Charles III King Franks, ['The Simple']

b 17 Sep 0879, , , , France
d 07 Oct 0929, , Peronne, Somme, France Charlemagne, Emperor Of Holy_Roman_Empir, [King of the Fra >
bur St Fursi, Peronne, Somme, France Louis I 'The_Pious' Holy_Roman_Empir Hildegard, Countess Of Vinzgau >
Charles II, 'The_Bald' Holy_Roman_Empir, King b Aug0778 Welf I Duke Bavaria
| b 15 May 0823 Judith, Empress Of Holy_Roman_Empir, [Princess] Hedwig Duchess Of Bavaria
Louis II, 'The_Stammerrer' Franks  d 06 Oct 0877 b 0800 Hadrian >
|b 01 Nov 0846 | Eudes, Count Of Orleans Waldrat >
|d 10 Apr 0879 Ermentrude, Queen Of Franks b 0798 Leutaud Count Paris >
|  b 0825 Ingeltrude, Countess Of Orleans  
Charles III King Franks, ['The Simple']  d 06 Oct 0869 b 0805  
|Mrs-Charles III, Concubine Franks-1 +    
|m 0863 Beggen (Bego) Count Paris  
|, , , England |b 0795    
Adelaide, Queen Of Franks  d 0795 Charlemagne, Emperor Of Holy_Roman_Empir, [King of the Fra >
 b 0850 | Louis I 'The_Pious' Holy_Roman_Empir Hildegard, Countess Of Vinzgau >
 d 10 Nov 0901 Alpaide (Alpais), Princess Holy_Roman_Empir b Aug0778 Ingeramne Duke Of Hesbaye >
 b 0810 Ermengarde Princess Of Hesbaye, [Empress] Mrs-Ingeramme, Duchess Of Hesbaye
  61 26 Apr 1955 b 0778

Children

1 Gisele Duchess Of Normandy

Notes

Charles III, 'The Simple' King Of The Franks became king in 893. He recognized the Norsemen's conquest of Normandy, but added to his territory by seizing Lorraine. The mistakes of the previous kings were too costly, however. The nobles had been allowed to gain power, and they deposed Charles in 923.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p C293. 'Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants', Langston & Buck, 1986, p 197.


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