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  • Name Charles  
    Nickname Charles 'The Simple' 
    Born 17 Sep 879  Orleans Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Orléans
    Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire
    France 
    Christened France (posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 893  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Roi de France 
    Occupation 893  King of France Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation 893  King of France Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Christening 896  King of France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 896  King of France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 896  King of France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Roi des Francs 28/01/893-923, König von Frankreich, King of France, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, Roi de France (32e, 898-922), Roi de FRANCE (König von WESTFRANKEN)(898 - 922), 911 Roi en LORRAINE (König in Lothringen), koning West-Francie 
    Occupation King of France Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Occupation roi de France 898-923 Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Residence France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Abt 929 
    Address:
    Saint-Fursy, Peronne
    Saint-Fursy, Peronne, Somme, Picardie,Austrasia
    France 
    Died 7 Oct 929 
    Address:
    Péronne
    Péronne, Picardy
    France 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple

      http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III_de_France


      http://www.friesian.com/francia.htm#caroling

      https://finnholbek.dk/getperson.php?personID=I26988&tree=2



      Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris.

      Biography

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman. The nobles of the realm instead asked his cousin, Charles the Fat, to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeding the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto. Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral. He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.[1]

      In 911 Charles defeated the Viking leader Rollo, had him sign the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte that made Rollo his vassal and converted him to Christianity. Charles then gave him land around Rouen, the heart of what would become Normandy and his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child, the King of Germany, died and the nobles of Lotharingia, who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Reginar Longneck, declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king.[1] Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna, who died in 917. He also defended the country against two attacks by Conrad, King of the Germans.[2]

      On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert, who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919.[1] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric. In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy, revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. On 2 July 922, Charles lost his most faithful supporter, Herve, Archbishop of Rheims, who had succeeded Fulk in 900.

      He returned the next year (923) with a Norman army but was defeated on 15 June near Soissons by Robert, who died in the battle.[1] Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne under the guard of Herbert II of Vermandois.[3] Rudolph was elected to succeed him. In 925 the Lotharingians accepted Rudolph as their king. Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy. Though he had had many children by Frederuna, it was his son by Eadgifu who would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France. In the initial aftermath of Charles's defeat, Eadgifu and Louis fled to England.

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      Karel III, van West-Francië, later bijgenaamd ‘de Eenvoudige’ (de Onnozele, der Einfältige, le Simple), geb. 17.9.879; door aartsbisschop Fulco van Reims tegenover de toen als koning regerende graaf Odo van Parijs gekroond tot koning (van West-Francië) Reims 28.1.893; wordt eerst algemeen erkend nadat deze hem op zijn sterfbed ook als koning heeft gedesigneerd 1.1.898; moet in 911 de Seine-monding aan de Noormannen afstaan, maar verkrijgt in datzelfde jaar ook de steun van de meeste magnaten in Lotharingen na het uitsterven der Oostfrankische Karolingen; intituleert vanaf dat moment koning der Franken; ziet achtereenvolgens als tegenkoningen tegenover zich Odo’s broer Robert (922/23) en vervolgens diens schoonzoon Rudolf van Bourgondië (Raoul de Bourgogne, 923/36); ten dienste van deze laatste gevangen genomen door de Karoling Heribert II van Vermandois 923; vertoeft eerst te Château-Thierry, van 924 af te Péronne in gevangenschap; overl. ald. 7.10.929, begr. Péronne (Saint-Fursy), tr. (2) na 10.2.917, vóór 919 Eadgyfu van Engeland, geb. 896; vlucht in 923 met haar zoontje naar haar broer, koning Aethelstan van Engeland; keert terug 936; abdis van Notre-Dame te Laon; overl. na 951; dr. van Edward I the Elder, koning van Engeland, en diens tweede gemalin Aelfleda van Bernicia. Karel de Eenvoudige had eveneens diverse concubines.

      Uit de concubines:

      a. Arnulf

      b. Drogo

      c. Rorico, bisschop van Laon, overl. 20.12.976.

      d. Apais, tr. Erlebald, graaf in de Lommengouw, overl. 921.

      Uit het eerste huwelijk:

      e. Ermentrudis, geb. tussen 908 en 916

      f. Frederuna

      g. Adelais

      h. Gisela

      i. Rothrudis

      j. Hildegardis

      Uit het tweede huwelijk:

      k. Lodewijk IV

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      Charles III, Roi de France (1)

      M, #102453, b. 17 September 879, d. 7 October 929

      Last Edited=5 Oct 2006

      Charles III, Roi de France was born on 17 September 879. (2) He was the son of Louis II 'the Stammerer', Roi de France and Adelaide Judith (?). (1), (2) He married, firstly, Frederuna von Sachsen in 907. (3) He married, secondly, Eadgifu (?), daughter of Eadweard I, King of Wessex and Ælflæd (?), on 7 October 919. (4), (3), (5)

      He died on 7 October 929 at age 50. (2)

      Charles III, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Charles 'the Simple'. (1) He gained the title of Roi Charles III de France in 893. (1) He was deposed as King of France in 923.

      Child of Charles III, Roi de France and Frederuna von Sachsen

      -1. Gisela (?) b. c 895, d. c 920 (2)

      Children of Charles III, Roi de France and Eadgifu (?)

      -1. Rorico de Laon 2

      -2. Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, Roi de France+ b. c 920, d. 10 Sep 954 (1)



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      Han ble født etter sin fars død. Karls hadde fra først av ingen utsikt til kongemakten, som i 887 var tilfalt Hertug Eudes. Men senere samlet motstandere til Eudes seg om Karl, som etter Eudes død i 898 ble konge over Vest-Franke eller Frankrike.

      Hans regjering var svak. Karl ble avsatt i 923, ble kort tid senere tatt til fange, og døde i fangenskap.

      Han var første gang gift med Frederuna som døde ca. 916.

      898 konge i Vestriket, 1.10.911 også i Lothringen. Gift 2 gang omkring 919 med Ogiva, datter av kong Edvard den I. av Wessex.

      Kilder:

      Erich Brandenburg: Die Nackommen Karls des Grossen, Leipzig 1935. Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 254. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen:

      Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 59, 103.

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      Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman. The nobles of the realm instead asked his uncle, Charles the Fat, to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeded the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto. Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral. He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.[1]

      In 911 Charles signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with the Viking leader Rollo, thus enfeoffing him with the lower Seine basin, the heart of what would become Normandy, in hopes that Rollo would fend off future Viking raids in the Seine area. He also gave the Viking his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child, the King of Germany, died and the nobles of Lotharingia, who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Regina Longneck, declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king.[1] Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna, who died in 917.

      On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert, who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919.[1] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric. In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy, revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. He returned the next year (923) with a Norman army but was defeated on 15 June near Soissons by Robert, who died in the battle.[1] Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne under the guard of Herbert II of Vermandois.[2] Rudolph was elected to succeed him. In 925 the Lotharingians accepted Rudolph as their king. Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy. Though he had had many children by Frederuna, it his son by Eadgifu who would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France. In the initial aftermath of Charles defeat, Eadgifu and Louis fled to England.





      Scheinbar illegetimes Kind. Geboren nach dem Tod des Vaters

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      Charles III, Roi de France (1)

      M, #102453, b. 17 September 879, d. 7 October 929

      Last Edited=5 Oct 2006

      Charles III, Roi de France was born on 17 September 879. (2) He was the son of Louis II 'the Stammerer', Roi de France and Adelaide Judith (?). (1), (2) He married, firstly, Frederuna von Sachsen in 907. (3) He married, secondly, Eadgifu (?), daughter of Eadweard I, King of Wessex and Ælflæd (?), on 7 October 919. (4), (3), (5)

      He died on 7 October 929 at age 50. (2)

      Charles III, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Charles 'the Simple'. (1) He gained the title of Roi Charles III de France in 893.1 He was deposed as King of France in 923.

      Child of Charles III, Roi de France and Frederuna von Sachsen

      -1. Gisela (?) (2) b. c 895, d. c 920

      Children of Charles III, Roi de France and Eadgifu (?)

      -1. Rorico de Laon (2)

      -2. Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, Roi de France+ (1) b. c 920, d. 10 Sep 954



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      CHARLES III 893-922



      CHARLES, son of LOUIS II "le Bègue" King of the West Franks & his second wife Adelais (posthumously 17 Sep 879-Péronne 7 Oct 929, bur Péronne, monastère de Saint-Fursy). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Karolum quoque postumum et Irmintrudim" as children of "Hlodovicus rex…ex Adelheidi regina"[312]. His parentage is also given in the Annalista Saxo[313]. Regino specifies that he was born posthumously[314]. On the death of King Louis II, Emperor Charles III "le Gros" was elected King of the West Franks, and on the latter's death in 888, Eudes [Capet] was elected king. Louis II's son, Charles, sought refuge with Ramnulf II Comte de Poitou[315]. Regino names "Folcone episcopo, Heriberto et Pippino comitibus in Remorum civitate" when recording that they supported the accession of Charles as king in 892 in opposition to King Eudes[316]. Supported by Fulco Archbishop of Reims, he was crowned 28 Jan 893 at Reims as CHARLES III "le Simple" King of the West Franks, as anti-king to Eudes, who later agreed to appoint him as his successor and whom he succeeded from 1 Jan 898. The early years of his reign appear to have been dominated by Viking raids in the north which led to the treaty with Rollo in 911 and the grant of territory in the future duchy of Normandy. He was chosen as CHARLES King of Lotharingia 1 Nov 911, in succession to Ludwig IV "das Kind" King of the East Franks and Lotharingia, representing a significant extension of the royal domain. He used the title "King of the Franks/rex francorum", and later "King of France/rex franciæ". He captured Alsace early in 912, and fought the army of Konrad I King of Germany three times in Lotharingia[317]. From [920], he fell under the influence of Haganon, a Lotharingian described in a charter of 921 as his cousin on his mother's side[318]. This triggered the revolt of Robert Marquis en Neustrie [Capet] and other nobles during which King Charles was obliged to seek refuge with Heriveus Archbishop of Reims. Although the king was restored after seven months, tension continued and Charles's award of the monastery of Chelles to Haganon in 922 triggered another revolt which led to the king's deposition 30 Jun 922 in favour of Robert, who was elected as Robert I King of France. Ex-king Charles fled to Lotharingia. He returned, but was be defeated at Soissons 15 Jun 923, although King Robert was killed in the battle. Raoul de Bourgogne was elected king of France 13 Jul 923. Ex-king Charles was tricked into capture by Héribert II Comte de Vermandois and imprisoned at Château-Thierry. He was transferred in 924 to the château de Péronne, where he remained captive for the rest of his life[319]. He was briefly declared king once more in 927 by Comte Heribert during the latter's unsuccessful attempt to capture Laon[320]. According to Thietmar of Merseburg, Heinrich I King of Germany secured his release from prison and in return was rewarded with "the right hand of St Denis and the entire kingdom of the Lotharingians"[321].

