Judith de France ± 844-± 870	Rothilde Caroling ± 843-????	Godehilde Carolingian Dynasty ± 868-????

(2) 870

Richildis de Metz
± 852-914



					Rothilde / Rothaut of the Franks ± 852-912

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The temperature on March 2, 1940 was between -4.1 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
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- during his reign in France, Charles suffered the awesome attacks of the Danes, starting in 853. In 846, heceded Brittany to its Breton inhabitants, and due to force he had to give to them the Breton March in 851 and Maine in857. In 853 and 855, he was forced to allow Danish immigration into his kingdom. In 875, Emperor Louis II, died and on Christmas Day Pope John VIII crowned Charles Emperor in Rome. Two yearslater, Charles died and the French throne went to his son Louis II.
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