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Personal data Duke Charles of Lorraine 

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  • He was born in the year 953 in Aisne (formerly Austrasia), FRANCE.
  • Profession: Hertig i Niederlothringen, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Duke of Lower Lorraine in 977, 3 GR GR SON OF CHARLEMAGNE, 5 G GSON OF CHARLES MARTEL, 688, 4 GGSON OF PEPIN THE SHORT., Herzog von Niederlothringen, Koning van Frankrijk, DUKE.
  • Religion: Christianity.
  • He died on May 21, 992 in Loiret, FRANCE, he was 39 years old.
  • He is buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands.
  • A child of Louis IV of France (Carolingian) and Gerberga of Saxony

Household of Duke Charles of Lorraine

He is married to Adelaide of Vermandois.

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Child(ren):

  2. Gerberga of Lorraine  ± 975-± 1018 


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Duke_of_Lower_Lorraine

 

Charles (953–993) was the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 977 until his death.

Born at Reims in the summer of 953, Charles was the son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony and the younger brother of King Lothair.[1] He was a sixth generation descendant of Charlemagne.[1][2] When his father was captured by the Normans and held, both his sons were demanded as ransom for his release.[3] Queen Gerberga would only send Charles, who was then handed over and his father was released into the custody of Hugh Capet.[3]

In or before 976, he accused Lothair's wife, Emma, daughter of Lothair II of Italy, of infidelity with Adalberon, Bishop of Laon.[4] The council of Sainte-Macre at Fismes (near Reims) exonerated the queen and the bishop, but Charles maintained his claim and was driven from the kingdom, finding refuge at the court of his cousin, Otto II. Otto promised to crown Charles as soon as Lothair was out of the way and Charles paid him homage, receiving back Lower Lorraine.[4]

In August 978, Lothair invaded Germany and captured the imperial capital of Aachen, but failed to capture either Otto or Charles. In October, Otto and Charles in turn invaded France, devastating the land around Rheims, Soissons, and Laon. In the latter city, the chief seat of the kings of France, Charles was crowned by Theodoric I, Bishop of Metz. Lothair fled to Paris and was there besieged. But a relief army of Hugh Capet's forced Otto and Charles to lift the siege on 30 November. Lothair and Capet, the tables turned once more, chased the German king and his liege back to Aachen and retook Laon.

Around 979, Charles transferred the relics of Saint Gudula from Moorsel to the Saint Gaugericus chapel in Brussels. This is generally accepted as the time when the city was founded. Charles would construct the first permanent fortification in the city, doing so on that same island.

As he had been a vassal also of Lothair, Charles' acts on behalf of Otto were considered treason and he was thereafter excluded from the throne. On Lothair's death (986), the magnates elected his son Louis V and on the latter's death (987), Hugh Capet. Thus, the House of Capet came to the throne over the disgraced and ignored Charles.[5] Charles' unexceptional marriage and his lack of wealth are two of the reasons he was denied the throne.[5] Charles made war on Hugh, even taking Rheims and Laon. However, on Maundy Thursday[6] (26 March) 991, he was captured, through the perfidy of the Bishop Adalberon, and was imprisoned by Hugh in Orléans, where he died a short while later, in or before 993.[7] He was succeeded as Duke of Lower Lorraine by his son Otto.[7]

In 1666, the sepulchre of Charles was discovered in the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht.[need quotation to verify] His body appears to have been interred there only in 1001, but that is not the date of his death, as some scholars assumed. Though Charles ruled Lower Lorraine, the Dukes of Lorraine (Upper Lotharingia) counted him as Charles I of Lorraine.

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    1. FamilySearch Stamboom, via https://www.myheritage.nl/research/colle...
      Charles Duc De Lotharingia De Lorraine xGeboortenaam: Charles LorraineGeslacht: ManGeboorte: Ongeveer 953Overlijden: 31 mei 992Vader: Louis Iv Th FranceEchtgenote(n/s): Adalais Agnes de Troyes (geboren de Vermandois), Agnes Of (geboren Vermandois), Bonne x (geboren Adelaide)Kinderen: Charles of Lorraine, Ermengarde De Taillefer (geboren Lorraine), Gerberga Of LorraineBroer: Charles of Lower Lorraine  Aanvullende informatie: TitleOfNobility: Duke
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    2. Biographical Summaries of Notable People, via https://www.myheritage.nl/research/colle...
      Charles, Duke of Lower LorraineGeslacht: ManGeboorte: 953 - LaonOverlijden: 993 - OrléansReligion: Christianity  Familieleden: RelatieNaamGeboorteVaderLouis IV of France10 sep 920MoederGerberga of Saxony913ZoonLouis of Lower Lorraine980DochterGerberga of Lower LorraineZoonOtto, Duke of Lower Lorraine970DochterErmengarde of Lower LorraineBroerLothair of France941EchtgenoteAdelaide of Troyes955
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      Karolus de France, duc de Basse-LotharingieGeslacht: ManRoepnaam: Charles /De Lotharingia/, Duke De Lotharingia, Karel van Laon, Charles de Laon, Charles of Laon, Karl von LaonGeboorte: 953 - Laon, Aisne, Picardie, FranceBeroep: Hertig i Niederlothringen, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Duke of Lower Lorraine in 977, 3 GR GR SON OF CHARLEMAGNE, 5 G GSON OF CHARLES MARTEL, 688, 4 GGSON OF PEPIN THE SHORT., Herzog von Niederlothringen, Koning van Frankrijk, DUKEHuwelijk: Echtgeno(o)t(e): Adelais de Troyes - 970 - Of, Lower Lorraine, FranceOverlijden: 12 jun 991 - Orleans, Loiret, Centre, FranceBegrafenis: St. Servatius, Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, The NetherlandsVader: Lodewijk OnbekendMoeder: Gerberga OnbekendEchtgenotes: Adelais de Troyes, Bonne Adelaide Adelaide d'Ardennes (geboren de Verdun (de Limbourg), Duchess of LorraineKinderen: Ermengarde / Adelaide de Lorraine, comtesse de Lower Lorraine, Louis Springer, I, Landgrave of Thuringa, emmergrade De Naur Namur, Ermengarde Onbekend, Gerberga Onbekend, Otto Onbekend, Ludovico Onbekend, Karolus Onbekend, Adelaide Onbekend, Otto II Neder-Lotharingen, vanBroers/zusters: Lothair IV de France, roi de France, Mathilde de France, Reihne Consort des Deux-Bourgognes, Ludovico de France, Karolus de France, Heinricus de France
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