      m firstly ([1/18] Apr 907) FREDERUNA, sister of BOVO [II] Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne, daughter of --- (-10 Feb 917, bur Reims, église abbatiale de Saint-Rémi). The charter of "Karolus…rex" dated "907 XIII Kal Mai" refers to "quondam nobili prosapia puellam…Frederunam" who had recently become his wife[322]. The charter of "Karolus…rex" dated "917 VII Kal Aug" refers to "nostra uxor Frideruna…frater eius Bovo Catalannensis Antistes Ecclesiæ"[323]. Nothing definite is known about the origins of Bovo, although Flodoard refers to "Berengario Transrhenensi clerico" as "nepoti Bovonis Catalaunensis quondam episcopi" when recording his appointment as Bishop of Cambrai in 956[324]. McKitterick assumes that she was of Lotharingian origin[325]. Settipani speculates that Queen Frederuna was probably a close relation of Mathilde, second wife of Heinrich I King of Germany[326]. This could be explained if Mathilde's mother, Reginlind, was Queen Frederuna's sister, as hypothesised in GERMAN NOBILITY. The charter of "Karolus…rex" dated "918 IV Id Feb" refers to the death of "nostræ…coniugis Friderunæ"[327], and the charter dated "918 II Id Mar" that she had died "IV Id Feb"[328]. The necrology of Reims Saint-Rémi records the death "IV Id Feb" of "Frederuna regina"[329].

      m secondly ([917/19]) as her first husband, EADGIFU, daughter of EDWARD I "the Elder" King of England & his second wife Ælfleda ([902/05]-after 951, bur église Saint-Médard de Soissons). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names "Otgiva" wife of "Karolus rex" after the death of "Frederuna regina"[330]. She fled with her two-year-old son to England in 923 after her husband was deposed, returning to France in 936 after the death of King Raoul. Abbess of Notre-Dame de Laon, this was taken from her 951 by her son on her second marriage. Flodoard names "Ottogeba regina, mater Ludowici regis" when recording her second marriage[331]. She married secondly (951) Héribert Comte "le Vieux" [de Vermandois] (-980/84).

      Mistresses: ---. The names of King Charles III's mistresses are not known.

      King Charles III & his first wife had six children:

      1. ERMENTRUDE ([908/16]-). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hyrmintrudim, Frederunam, Adelheidim, Gislam, Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex Frederuna regina"[332]. Hlawitschka suggests[333] that Ermentrude, daughter of King Charles III, was the wife of Gottffied Graf im Jülichgau. This appears to be based on the combined reading of four strings of entries in the Liber Memorialis of Remiremont: (1) "Dumnus Gislibertus dux…Dumna Girberga, Ainricus, Haduidis…", which is followed by (2) "Gottefridus comes cum infantibus…suis, Ermentridis comitissa"[334]; (3) "Gotefridus, Ermendrudis, Gotefridus, Gebardus, Gerardus, Adelardus, Girberga" assumed to be Gottfried, his wife, four sons and daughter[335], and (4) "…Caroli imperatoris…Hludowici imperatoris, Hlotarii, Caroli, Ermentrudis"[336], which may represent an abbreviated attempt to set out the ancestry of Ermentrude wife of Graf Gottfried. However, the connection between entries (1) to (3) and entry (4) appears to be speculation. [m (before [934]) GOTTFRIED Graf im Jülichgau, son of Graf GERHARD [Matfride] & his wife Oda [Ottonen] (-26 Mar after 949).]

      2. FREDERUNA ([908/16]-). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hyrmintrudim, Frederunam, Adelheidim, Gislam, Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex Frederuna regina"[337].

      3. ADELAIS ([908/16]-). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hyrmintrudim, Frederunam, Adelheidim, Gislam, Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex Frederuna regina"[338]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that "comes Rodulfus" (referring to Raoul [II]) was "nepos…ex sorore" of Louis IV King of France[339]. It appears chronologically unlikely for any of King Louis's sisters, whose dates of birth can be estimated to [908/17], to have been the mother of Raoul [II] who was killed in battle in 944, presumably when he was already adult. It appears more likely that the family relationship was one generation further back, and that a member of the Unruochingi family, descended from the sister of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks and who originated in the same area in northern France, would provide a good match. Nevertheless, the earlier primary source on which Alberic based his information has not yet been identified and it is possible that the source is inaccurate in its report. However, the poem Raoul de Cambrai states that "Raoul Taillefer" married "Aalais", sister of King Louis IV[340] which, if correct, would mean that his wife could be identified with Adelais, daughter of Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks by his first marriage. This would mean that Raoul [II] was an infant when his father died. It would also mean that Raoul [I] and his wife were closely related, as the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines also implies that Raoul's mother was the daughter of Adelais's paternal great aunt Gisela who married Eberhard, ancestor of the Marchesi of Friulia. The poem Raoul de Cambrai cannot claim to be historically accurate. Nevertheless, it is not impossible that the detail of Raoul's marriage was not fabricated. [m [920/24]) RAOUL [I] Comte de Gouy, son of HUCBERT Comte [d'Ostrevant] & his wife Heilwig [of Friulia] (-926).]

      4. GISELA ([908/16]-). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hyrmintrudim, Frederunam, Adelheidim, Gislam, Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex Frederuna regina"[341]. Guillaume of Jumièges records that Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks granted Rollo "tout le territoire maritime qui s´étend depuis la rivière d´Epte jusqu´aux confines de la Bretagne" together with "sa fille…Gisèle", and their marriage which took place after Rollo´s baptism[342]. Her marriage is recorded in the Norman annals for 912, which state that she died without issue, presumably soon after the marriage when Gisla must still have been an infant. The chronicle of Dudo of Saint-Quentin[343] describes her as of "tall stature, most elegant…", which is of course inconsistent with her supposed birth date range. The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum records the marriage of "filiam suam [=rex Karolus] nomine Gillam" to "Rollo"[344]. Settipani considers that the marriage did not occur, and that the Norman sources confused it with the marriage of Gisela, daughter of Lothaire II King of Lotharingia, to the Viking leader Gotfrid[345]. m ([912]) as his third wife, ROLLO of Normandy, later known as ROBERT I Comte [de Normandie], son of [RAGNVALD "the Wise" Jarl of Möre in Norway & his wife Ragnhild] ([846]-[928]).

      5. ROTRUDE ([908/16]-). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hyrmintrudim, Frederunam, Adelheidim, Gislam, Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex Frederuna regina"[346].

      6. HILDEGARDE ([908/16]-). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Hyrmintrudim, Frederunam, Adelheidim, Gislam, Rotrudim et Hildegardim" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex Frederuna regina"[347].

      King Charles III & his second wife had one child:

      7. LOUIS ([10 Sep 920/10 Sep 921]-Reims 10 Sep 954, bur Reims, Abbaye de Saint-Rémi). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names "Hludovicum" as son of "Karolus rex [ex] Otgivam"[348]. He succeeded in 936 as LOUIS IV "d´Outremer" King of the Franks.

      - see below.

      King Charles III had illegitimate children by his Mistresses.

      8. ARNULF. The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Arnulfum, Drogonem, Roriconem et Alpaidem" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex concubina"[349].

      9. DROGO. The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Arnulfum, Drogonem, Roriconem et Alpaidem" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex concubina"[350].

      10. RORICO (-20 Dec 976, bur Laon Saint-Vincent). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Arnulfum, Drogonem, Roriconem et Alpaidem" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex concubina"[351]. Elected Bishop of Laon 949.

      11. ALPAIS . The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Arnulfum, Drogonem, Roriconem et Alpaidem" as the children of "Karolus rex…ex concubina"[352]. same person as…? ALPAIS . "Erleboldus…et uxor mea Alpaidis" founded the monastery of Salles "in pago…Haynau in loco…Macons" by charter dated 8 Sep 887 which names "filius noster Wiermiundus"[353]. Secondary sources suggest that she was the wife of Erlebold was the illegitimate daughter of Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks, but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. If it is correct, the 887 charter quoted above must be misdated (assuming that it is genuine). m ERLEBOLD Comte de Castres, son of --- (-killed in battle 920). He possessed territories in pagus Lommensis (near Namur), pagus Castricensis (near Mézières), Charpaigne, and probably also the Saulnois (near Metz)[354].

      Forrás / Source:

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

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      Casamento com Eadgifu: ou 7 de outubro de 919.

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      Carlos III de Frância Ocidental, "o Simples". /// Enterrado: na abadia de Saint-Fursy, em Péronne, departamento de Somme, região da Picardia.

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      Charles III le Simple. Roi de Francie

      http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_III_de_Francia

      Hijo póstumo de Luis II de Francia el Tartamudo y de Adelaida de Frioul. El apelativo de simple, que recibió, no significaba torpe o idiota, sino honesto.

      Cuando murieron sus hermanos era demasiado joven para reinar. Deja que el Emperador Carlos III el Gordo le arrebate la corona, a pesar de que fue interpelado para asegurar la regencia. Tras el derrocamiento de Carlos, los grandes del reino eligen a Eudes I, Conde de París como rey de Francia.

      Carlos III fue coronado como Rey de Francia el 28 de enero de 893 en Reims, pero no pudo reinar hasta la muerte de Eudes y en 898 es proclamado nuevamente Sagrado Rey de Francia.

      Consigue resolver el problema de las invasiones normandas que desde hacía mucho tiempo eran un problema grave para el reino. En 911, en virtud del Tratado de Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, acordado con el caudillo vikingo Rollon, Normandía se convierte en un ducado, a cambio de la promesa de Rollon de acabar con el pillaje en las orillas del Sena, de convertirse al cristianismo y de casarse con Gisela de Francia, la primera hija de Carlos III y su primera esposa.

      Sin embargo se muestra impotente ante las dinastías feudales que se constituyen al abrigo de los numerosos torreones, y debe luchar contra los grandes del reino, sobre todo contra Gilberto de Lorena, Raúl de Borgoña y el futuro Roberto I de Francia (hermano de Eudes I y abuelo de Hugo Capeto)

      A la muerte del último rey carolingio de Germania, Carlos III reivindica para sí la región de Lorena, de la que se convierte en rey, haciendo valer sus derechos al imperio, pero es derrotado por el germano Enrique el Cazador de Aves o el Pajarero.

