Charles the Simple | |
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King of West Francia | |
Reign | 898–922 |
Predecessor | Odo I |
Successor | Robert I |
King of Lotharingia | |
Reign | 911–923 |
Predecessor | Louis the Child |
Born | 17 September 879 |
Died | 7 October 929 (aged 50) Péronne, France |
Burial | Collégiale Saint-Fursy de Péronne , France |
Spouses | Frederuna (m. 907; d. 917) Eadgifu of Wessex (m. 919) |
Issue more... | Gisela of France Louis IV of France |
Dynasty | Carolingian |
Father | Louis the Stammerer |
Mother | Adelaide of Paris |
Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex),[a] was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 923. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty.
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