Charles II, 'The_Bald' Holy_Roman_Empir, King

b 15 May 0823, Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, , Prussia
d 06 Oct 0877, Brios, , , France
bur St Denis, Paris, Seine, France			Charles 'Martel', Mayor Austrasia	>
61 08 Apr 1936,		Pepin 'The_Short' Franks	Rotrude (Chrotude), Duchess Austrasia	>
	Charlemagne, Emperor Of Holy_Roman_Empir, [King of the Fra	b 0714	Heribert, Count Of Laon
	\| b 02 Apr 0742	Bertrada, Countess Of Laon, [Queen]	Bertrada
Louis I 'The_Pious' Holy_Roman_Empir	d 28 Jan 0814	b 0720
\|b Aug0778	\|	Gerold I Duke Swabia
\|d 20 Jun 0840	Hildegard, Countess Of Vinzgau	b 0710
\|	b 0757	Imma Duchess Of Swabia
Charles II, 'The_Bald' Holy_Roman_Empir, King	d 30 Apr 0783	b 0710
\|Richilde Queen Of Franks-1 +
\|	Welf I Duke Bavaria
\|	\|b 0776
Judith, Empress Of Holy_Roman_Empir, [Princess]
b 0800	\|
d 19 Apr 0843	Hedwig Duchess Of Bavaria
	b 0780

Notes

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

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

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