      Roberto I de Francia, hermano del anterior rey Eudes I, fomenta una revuelta y sus partidarios lo eligen rey haciendo renunciar al trono a Carlos III el 29 de junio de 922.

      Carlos rechaza la destitución y contraataca desde Lorena. El 15 de junio de 923, durante la Batalla de Soissons, muere Roberto I, pero su hijo Hugo el Grande, arenga a sus soldados mostrando el cadáver de su padre y finalmente Carlos es derrotado.

      Los grandes señores feudales ya no le reconocen como rey y prefieren a Raúl de Borgoña. Carlos III se convierte entonces en un rey sin corona y va a buscar refugio a casa de su vasallo Herberto II de Vermandois, quien le hace prisionero (su hermana era la esposa de Roberto I) encerrándole en una torre del Castillo de Péronne (Somme) donde finalmente morirá en 929 tras seis años de cautiverio.

      Su esposa Edwige de Wessex u Odgive, hija del rey Eduardo I de Inglaterra (conocido también como Eduardo el Viejo), escapa buscando refugio en Inglaterra. Con ella viaja su hijo, el futuro Luis IV de Francia, también llamado Luis de Ultramar, en referencia a ese exilio.



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      A Assembleia dos Grandes colocou no trono Carlos, o Gordo, que foi deposto em 887, e posteriormente Odo, Conde de Paris e Duque da França.

      Em 893 Carlos III foi coroado, mas não pôde reinar normalmente até a morte de Odo em 898.

      Para obter a paz com os Normandos, ele cedeu para eles, através do Tratado de Sant-Clair-sur-Epte, em 911, a futura Normandia. Transformada em ducado, ela foi rapidamente assimilada.

      Carlos III, o Simples, aproveitou as desavenças surgidas na Germânia depois da morte do último Carolíngio, Luís, o Infante, para assumir a Lorena de 911 a 920. Ele fez frente à coalizão formada por Gilbert da Lorena, Roberto da Borgonha e Roberto da França, que viria a transformar-se em Roberto I, quando foi proclamado Rei da França, irmãos de Odo.

      Suas tropas foram dizimadas na batalha de Soissons, em 923, mas Carlos, vencido, empreendeu a fuga, e Raul da Borgonha, genro de Roberto I, garantiu o trono para seu sogro.

      Preso depois pelo terrível Herbert de Vermandois, foi aprisionado na torre de Péronne, onde veio a morrer seis anos mais tarde.

      A Rainha Ogive de Wessex refugiou-se na Inglaterra, junto com seu filho Luís IV d'Outremer.

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      Charles III (September 17, 879 – October 7, 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Latin: Karolus Simplex), was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France (or Western Francia) from 893 to 922/923.

      He was the posthumous son of King Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Charles first married Frederonne who died in 917 and then Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder of England, on October 7, 919.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time of the deposition of the Holy Roman Emperor, his uncle Charles the Fat, in 887. Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. Nonetheless, Charles was crowned by some nobles in 893. Charles became sole king at the age of nineteen upon the death of Odo in 898.

      In 911 Charles gave the lower Seine area, eventually known as Normandy, as a fief to the Norse leader Rollo in the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, thereby ending the series of Viking raids into France.

      In 922 some of the barons (including Herbert II of Vermandois) revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.

      Charles died on October 7, 929, in prison at Péronne (Somme, France) and was buried there at the abbey of St. Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France and his daughter Gisela was married in 911 to Rollo of Normandy.

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      Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman. The nobles of the realm instead asked his cousin, Charles the Fat, to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeding the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto. Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral. He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.

      In 911 Charles defeated the Viking leader Rollo, had him sign the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte that made Rollo his vassal and converted him to Christianity. Charles then gave him land around Rouen, the heart of what would become Normandy and his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child, the King of Germany, died and the nobles of Lotharingia, who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Reginar Longneck, declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king. Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna, who died in 917. He also defended the country against two attacks by Conrad, King of the Germans.

      On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert, who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919. Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric. In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy, revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. On 2 July 922,Charles lost his most faithful supporter, Herve, Archbishop of Rheims, who had succeeded Fulk in 900 .

      He returned the next year (923) with a Norman army but was defeated on 15 June near Soissons by Robert, who died in the battle. Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne under the guard of Herbert II of Vermandois. Rudolph was elected to succeed him. In 925 the Lotharingians accepted Rudolph as their king. Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy. Though he had had many children by Frederuna, it was his son by Eadgifu who would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France. In the initial aftermath of Charles's defeat, Eadgifu and Louis fled to England.

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      Charles III (September 17, 879 – October 7, 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Latin: Karolus Simplex), was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France (or Western Francia) from 893 to 922/923.[1]

      He was the posthumous son of King Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Charles first married Frederonne who died in 917 and then Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder of England, on October 7, 919.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time of the deposition of the Holy Roman Emperor, his uncle Charles the Fat, in 887. Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. Nonetheless, Charles was crowned by some nobles in 893.[2] Charles became sole king at the age of nineteen upon the death of Odo in 898.

      In 911 Charles gave the lower Seine area, eventually known as Normandy, as a fief to the Norse leader Rollo in the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, thereby ending the series of Viking raids into France.

      In 922 some of the barons (including Herbert II of Vermandois) revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.

      Charles died on October 7, 929, in prison at Péronne (Somme, France) and was buried there at the abbey of St. Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France and his daughter Gisela was married in 911 to Rollo of Normandy.

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      Karl den enfaldige, Karl III, (franska: Charles le Simple), (född: 17 september 879, död: 7 oktober 929) frankisk karolingisk kung av västfrankiska riket 898-922.

      Son till Ludvig den stammande och Adelaide av Frioul. Gift med Frederuna som dog 917 och därefter med Edgiva av Wessex, dotter till Edward den äldre av England, 7 oktober 919.

      Som barn förhindrades Karl att inta tronen, först efter sin halvbror Karlomans död 884 och sedan då Karl den tjocke störtades 887. Visserligen kröntes Karl till kung i Reims redan 28 januari 893 men först efter att kung Odo avlidit 898 kunde Karl börja regera som kung.

      Karls västfrankiska kungadöme var närmast identiskt med dagens Frankrike men 911 tvingades han göra Normandie till hertigdöme åt vikingahövdingen Rollo genom fördraget i Saint-Clair-sur-Epte mot löftet att inkräktarna skulle upphöra med plundringstågen längs med Seine, låta sig döpas och att Rollo skulle gifta sig med Gisela, Karls äldsta dotter.

      Samma år dör Ludvig barnet, den siste kungen av östfrankiska riket, varpå Karl gör sig till kung av Lotharingia med vidare anspråk på hela det karolingiska imperiet. 923 återför dock Henrik I Fågelfängaren Lotharingia till det östfrankiska riket.

      922 revolterade en grupp mäktiga feodalherrar under ledning av baronerna Gilbert av Lorraine, Rudolf av Burgund och hertigen Robert I, bror till Odo och Hugo Capets farfar. De lät kröna Robert till kung 29 juni 922. I slaget vid Soissons 15 juni 923 blev Robert dödad men hans son Hugo den store lyckades samla sin trupper till förnyad kamp genom att visa upp sin fars lik och till slut blev Karl besegrad. Robert av Burgund valdes till kung och Karl flydde till sin vassal Herbert II av Veramndois (vars syster var gift med Robert I) som höll honom fängslad i ett torn till slottet i Péronne i Somme där Karl dog efter sex års fångenskap. Han begravdes i Péronne vid klostret Saint-Fursy.

      Hans hustru Edgiva flydde till England med sin son som därigenom fick namnet Ludvig från andra sidan havet när han senare återvände och blev kung Ludvig IV.

      Karl kallades inte "den enfaldige" därför att han ansågs korkad utan epitetet ska utläsas "den ärlige"

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      Preceded by

      Odo King of Western Francia

      898–922 Succeeded by

      Robert I

      Preceded by

      Louis the Child King of Lotharingia

      911–919/23 Succeeded by

      Henry the Fowler

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      Karl III. der Einfältige (im Sinne von: der Geradlinige; lateinisch Carolus Simplex, französisch Charles le Simple; * 17. September 879; † 7. Oktober 929 in Péronne) war König der Westfranken bzw. von Frankreich von 893/98 bis 923. Er stammte aus dem Geschlecht der Karolinger.

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      * 1 Leben

      * 2 Ehen und Nachkommen

      * 3 Quellen

      * 4 Literatur

      * 5 Weblinks

      Leben [Bearbeiten]

      Karl wurde erst nach dem Tod seines am 10. April 879 gestorbenen Vaters, König Ludwigs II. des Stammlers, geboren. Da er ein Kind aus der zweiten Ehe seines Vaters war, deren Gültigkeit kirchenrechtlich bestritten wurde, wurde er zunächst von der Thronfolge ausgeschlossen.

      Nach dem Tod Kaiser Karls III. des Dicken im Januar 888 trennten sich die fränkischen Teilreiche endgültig, die Karl der Dicke als letzter unter seiner Herrschaft vereinigt hatte. Die westfränkischen Adligen übergingen den Thronanspruch Karls des Einfältigen, der erst neun Jahre alt war, und wählten den Robertiner Odo, den Grafen von Paris, zum König. Damit wurde erstmals ein Nichtkarolinger westfränkischer bzw. französischer König. Allerdings traten einige Große, insbesondere Erzbischof Fulko von Reims, weiterhin für das Thronrecht der Karolinger ein, obwohl sie sich zunächst Odo beugen mussten.

      Nachdem Odo sich durch eine starke Bevorzugung seines jüngeren Bruders, des Markgrafen Robert, und andere umstrittene Entscheidungen missliebig gemacht hatte, wagten es die oppositionellen Vornehmen, unter denen Fulko eine maßgebliche Rolle spielte, den inzwischen dreizehnjährigen Karl den Einfältigen am 28. Januar 893 (dem bewusst gewählten Todestag Karls des Großen) in Reims zum Gegenkönig zu erheben. Die Rebellion wurde zunächst von dem ostfränkischen König Arnulf von Kärnten unterstützt, der auch ein Karolinger war, doch gelang es Odo, Arnulf auf seine Seite zu ziehen. In dem folgenden Bürgerkrieg war Odo überlegen. Schließlich wurde 896/897 Frieden geschlossen; Karl unterwarf sich Odo und anerkannte ihn als König, dafür wurde er von Odo, der keinen Sohn hatte, als Nachfolger akzeptiert.

      Nach dem Tod Odos 898 konnte Karl allgemein Anerkennung als Nachfolger finden, da Odos mächtiger Bruder Markgraf Robert die Nachfolgeregelung akzeptierte. Karl musste aber Robert und anderen mächtigen Adligen weitreichende Zugeständnisse machen. Er bestätigte Robert dessen zahlreiche Grafschaften, Abteien und Rechte und sicherte ihm das Recht zu, sie zu vererben. Robert konnte die Grafschaften von seinen eigenen Vasallen verwalten lassen, die nur ihm unterstanden und keine Beziehung mehr zum König hatten. Einen solchen Status billigte Karl auch anderen Großen zu. Dies bedeutete eine erhebliche Schwächung des Königtums.

      Eine Entscheidung von größter Tragweite war Karls Friedensschluss mit dem normannischen Fürsten Rollo im Jahr 911. Rollo wurde mit der Grafschaft Rouen belehnt. Damit wurden seine Normannen in den westfränkischen Staat integriert; die Herrschaft innerhalb seines Machtbereichs wurde aber – ebenso wie bei den fränkischen Großen – ihm allein überlassen, der Frankenkönig konnte dort nicht mehr direkt tätig werden. Um ein „Herzogtum Normandie“ handelte es sich dabei noch nicht.

      Nach dem Tod des letzten ostfränkischen Karolingers, Ludwigs IV. des Kindes, im Jahr 911 lud der lotharingische Adel Karl, den nunmehr einzigen überlebenden Karolinger, zur Machtübernahme ein. Karl, der schon 898 im alten Stammland seiner Familie Lotharingien militärisch eingegriffen und Aachen besetzt hatte, drang nun erneut dort ein und eroberte das Gebiet. Gestützt auf den lotharingischen Adel konsolidierte er dort seine Herrschaft und verständigte sich darüber mit dem Ostfrankenkönig Heinrich I., mit dem er 921 den Vertrag von Bonn zur gegenseitigen Anerkennung der Besitzstände schloss.

      Karl hatte damals bereits begonnen, sich nach der Aushöhlung seiner Macht im Westfrankenreich zunehmend auf lotharingische Kräfte zu stützen. Sein besonderer Günstling wurde der Lothringer Hagano. Dies erzürnte den westfränkischen Adel, da Hagano ein Landesfremder und überdies von niedriger Herkunft war. Nachdem mächtige Adlige 920 auf einem Reichstag zu Soissons von Karl vergeblich die Entlassung Haganos gefordert hatten, sagten sie sich von ihm los. Als Karl nicht nur an Hagano festhielt, sondern auch noch beschloss, ihm die Abtei Chelles zu geben, führte dies zum Konflikt mit den Robertinern und ihren Verbündeten, denn die Äbtissin Rothild von Chelles war die Schwiegermutter Hugos des Großen, des Sohnes des Markgrafen Robert. Die oppositionellen Adligen erhoben Robert am 30. Juni 922 zum Gegenkönig (Robert I.). Am 15. Juni 923 fiel Robert in der Schlacht von Soissons gegen das Heer Karls des Einfältigen, doch seine Truppen besiegten die Streitmacht des Karolingers. Daher konnten seine Anhänger sogleich Roberts Schwiegersohn Rudolf von Burgund zum neuen König erheben.

      Rudolf wurde schon am 13. Juli 923 gekrönt. Einer seiner Parteigänger, Graf Heribert II. von Vermandois, lockte Karl den Einfältigen in eine Falle. Er lud ihn zu Verhandlungen ein und nahm ihn bei dieser Gelegenheit gefangen. Karl wurde erst in Heriberts Festung Château-Thierry, dann nach Péronne gebracht und blieb in Haft. Heribert lieferte ihn nicht an Rudolf aus, sondern behielt ihn selbst in Gewahrsam, um so ein Druckmittel gegen Rudolf zu behalten. Als er 927 mit Rudolf in Streit geriet, holte er den gefangenen Karl hervor und erkannte ihn als rechtmäßigen König an, behandelte ihn aber zugleich weiterhin als Gefangenen. Am 7. Oktober 929 starb Karl im Kerker. Er wurde in der Kirche Saint-Fursy in Péronne begraben.

      Ehen und Nachkommen [Bearbeiten]

      Karl heiratete im April 907, vor dem 19., in erster Ehe Frederuna, Tochter des Grafen Dietrich aus dem Haus der Immedinger und Schwester der Mathilde, die mit dem ostfränkischen König Heinrich I. verheiratet war. Frederuna starb am 10. Februar, 916 oder 917. Das Paar hatte sechs Kinder:

      * Ermentrude (* 908/916), um 934 bezeugt, ∞ Gottfried, Pfalzgraf von Lothringen, Graf im Jülichgau, † 26. März nach 949 (Matfriede)

      * Frederuna (* 908/916)

      * Adelheid (* 908/916)

      * Gisla (* 908/916)

      * Rotrud (* 908/916)

      * Hildegard (* 908/916)

      Um das Jahr 919 schloss er seine zweite Ehe mit Edgifa von Wessex († nach 951), Tochter des Königs Eduard I. von Wessex, mit der er einen Sohn hatte, der auch sein Erbe wurde: Ludwig IV. der Überseeische (* 920/921 † 954), König 936. Ogiva war bis 951 Äbtissin von Notre-Dame in Laon, wonach sie in zweiter Ehe den Grafen Heribert der Ältere von Meaux (ebenfalls ein Karolinger) heiratete.

      Über die ehelichen Kinder hinaus hatte Karl uneheliche Kinder, darunter:

      * Arnulf

      * Drogo

      * Rorico († 20. Dezember 976), 949 Bischof von Laon, begraben in St. Vincent in Laon

      * Alpais (∞ Erlebold, Graf im Lommegau 915, X 921)

      Quellen [Bearbeiten]

      * Philippe Lauer (Hg.): Recueil des actes de Charles III le Simple, roi de France (893-923), 2 Bände, Paris 1940-1949

      Literatur [Bearbeiten]

      * Karl Ferdinand Werner: Die Ursprünge Frankreichs bis zum Jahr 1000, dtv, München 1995, ISBN 3-423-04653-8, S. 475ff.

      * Auguste Eckel: Charles le Simple, Paris 1899, Nachdruck Paris 1977 (gründliche Untersuchung)

      Weblinks [Bearbeiten]

      * genealogie-mittelalter.de



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      King of France (893-922), whose authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and who settled the Northmen in Normandy but who became the first Carolingian ruler of the western kingdom to lose his crown.

      The posthumous son of Louis II the Stammerer, Charles was too young to assume the throne on the death of his half-brother, Carloman, in 884 or that of his cousin, Charles the Fat, in 888. On Jan. 28, 893, however, he was crowned king by Fulk, archbishop of Reims; and, although he renounced his rights after civil war in 897, the death of King Eudes in the following year brought him general recognition as king.

      Charles was strongly under the influence of Robert, brother of the dead Eudes. It was Robert's victory against the Northmen at Chartres in 911 which paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte later that year, by which Charles ceded territory, in the area later known as Normandy, to the Viking leader Rollo and his men; in return, Rollo became a Christian and Charles's vassal. The Normans who had such an impact on Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries were the final product of this settlement.

      In 911 also, the magnates of Lorraine (Lotharingia) accepted the authority of Charles on the death of the last Carolingian king of the East Franks, Louis the Child. Charles's preoccupation with Lotharingian affairs and councillors alienated the nobles of Neustria, however, and in 922 they elected Robert king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was soon taken prisoner by Herbert, count of Vermandois, who used him for his own gain against Rudolf, Robert's son-in-law and the new king.



      Charles was crowned at Reims 02-28-893 by Archbishop Fulk; deceived by Herbert, Count of Vermandois, he was imprisoned at Chateau-Thierry and later at Peronne where he died. He reunited for the last time the empire of Charlemagne (except Burgundy). He was deposed by Arnulf in 887.

      Died as a prisoner of Heribert, Count of Vermandois

      References: [WallopFH],[Moncreiffe],[AR7],[MRL],[Paget1],[ES], [RFC]

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      Charles III (September 17, 879 – October 7, 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Latin: Karolus Simplex), was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France (or Western Francia) from 893 to 922/923.[1]

      He was the posthumous son of King Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Charles first married Frederonne who died in 917 and then Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder of England, on October 7, 919.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time of the deposition of the Holy Roman Emperor, his uncle Charles the Fat, in 887. Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. Nonetheless, Charles was crowned by some nobles in 893.[1] Charles became sole king at the age of nineteen upon the death of Odo in 898.

      In 911 Charles gave the lower Seine area, eventually known as Normandy, as a fief to the Norse leader Rollo in the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, thereby ending the series of Viking raids into France.

      In 922 some of the barons (including Herbert II of Vermandois) revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.

      Charles died on October 7, 929, in prison at Péronne (Somme, France) and was buried there at the abbey of St. Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France and his daughter Gisela was married in 911 to Rollo of Normandy.

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      Charles III (September 17, 879 – October 7, 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Latin: Karolus Simplex), was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France (or Western Francia) from 893 to 922/923.

      He was the posthumous son of King Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Charles first married Frederonne who died in 917 and then Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder of England, on October 7, 919.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time of the deposition of the Holy Roman Emperor, his uncle Charles the Fat, in 887. Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. Nonetheless, Charles was crowned by some nobles in 893. Charles became sole king at the age of nineteen upon the death of Odo in 898.

      In 911 Charles gave the lower Seine area, eventually known as Normandy, as a fief to the Norse leader Rollo in the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, thereby ending the series of Viking raids into France.

      In 922 some of the barons (including Herbert II of Vermandois) revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.

      Charles died on October 7, 929, in prison at Péronne (Somme, France) and was buried there at the abbey of St. Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France and his daughter Gisela was married in 911 to Rollo of Normandy.

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      Charles the Simple

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      Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman. The nobles of the realm instead asked his cousin, Charles the Fat, to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeding the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto. Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral. He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.[1]

      In 911 Charles defeated the Viking leader Rollo, had him sign the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte that made Rollo his vassal and converted him to Christianity. Charles then gave him land around Rouen, the heart of what would become Normandy and his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child, the King of Germany, died and the nobles of Lotharingia, who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Reginar Longneck, declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king.[1] Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna, who died in 917. He also defended the country against two attacks by Conrad, King of the Germans.[2]

      On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert, who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919.[1] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric. In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy, revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. On 2 July 922,Charles lost his most faithful supporter, Herve, Archbishop of Rheims, who had succeeded Fulk in 900 .

      He returned the next year (923) with a Norman army but was defeated on 15 June near Soissons by Robert, who died in the battle.[1] Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne under the guard of Herbert II of Vermandois.[3] Rudolph was elected to succeed him. In 925 the Lotharingians accepted Rudolph as their king. Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy. Though he had had many children by Frederuna, it was his son by Eadgifu who would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France. In the initial aftermath of Charles's defeat, Eadgifu and Louis fled to England.

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      Né le 17 septembre 879, fils posthume de Louis II le Bègue (décédé le 10 avril 879) et d'Adélaïde de Paris (dit aussi "de Frioul", princesse anglo-saxonne). Trop jeune pour regner, il est exclu du pouvoir en premier lieu après la mort de son frère Louis III et en deuxième lieu après la mort de son demi-frère Carloman II. Les Grands du royaume, choisissent alors Charles III le Gros, empereur d’Occident en titre, afin d’assurer la régence du jeune Charles pendant sa minorité. Au bout de 3 ans, Charles III le Gros est déposé! Mais la couronne ne revient pas pour autant à son légitime héritier. Néanmoins, Charles parvient à se faire sacrer roi le 28 janvier 893 en l'abbaye Saint-Remy de Reims par Foulques le Vénérable, archevêques de Reims et grand défenseur de la dynastie carolingienne.

      Incapable de résisiter aux Normands, Il se voit contraint, par le traité de Saint-Clair-sur-Epte passé avec le chef Viking Rollon, de leur abandonner une partie de la Neustrie (Normandie). Par la même occasion, il donne sa soeur Gisèle en mariage à Rollon, au profit duquel la nouvelle marche est transformée en duché. Delivré de la menace normande, Charles III le Simple tire parti des troubles causés en Germanie par la mort du dernier des Carolingiens, Louis l'Enfant, pour s'emparer de la Lorraine, de 911 à 920. Il s'attache à ce duché, y réside volontiers, ce qui mécontente les seigneurs neustriens.

      À cause de la tyrannie exercée par Haganon le favori du roi, une révolte, avec à sa tête le duc Robert, frère du précédent roi Eudes Ier, éclate en 922. Les insurgés proclament la déchéance de Charles III et élisent roi Robert le 29 juin 922. Le lendemain 30 juin, Robert est sacré roi à Reims par Gautier, l’archevêque de Sens. Charles, sans se décourager, livre la bataille de Soissons en 923. Il tue son rival, Robert Ier, de sa main le 15 juin 923. Mais il est vaincu et doit prendre la fuite. Les grands vassaux refusent encore de le reconnaître comme roi, et lui préfèrent Raoul de Bourgogne. Peu après, Charles se laisse séduire par les protestations d'Herbert II, comte de Vermandois, et le retient prisonnier dès le 17 juillet 923. Charles est dans un premier temps incarcéré à Château-Thierry puis, en 924 transféré dans une tour du château de Péronne (Somme).

      Il meurt, toujours captif, six ans plus tard le 7 octobre 929. Sa dépouille est inhumée en l'Eglise Saint-Fursy de Péronne.

      De son premier mariage (le 6 avril 907) avec Frédérune de Ringelheim, il aura 5 enfants :

      * Alpaïs de France, née en 907

      * Ermentrude de France, née en 908

      * Frédérune de France, née vers 910

      * Adelais de France, née en 911

      * Hildegarde de France, née en 914

      De son second mariage (vers 915) avec Otgive d'Angleterre, il aura 1 enfant :

      * Louis IV dit "d'Outremer" de France, né le 15 septembre 920 à Laon

      D'une relation qu'il a eu avec X, il eu un enfant :

      * Roricon, né à une date inconnue, décédé en 976 (Evêque de Laon)

      * Drogo de france, né à une date inconnue

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      Acceded: 893

      Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman. The nobles of the realm instead asked his cousin, Charles the Fat, to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeding the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto. Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral. He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.[1]

      In 911 in one brilliant move, Charles made an end to the devastating raids of Normans by offering them a piece of land that became Normandy. In one fell swoop, the most feared enemies of France had become the most fierce pillars of its defence. Never having been a sea-faring people, France as a nation instantly had access to the most advanced shipping technology and the best sailors of the world at the time. Most of the French words associated with ships and sea are of Norman origin. Charles signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with the Viking leader Rollo, thus enfeoffing him with the lower Seine basin, the heart of what would become Normandy, in hopes that Rollo would fend off future Viking raids in the Seine area. He also gave the Viking his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child, the King of Germany, died and the nobles of Lotharingia, who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Reginar Longneck, declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king.[1] Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna, who died in 917. He also defended the country against two attacks by Conrad, King of the Germans.[2]

      On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert, who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919.[1] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric. In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy, revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. On 2 July 922,Charles lost his most faithful supporter, Herve, Archbishop of Rheims, who had succeeded Fulk in 900 .

      He returned the next year (923) with a Norman army but was defeated on 15 June near Soissons by Robert, who died in the battle.[1] Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne under the guard of Herbert II of Vermandois.[3] Rudolph was elected to succeed him. In 925 the Lotharingians accepted Rudolph as their king. Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy. Though he had had many children by Frederuna, it was his son by Eadgifu who would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France. In the initial aftermath of Charles's defeat, Eadgifu and Louis fled to England.

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      Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty, the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris.

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      [edit]Biography

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman. The nobles of the realm instead asked his cousin, Charles the Fat, to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeding the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto. Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral. He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.[1]

      In 911 in one brilliant move, Charles made an end to the devastating raids of Normans by offering them a piece of land that became Normandy. In one fell swoop, the most feared enemies of France had become the most fierce pillars of its defence. Never having been a sea-faring people, France as a nation instantly had access to the most advanced shipping technology and the best sailors of the world at the time. Most of the French words associated with ships and sea are of Norman origin. Charles signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with the Viking leader Rollo, thus enfeoffing him with the lower Seine basin, the heart of what would become Normandy, in hopes that Rollo would fend off future Viking raids in the Seine area. He also gave the Viking his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child, the King of Germany, died and the nobles of Lotharingia, who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Reginar Longneck, declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king.[1] Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna, who died in 917. He also defended the country against two attacks by Conrad, King of the Germans.[2]

      On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert, who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919.[1] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric. In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy, revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. On 2 July 922,Charles lost his most faithful sup
    • Seus direitos ao trono foram contestados, depois da morte de seus meio-irmãos Luís III, em 882, e Carlomano em 884, filhos do primeiro casamento de seu pai.
      A Assembleia dos Grandes colocou no trono Carlos, o Gordo, que foi deposto em 887, e posteriormente Odo, Conde de Paris e Duque da França.
      Em 893 Carlos III foi coroado, mas não pôde reinar normalmente até a morte de Odo em 898.
      Para obter a paz com os Normandos, ele cedeu para eles, através do Tratado de Sant-Clair-sur-Epte, em 911, a futura Normandia. Transformada em ducado, ela foi rapidamente assimilada.
      Carlos III, o Simples, aproveitou as desavenças surgidas na Germânia depois da morte do último Carolíngio, Luís, o Infante, para assumir a Lorena de 911 a 920. Ele fez frente à coalizão formada por Gilbert da Lorena, Roberto da Borgonha e Roberto da França, que viria a transformar-se em Roberto I, quando foi proclamado Rei da França, irmãos de Odo.
      Suas tropas foram dizimadas na batalha de Soissons, em 923, mas Carlos, vencido, empreendeu a fuga, e Raul da Borgonha, genro de Roberto I, garantiu o trono para seu sogro.
      Preso depois pelo terrível Herbert de Vermandois, foi aprisionado na torre de Péronne, onde veio a morrer seis anos mais tarde.
      A Rainha Ogive de Wessex refugiou-se na Inglaterra, junto com seu filho Luís IV d'Outremer.
    • !SOURCES:
      1. Tab. Gen. Souv. France 22 Tab. IV
      2. Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, Germ Pub BT, v. 11, p. 3
      3. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
      4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
      5. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
      6. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt. 1, p. 9
      7. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253
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      3. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
      4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
      5. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
      6. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt. 1, p. 9
      7. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253
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      4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
      5. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
      6. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt. 1, p. 9
      7. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253
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      1. Tab. Gen. Souv. France 22 Tab. IV
      2. Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, Germ Pub BT, v. 11, p. 3
      3. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
      4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
      5. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
      6. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt. 1, p. 9
      7. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253



    • succeeded Eudes as king of France in 893. In 911, he was forced to cede Normandy to the Norse leader Duke RobertI. In 923, Charles was imprisoned by his chief nobles, most notably Duke Rudolph of Burgundy (later king of France).Rudolph succeeded as king. Charles died in prison in 929.
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      3. Ahnen Zu Karl der Grossen, Germ FH 694, p. 103
      4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
      5. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 451, 616
      6. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt. 1, p. 9
      7. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 253
    • KNOWN AS "CHARLES THE SIMPLE", KING OF THE FRANKS
    • Charles III, the Simple (879-929), King of France, posthumous son of Louis II. When his brother Carloman died Charles was too young to reign, and Eudes or Odo, Count of Paris, usurped the French crown. But Charles was nevertheless crowned at Rheims in 893, and after the death of Eudes became actual king over the whole of France. The most important event of his reign is the peace he concluded with the Normans in 911, by which he ceded to their chief the lower valley of the Seine - i.e. Normandy - as a hereditary dukedom. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]
    • Acceded 893, deposed 923.
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    • Charles III (of France) (879-929), king of France (898-922). Called
      Charles the Simple, he was the posthumous son of King Louis II (846-79).
      Charles claimed the throne after 893, during the reign of Odo, or Eudes
      (858-98), count of Paris, but was not acknowledged king until 898. His
      reign was plagued by raids of Scandinavian Vikings, to whom he finally
      ceded (911) much of what later was called Normandy. Charles was deposed in
      922 by his chief vassals and imprisoned in Péronne from 923 until his
      death.
    • 443594908. Kong Karl den Enfoldige LUDWIGSON Vestfranken(16536) was born on 17 Sep 879.(16537) Født efter farens død. He was a Konge between 898 and 923 in Vestfranken. (16538) He died on 7 Oct 929. (16539) han hadde fra først av ingen utsikt til kongemakten, som 887 var tilfalt Hertug Eudes. Men senere samledes dennes motstadnere om Karl, som sfter Eudes død 898 blev konge over Vestfranken eller Frankrike. Hans regjering var svak. han blev avsatt 923, blev kort efter fangen og døde i fangenskap. He was married to Edgiva N.NSON av England in 919.
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    • Charles III (of France) (879-929), king of France (898-922). CalledCharles the Simple, he was the posthumous son of King Louis II(846-79). Charles claimed the throne after 893, during the reign ofOdo, or Eudes (858-98), count of Paris, but was not acknowledged kinguntil 898. His reign was plagued by raids of Scandinavian Vikings, towhom he finally ceded (911) much of what later was called Normandy.Charles was deposed in
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    • He ruled from 898 to 923.
    • He ruled from 898 to 923.
    • Charles III (September 17, 879 - October 7, 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Latin: Karolus Simplex), was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of Western Francia from 893 to 922/923.[1]

      He was the posthumous son of King Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Charles first married Frederonne who died in 917 and then Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder of England, on October 7, 919.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time of the deposition of the Holy Roman Emperor, his uncle Charles the Fat, in 887. Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. Nonetheless, Charles was crowned by some nobles in 893.[1] Charles became sole king at the age of nineteen upon the death of Odo in 898.

      In 911 Charles gave the lower Seine area, eventually known as Normandy, as a fief to the Norse leader Rollo in the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, thereby ending the series of Viking raids into France.

      In 922 some of the barons (including Herbert II of Vermandois) revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.

      Charles died on October 7, 929, in prison at Péronne (Somme, France) and was buried there at the abbey of St. Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France and his daughter Gisela was married in 911 to Rollo of Normandy.
    • BIOGRAPHY
      Charles was born on 17 September 879, the son of Louis II 'the Stammerer', king of West-France, and Adelaide. He did not know his father, who died before Charles was born. Charles, a member of the Carolingian dynasty, ruled as king of France from 898 to 922. He married Frederuna who died in 917; he then married Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward 'the Elder' of England, on 7 October 919. As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne when his half-brother Carloman died in 884, or when Charles 'the Fat', who succeeded Carloman, was deposed in 887. Odo, count of Paris, succeeded Charles 'the Fat'. Charles 'the Simple' became king at the death of Odo in 898.

      The kingdom of Charles 'the Simple' was almost identical to today's France, but he was obliged to concede what would become known as Normandy to the Norsemen. In 922 some of the barons revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, as king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolf II, duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles III was imprisoned.

      Charles died on 7 October 929, in prison at Péronne and was buried there at the L'Abbaye de St.Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned King Louis IV of France, and be known as Louis IV 'd'Outremer' as he was raised in England.
    • KAREL III DER FRANKEN:

      Geboren 17 September 879
      Overleden 07 Oktober 929, Peronne, Somme (F)
      Begraven Peronne
      Beroep: Koning van West-Francië
      Karel III "de Eenvoudige" (de Onnozele, der Einfältige, le Simple) werd door aartsbisschop Fulco van Reims tegenover de toen als koning regerende graaf Odo van Parijs gekroond tot koning (van West-Francië) Reims 28 januari 893; wordt eerst algemeen erkend nadat deze hem op zijn sterfbed ook als koning heeft gedesigneerd 1 januari 898; moet in 911 de Seine-monding aan de Noormannen afstaan, maar verkrijgt in datzelfde jaar ook de steun van de meeste magnaten in Lotharingen na het uitsterven der Oostfrankische Karolingen; intituleert vanaf dat moment koning der Franken; ziet achtereenvolgens als tegenkoningen tegenover zich Odo’s broer Robert (922/923) en vervolgens diens schoonzoon Rudolf van Bourgondië (Raoul de Bourgogne, 923/936); ten dienste van deze laatste gevangen genomen door de Karoling Heribert II van Vermandois 923; vertoeft eerst te Château-Thierry, van 924 af te Péronne in gevangenschap; overleden aldaar 7 oktober 929, begraven Péronne (Saint-Fursy).
      Karel III,
      bijgenaamd: de Eenvoudige (Fr.: Charles le Simple) (17 september 879 - Péronne 7 oktober 929), koning van Frankrijk, uit het Karolingische Huis (zie Karolingen), regeerde van 898 tot 922, was een zoon van Lodewijk II de Stotteraar. Tijdens zijn jeugd werd het gezag uitgeoefend door de door de rijksgroten als koning gekozen Odo, graaf van Parijs (888-898). Dankzij de steun van Fulco, aartsbisschop van Reims, kwam de kroon in 898 met Karel opnieuw in handen van de Karolingische dynastie. In de strijd tegen de Noormannen wist Karel de verdere bedreiging uit te schakelen door in 911 het akkoord van St.-Clair-sur-Epte met hun leider Rollo te sluiten en deze als koninklijke leenman te belenen met het gebied dat later het hertogdom Normandië zou vormen. Een opstand van de Franse groten tegen Karel bracht in 922-923 de niet-Karolinger Robert I op de troon en in 923 diens schoonzoon Rudolf van Bourgondië. Rudolfs zwager Herbert, graaf van Vermandois, hield Karel tot diens dood gevangen.
      Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedie Winkler Prins Editie.

      FREDERUNDA VAN HAMALAND:

      Alias KAREL III DER FRANKEN
      Geboren ABT 880
      Overleden 10 Februari 917
    • This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/topcatflyer/1/data/15517

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      7th Edition, with additions and corrections by Walter Lee - Weis, Frederick Lewis - Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992

      7th edition, with Additions and Corrections by Walter L. Sheppard, Jr. Assisted by David Faris.

      Formerly Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650;; Citations without the word "page" are Line number-Person number.

      Source: Bibliography for Research in British and Continental Royal and Noble Lineages and Heraldry <http://book-smith.tripod.com/book-4.html>
      |
      First published in 1950, this classic improves with each new edition; "bad" lines are excised completely each time, the lengthy text-notes are very useful, and extensive citations appear for almost every entry. There's hardly a noble family in Europe west of the Dnieper River that does not appear in this book. Dr. Weis died in 1966 and Sheppard, himself a renowned genealogist, undertook (very successfully) to maintain his high standards; the 4th and subsequent editions have been the result of his own editorial labors. A very inexpensive work, especially compared to many of the other titles in this list; this one should be on every genealogist's bookshelf. - 148-17 - 3)

      wissel: 29 december 2001 14:19:19
    • Charles III, King of France (Charles the Simple) Charles III, b. Sept. 17, 879, known as the Simple (meaning "sincere"), was king of France from 898 to 922. The youngest son of Louis II, of France, he was passed over for the throne on the deposition (887) of his cousin, the Frankish emperor Charles III, but succeeded Eudes I in 898. In 911 he accepted the homage of the Viking chief Rollo, who became the first duke of Normandy. He tried to rebuild royal power by establishing his authority in LOTHARINGIA (Lorraine), but this policy irritated the magnates of western France. He was deposed in 922 after the death of his main supporter, Richard of Burgundy, and was murdered in captivity on Oct. 7, 929. John B.Hennema
    • Charles III (Holy Roman Empire), called The Fat (839-88), Holy Roman
      emperor (881-87), king of the East Franks, or Germans (876-87), and, as
      Charles II, king of the West Franks, or French (884-87). He was the son of
      Emperor Louis II and the great-grandson of Charlemagne. Charles was
      deposed from his thrones in 887 by his nephew, Arnulf, duke of Carinthia.
      His deposition marked the dissolution of the Frankish Empire.
    • Charles III (Holy Roman Empire), called The Fat (839-88), Holy Romanemperor (881-87), king of the East Franks, or Germans (876-87), and,as Charles II, king of the West Franks, or French (884-87). He was theson of Emperor Louis II and the great-grandson of Charlemagne. Charleswas deposed from his thrones in 887 by his nephew, Arnulf, duke ofCarinthia. His deposition marked the dissolution of the FrankishEmpire.
    • Supposed to have given his daughter Gisela to Rollo, Duke of Normandy as a bride.
    • Charles IV "the simple," King of France was born on Sep 17 879; died on Oct 7 929 in Peronne, France. He was born after his father's death, and the throne was left first to his brothers, Louis III and Carloman. When they died, a cousin, Charles the Fat was proclaimed king, but was deposed by Eudes, count of Paris. In 898, when Eudes died, Charles the Simple became king at the age of 19. His reign is note chiefly for the piratical incursions of the Norsemen or Normans, who ravaged the coasts of France and sailed up the principal rivers. In 911, to put an end to their depredations, Charles ceded to their chief, Rollo (or Rolf) a large part of what came to be called Normandy, to be held as a fief of the French crown. Also in 911, Charles aquired Lorraine. The last years of his reign were disturbed by the turbulence of some of his great vassals, who broke into open rebellion, declared the throne forfeited, and, in 922, proclaimed as king Robert I, count of Paris, brother of Eudes. In the following year, through the treachery of Herbert de Vermandois, Charles was inveigled into the town of Peronne and imprisoned in its fortress, where he remained until his death six years later.
    • Source #1: Weis, p. 129: King of the Franks, 893-922

      Source #2: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001.

      Charles III, 879–929, French king (Charles the Simple)

      (Charles the Simple), 879-929, French king (893-923), son of King Louis II (Louis the Stammerer). As a child he was excluded from the succession at the death (884) of his half brother Carloman and at the deposition (887) of King Charles III (Charles the Fat), who succeeded Carloman. Instead, Eudes, count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. In 893, however, Charles was crowned by a party of nobles and prelates and became sole king at the death of Eudes in 898. He put an end to Norse raids by the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911), ceding to the Norse leader Rollo part of the territory later known as Normandy, and in 911 Charles acquired Lorraine. In 922 some of the barons revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Eudes, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, Robert was killed, but Charles was defeated. Raoul of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.
    • Name Prefix: King Name Suffix: III, of France "The Simple"
    • Karl ?den Enfoldige? var konge av Frankrike 898 - 922.
      Han ble født etter sin fars død. Karl hadde fra først av ingen utsikt til kongemakten, som
      i 887 var tilfalt Hertug Eudes. Men senere samlet motstandere til Eudes seg om Karl, som etter
      Audes død i 898 ble konge over Vest-Franken eller Frankrike.
      Hans regjering var svak. Karl ble avsatt i 923, ble kort tid senere tatt til fange, og døde i
      fangenskap.
      Han var første gang gift med Frederuna som døde ca. 916.
    • Kinship II - A collection of family, friends and U.S. Presidents
      URL: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2902060&id=I575152294
      ID: I575152294
      Name: Charles III "The Simple" King Of FRANCE
      Given Name: Charles III "The Simple" King Of
      Surname: FRANCE
      Sex: M
      Birth: 17 Sep 0879 in , , , France
      Death: 7 Oct 0929 in , Pberonne, Austrasia
      Burial: St Fursi, Pberonne, Austrasia
      Birth: 17 Sep 0879 1
      Death: 17 Oct 0929 in Peronne, Somme, France 1
      Event: ACCEDED Unknown 0893
      Burial: Unknown St. Fursy 1
      Event: Unknown-Begin Unknown King of the West Franks 1
      Event: Unknown-Begin Unknown Academic American Encyclopedia 1
      Event: Unknown-Begin Unknown Encyclopedia Britannica at Britannica.com 1
      Event: Unknown-Begin Unknown Royalty for Commoners, Stuart Gen 171-37 1
      Change Date: 22 Nov 2003 2 2 2 2 2 1
      Note:
      Also Known As:<_AKA> Charles "The Simple" King of /France/
      Ancestral File Number: 9GCX-WW
      [other.FTW]

      Alias: the /Simple/
      REFN: 2094
      Royalty for Commoners by Robert W. Stuar t, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
      Revised 2nd Edition, 1995:
      Gen 171-37 - Char les III "the Simple", King of West Franks, 893, ;b. 17
      Sept 879; d. 7 Oct 929 , Peronne, Somme, France; bur St. Fursy; m. (3)
      918, Edgiva (Eadgifu, Aedgifu , Princess of England: m. (1) Apr 907,
      Fredruna of Hamaland, d. 10 Feb 917, d au of Dietrich, Count of Hamaland.
      ACADEMIC AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
      CHARLES II I, FRANKISH EMPEROR (CHARLES THE FAT)
      Charles III, or Charles the Fat, b. 839 , d. Jan. 13, 888, Frankish
      Emperor, reunited for the last time the empire of CHARLEMAGNE (except
      Burgundy). He was the youngest son of Louis The German, from whom he
      inherited (876) the kingdom of Swabia. Three years later, on the
      resignation of his sick
      brother Carloman, he became king of Italy, and he was crowned emperor by
      Pope John VIII in 881. His succession to Saxony on the death (882) of his
      other brother Louis The Younger, made Charles King of all the East Franks
      (Germany). The deaths of the West Frankish kings Louis III ( 882) and
      Carolman (884) gave him France. Charles was deposed in 887 by Arnulf .
      Encyclopedia Britannica Online at britannica.com:
      Charles III
      born Sept. 17, 879
      died Oct. 7, 929, Péronne, Fr.
      by name Charles The Simple, French C harles Le Simple king of France
      (893-922), whose authority came to be accepte d by Lorraine and who
      settled the Northmen in Normandy but who became the fir st Carolingian
      ruler of the western kingdom to lose his crown.
      The posthumou s son of Louis II the Stammerer, Charles was too young to
      assume the throne o n the death of his half-brother, Carloman, in 884 or
      that of his cousin, Char les the Fat, in 888. On Jan. 28, 893, however, he
      was crowned king by Fulk, a rchbishop of Reims; and, although he renounced
      his rights after civil war in 897, the death of King Eudes in the
      following year brought him general recogn ition as king.
      Charles was strongly under the influence of Robert, brother of the dead
      Eudes. It was Robert's victory against the Northmen at Chartres in 9 11
      which paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte later that
      ye ar, by which Charles ceded territory, in the area later known as
      Normandy, to the Viking leader Rollo and his men; in return, Rollo became
      a Christian and Charles's vassal. The Normans who had such an impact on
      Europe in the 11th a nd 12th centuries were the final product of this
      settlement.
      In 911 also, th e magnates of Lorraine (Lotharingia) accepted the
      authority of Charles on the death of the last Carolingian king of the
      East Franks, Louis the Child. Char les's preoccupation with Lotharingian
      affairs and councillors alienated the n obles of Neustria, however, and in
      922 they elected Robert king. Charles kill ed Robert in battle in 923 but
      was soon taken prisoner by Herbert, count of V ermandois, who used him for
      his own gain against Rudolf, Robert's son-in-law and the new king.


      Father: Louis II "The Stammerer" King Of FRANCE b: 1 Nov 0843 in , , , France
      Mother: Adbelahide Princess Of FRANCE b: Abt 0856 in Of, Paris, , France

      Father: Louis II "The Stammerer" King Of FRANCE b: 1 Nov 0843 in , , , France
      Mother: Adelaide Of FRANCE b: Abt. 855 in Paris, Seine, France

      Marriage 1 Eadgifu Ogiven Of FRANCE b: Abt. 904 in Wessex, England
      Married: Abt 0905 in , , , England
      Note: _UID1DD9CAC48666C54DA38E20A6BCB3782A8AB3
      Children
      Louis IV "Transmarinus" King Of FRANCE b: 10 Sep 0921 in Laon,Aisne,France

      Sources:
      Title: other.FTW
      Note:
      Source Media Type: Other
      Repository:
      Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
      Title: Ancestral File (R)
      Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
      Repository:

      ================================================

      [Geoffrey De Normandie, Gedcom BSJTK Smith Family Tree.ged]

      Deadpg 127, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss, 6th Edition


      Please tell me about ANY errors, as this data base is in constantly changingI wish I was sure of every name in this file & that I didnt
      need to know what you think :) hey, but always refining this,
      So if you spot a place where Im just flat wrong please tell
      me or someone I didnt go on out with, I do this file out of fun and wanting to know, but do not
      respond to the 'know it alls' , that dont have manners.I dont
      consider them Kin!
      Thanks and Happy Hunting!

      EVEN
      TYPE Acceded
      DATE 893deposed 923

      NPFX King
      GIVN Charles III of
      SURN FRANCE
      NSFX *
      aka Charles le Sim'ple born 879, son of Louis II. Charles was King, in
      opposition to Eudes (893-929); and reigned as sole King of France
      (898-923) Ceded Normandy to Rollo The Viking in 911. Became King of
      Lorraine, but was driven out by Robert, Count of Paris in 922. Charleswas
      captured and imprisoned in 923. Died in 929. Part of the Capetianline.

      OCCU King of France 893-922...
      SOUR Encyclopedia, p. 157; 1CHARL.TXT(CS); al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html;
      Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130;
      SOUR Encyclopedia,p.157; Anglo-Saxon England, Frank Stenton, p.345;
      Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart,p.130;
      al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html ;
      SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130;
      SOUR 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve); COMYNI.GED (CS);
      Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, pp130, 192;
      Charles the Simple,ruled 893-923, was son of Louis II and joint king with
      Eudes, count of Paris, until 898. He ceded (911) part of Normandy to the Norse
      leader Rollo and was defeated and imprisoned (923) by nobles who made Raoul of
      Burgundy king. - Encyclopedia, p. 157; Caroling - COMYNI.GED;King of West
      Franks, 893 - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 130; misc.travelle
      r.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn says mother was Adelheide de Saxony - NPH
      CHARLES III, son of LOUIS II and ADELAIDE DE PARIS: http://members.aol.com/sargen2/g0000040.htm#I2248 says parents are LOUIS II and Ansgarde (daugher of Begon Conrad and Alpaide) - NPH

      He was posthumous, and his father died 6 Oct. 877, so he had to have been
      born in 878.
      As a captive of Raoul, son of the Duke of Burgundy, who had had himself
      crowned as King of France in 922.
      Known as "Charles the Simple".

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      PLAC Roi de France - the SimpleCharles III (of France) (879-929), king of France (898-922). Called Charles the Simple, he was the posthumous son of King Louis II. Charles claimed the throne after
      893, during the reign of Odo, or Eudes, count of Paris, but was not acknowledged king until 898. His reign was plagued by raids of Scandinavian Vikings, to whom he finally ceded (911) much of what
      later was called Normandy. Charles was deposed in 922 by his chief vassals and imprisoned in Pronne from 923 until his death.
      Source: "Charles III (of France)," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
      ----------
      Some genealogies report Charles III as being the son of Louis II and Adelheid of Paris.
      ----------
      Byname CHARLES THE SIMPLE, French CHARLES LE SIMPLE, king of France (893-922), whose authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and who settled the Northmen in Normandy but who became the first
      Carolingian ruler of the western kingdom to lose his crown.
      The posthumous son of Louis II the Stammerer, Charles was too young to assume the throne on the death of his half-brother, Carloman, in 884 or that of his cousin, Charles the Fat, in 888. On Jan. 28,
      893, however, he was crowned king by Fulk, archbishop of Reims; and, although he renounced his rights after civil war in 897, the death of King Eudes in the following year brought him general
      recognition as king.
      Charles was strongly under the influence of Robert, brother of the dead Eudes. It was Robert's victory against the Northmen at Chartres in 911 which paved the way for the Treaty of
      Saint-Clair-sur-Epte later that year, by which Charles ceded territory, in the area later known as Normandy, to the Viking leader Rollo and his men; in return, Rollo became a Christian and Charles's
      vassal. The Normans who had such an impact on Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries were the final product of this settlement.
      In 911 also, the magnates of Lorraine (Lotharingia) accepted the authority of Charles on the death of the last Carolingian king of the East Franks, Louis the Child. Charles's preoccupation with
      Lotharingian
      affairs and councillors alienated the nobles of Neustria, however, and in 922 they elected Robert king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was soon taken prisoner by Herbert, count of
      Vermandois, who used him for his own gain against Rudolf, Robert's son-in-law and the new king.
      Source: www.eb.com

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    • Charles the Simple
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Charles III the Simple
      King of Western Francia

      Reign 893/898–922/923
      Coronation 893, Reims
      Born 17 September 879
      Died 7 October 929
      Péronne, France
      Buried L'abbaye de St-Fursy
      Predecessor Odo
      Successor Robert I
      Consort Frederonne; Eadgifu of England
      Issue Louis IV of France
      Royal House Carolingian
      Father Louis II
      Mother Adelaide of Paris


      Charles III (September 17, 879 – October 7, 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Latin: Karolus Simplex), was a member of the Carolingian dynasty who ruled as King of France (or Western Francia) from 893 to 922/923.[1]

      He was the posthumous son of King Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Charles first married Frederonne who died in 917 and then Eadgifu, the daughter of Edward the Elder of England, on October 7, 919.

      As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time of the deposition of the Holy Roman Emperor, his uncle Charles the Fat, in 887. Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. Nonetheless, Charles was crowned by some nobles in 893.[2] Charles became sole king at the age of nineteen upon the death of Odo in 898.

      In 911 Charles gave the lower Seine area, eventually known as Normandy, as a fief to the Norse leader Rollo in the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, thereby ending the series of Viking raids into France.

      In 922 some of the barons (including Herbert II of Vermandois) revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.

      Charles died on October 7, 929, in prison at Péronne (Somme, France) and was buried there at the L'abbaye de St-Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France and his daughter Gisela was married in 911 to Rollo of Normandy.


      [edit] References
      ^ http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0811432.html
      ^ http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0811432.html
      Preceded by
      Odo King of Western Francia
      898–922 Succeeded by
      Robert I
      Preceded by
      Louis the Child King of Lotharingia
      911–922 Succeeded by
      Henry the Fowler
    • Posthumous son of Louis II, he was cousin to Charles the Fat, King of France
      884-887. He was generally recognized as king on the death of King Eudes in
      898. His authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and he settled the
      Northmen in Normandy but became the first Caolingian ruler of the western
      kingdom to lose his crown by alienating the nobles of Neustria. They deposed
      him by electing Robert I king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was
      taken prisoner to use against the new king, Rudolph, Robert's son-in-law.
    • [s2.FTW]

      From http://www.camelotintl.com/royal/cgi/person?p=1494:

      Charles Martel
      Title(s):
      King of France ( 893 - 923)
      Date of birth:
      September 17, 879
      Place of birth:
      Unknown
      Date of death:
      October 7, 929
      Age at death:
      50
      Place of death:
      Peronne, Hainault, Belgium
      Cause of death:
      Murdered
      Father:
      Louis II, King of France
      Mother:
      Unknown

      Marriages:
      919:
      At age 39 married Edgifu, age 17
      Unknown date:
      Frederona

      Events
      923
      Deposition
      January 28, 893
      Coronation

      Children:
      With
      Edgifu
      Louis IV, King of France
      With
      Frederona
      Giselle Martel

      Notes:
      1
      Although Charles's nickname is usually given as "The Simple", a better translation
      of the old French would probably be "The Sincere."
      2
      After being deposed in 922, Charles died in captivity in 929, probably
      murdered.[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1241, Date of Import: May 8, 1997]

      !KING OF THE WEST FRANKSFrom http://www.camelotintl.com/royal/cgi/person?p=1494:

      Charles Martel
      Title(s):
      King of France ( 893 - 923)
      Date of birth:
      September 17, 879
      Place of birth:
      Unknown
      Date of death:
      October 7, 929
      Age at death:
      50
      Place of death:
      Peronne, Hainault, Belgium
      Cause of death:
      Murdered
      Father:
      Louis II, King of France
      Mother:
      Unknown

      Marriages:
      919:
      At age 39 married Edgifu, age 17
      Unknown date:
      Frederona

      Events
      923
      Deposition
      January 28, 893
      Coronation

      Children:
      With
      Edgifu
      Louis IV, King of France
      With
      Frederona
      Giselle Martel

      Notes:
      1
      Although Charles's nickname is usually given as "The Simple", a better translation
      of the old French would probably be "The Sincere."
      2
      After being deposed in 922, Charles died in captivity in 929, probably
      murdered.[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1241, Date of Import: May 8, 1997]

      !KING OF THE WEST FRANKS
    • Posthumous son of Louis II, he was cousin to Charles the Fat, King of France
      884-887. He was generally recognized as king on the death of King Eudes in
      898. His authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and he settled the
      Northmen in Normandy but became the first Caolingian ruler of the western
      kingdom to lose his crown by alienating the nobles of Neustria. They deposed
      him by electing Robert I king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was
      taken prisoner to use against the new king, Rudolph, Robert's son-in-law.
    • Posthumous son of Louis II, he was cousin to Charles the Fat, King of France
      884-887. He was generally recognized as king on the death of King Eudes in
      898. His authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and he settled the
      Northmen in Normandy but became the first Caolingian ruler of the western
      kingdom to lose his crown by alienating the nobles of Neustria. They deposed
      him by electing Robert I king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was
      taken prisoner to use against the new king, Rudolph, Robert's son-in-law.
    • Posthumous son of Louis II, he was cousin to Charles the Fat, King of France
      884-887. He was generally recognized as king on the death of King Eudes in
      898. His authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and he settled the
      Northmen in Normandy but became the first Caolingian ruler of the western
      kingdom to lose his crown by alienating the nobles of Neustria. They deposed
      him by electing Robert I king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was
      taken prisoner to use against the new king, Rudolph, Robert's son-in-law.
    • King of France 898-923
    • Charles III, the SImple, King of France, was born in 879. Died in 929. Charles,III, (of France) (879-929), King of France. Called CHarles the simple, he was posthumous son of King Louis II (846-79). Charles claim edthe throne after 893, during the reign of ODO, or Eudes (858-98), co untof Paris, but was not acknowledged king until 898. His reign was pl aguedbu raids of Scandanavian Vikings, to whom he finally ceded in (91 1) muchof what later was called Normandy. Charles was desposed in 922 by hischief vessals and imprisoned in Peronne from 923 until his death .
    • [2963] COLVER31.TXT file, d. 922

      BIRTH: 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve); COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), p. 7 says ABT 879; Encyclopedia PAGE 157

      DEATH: Anglo-Saxon England, Frank Stenton, p. 345; 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve); Encyclopedia PAGE 157
      "Our Royal Descent from Alfred 'the Great' ..." in Steve Clare papers, 3 Oct 929

      Charles the Simple, ruled 893-923, was son of Louis II and joint king with Eudes, count of Paris, until 898. He ceded (911) part of Normandy to the Norse leader Rollo and was defeated and imprisoned (923) by nobles who made Raoul of Burgundy king. - Encyclopedia, p. 157

      MARR DATE Bet 917- 919

      Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia

      MARRIAGE: Anglo-Saxon England, Frank Stenton P 344 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve) says 918
      full date from WSHNGT.ASC

      WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 278976520 = 3678748

      "Bloodline...", p 275 reigned 893-922 (deposed)
    • SOURCES: (Andre Roux: Scrolls,191.)
      (Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians, Page 308.)
      (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 130, Line 171-37.)
      (Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Page 387).
      Also Known As: Charles "Le Simple". Born: on 17 Sep 879 in Clermont, Oise, France, son of Louis II, King de France and Adelaide=Adelheid de Paris . (Or was his mother Judith. If he was born posthumously it would have been by the second wife)
      Note - between 893 and 929: Charles III was the posthumous son of Louis "Le Begue", and was crowned King in 893 by Fouques, Archbishop of Reims, with the full support of Odon's brother Robert, Richard of Burgundy, William of the Auvergne and Herbert of Vermandois. Baldwin (Baudouin) of Flanders made his submission later. He was a rival of the effective King, the Count Eudes who, upon Odon's death in 898, recognized Charles' rights. With the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911), Charles gave Normandy to the Viking Chief Rollo making him first Duke of Normandy, and pacifying the Seine Vikings. That year, 911, Charles also became King of Lotharingia, which may have been related in part to the fact that his first wife, Frederuna who bore him 6 daughters, was Lotharingian. He revived the title Rex Francorum. In 919, when Charles fought the Magyars, none of the nobles except for Heriveus, the Archbishop of Reims sent him any troops for assistance. In 920, Robert led a revolt against Charles. Gave his daughter, Gisella, to Rollo, the Viking, in order to stop the raids on the coast. Gave the coast to Rollo to protect. Rollo thus became the first Duke of Normandy.
      Some Lotharingian nobles, led by Gilbert (Gislebert) son of Ragnar Longneck, declared their independence from Charles' authority. Gilbert invoked the aid of the new ruler of the East Franks, a Saxon known as Henry "the Fowler" ("l'Oiseleur"). Charles, after quelling the resistance of the Lotharingian Count Ricoin made a treaty with Henry at Bonn in 921. They met on equal terms as Rex Francorum Occidentalium (Charles) and Rex Francorum Orientalium (Henry). Charles was deposed in 922 by Herbert, Count of Vermandois upon the death of his main supporter, Richard of Burgundy. Charles and his favorite Hagano fled to hide in Lotharingia. During his absence, Robert was elected King and crowned by Walter, Archbishop of Sens under the nose of Heriveus who was on his deathbed (he died 3 days later). Charles met Robert in battle at Soissons on 15 June 923. Robert was killed, but the forces led by his son Hugh and by Herbert of Vermandois defeated the King's army and Charles retreated. On 13 July 923, a new King Ralph, the eldest son of Richard The Justiciar of Burgundy was elected King and anointed in the Church of St. Medard at Soissons by Walter, Archbishop of Sens.
      Married between 905 and 929: N. concubines; Charles Le Simple had several concubines throughout his adulthood.
      Married in Apr 907: Frederune de Lotharingie, daughter of Dietrich, Count de Lotharingie ; Charles III Le Simple had 6 daughters with Frederune, his first wife.
      Married in 917: Eadgifu=Ogive=Hadwige, Princess of England, daughter of Edward I, King of England and Eadgifu=Edgiva of Kent.
      Died: on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, France, at age 50 Charles was murdered while in captivity at the Tower of Peronne on 7-Oct-929. Charles III is buried at Saint Fursy.
    • !Name is; Charles III, "The Simple" King of The /FRANKS/
    • [] Charles III aka CHARLES THE SIMPLE. [peter.kauffner at tc1bbs.com]
      893 deposed 923. [Anders Berg - - Stockholm,
      SWEDEN] Will Quale wrote: 'I'm seeking
      information about the marriage of Rollo, the Scandinavian, with Gisela,
      daughter of King Charles the Simple.'
      This is from Dudo, and I've seen it copied in some modern books. It is,
      however, chronologically impossible, since Gisela at the time of the
      marriage in 911 would have been at the most four years old.
      Reference: Eckel, Charles le Simple , p. 80, and Brandenburg, Die
      Nachkommen Karls des Grossen , p. 118. //
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    • As a child he was excluded from the succession at the death (884) of his half brother Carloman and at the deposition (887) of King Charles III (Charles the Fat), who succeeded Carloman. Instead, Eudes, count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. In 893, however, Charles was crowned by a party of nobles and prelates and became sole king at the death of Eudes in 898. He put an end to Norse raids by the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911), ceding to the Norse leader Rollo part of the territory later known as Normandy, and in 911 Charles acquired Lorraine. In 922 some of the barons revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Eudes, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, Robert was killed, but Charles was defeated. Raoul of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.
    Person ID I6000000000894794311  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2021 

    Father Louis II, II,   b. 1 Nov 846,   d. 10 Apr 879  (Age 32 years) 
    Mother Adélaïs,   b. 10 Apr 853,   d. 18 Nov 901  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 875 
    Family ID F6000000011561685953  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ēadgifu Queen of France, Queen of France,   b. 904,   d. Aft 955  (Age > 52 years) 
    Married 919 
    Children 
     1. Louis de França,   b. 10 Sep 920,   d. 10 Sep 954  (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000006277595495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Concubines,   b. Abt 879, between 865 and 905 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alpaïs,   b. Abt 907,   d. 948  (Age ~ 41 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000001510705303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Frederuna von Ringelheim,   b. 885,   d. 10 Feb 917, Burg Zörbig Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married Abt 1 Apr 907 
    Address:
    Laon
    Laon, Picardy
    France 
    Children 
     1. Ermentrudis Billung Im Padergau,   b. 908,   d. 948  (Age 40 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000004866269767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart