Charles (Le Gros (The Fat)) III 
Charles, known as Le Gros (The Fat), was born in 0828 in Alsace-Lorraine,Austrasia.1 Le Gros (The Fat)'s father was King of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and his mother was Ermengard. His paternal grandparents were King of Franks, Holy Roman Emperor Louis (The Pious, le Debonaire) I and Irmengard d'Haysbe; his maternal grandparents were Comte d'Alsace, Orleans, et Tours Hughes II and Comtess de Tours Ava(Bava). He had two brothers and four sisters, named Lothair, Le Jeune, Helentrude, Ermengard, Rotrude and Gisle Lothair. He died in Provence,Brie,France.1 General Notes
Nickname:<NICK> The Child Of Provence
Name Prefix:<NPFX> King of Provence
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"Emperor of the West (881-87), king of the East Franks (882-87), and king of the West Franks (884-87); son of Louis the German, at whose death he inherited Swabia (876). He succeeded to the East Frankish or German kingship after the deaths of his brothers Carloman (880) and Louis the Younger (882), with whom he had shared the kingdom of Louis the German. He had also gained Italy from Carloman and was crowned emperor by Pope John VIII in 881. After the death of the heirs of Charles II in France, he became (884) West Frankish king, thus reuniting briefly the empire of Charlemagne. A weak ruler, he was unable to protect his lands from invasion; in 886, when he went to relieve Paris, which was besieged by the Norsemen, he ransomed the city instead of fighting and allowed the invaders to ravage Burgundy. He was deposed in 887 and was succeeded in Germany by Arnulf and briefly in France by Eudes."
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- b.0676 in Heristal,Liege,Belgium d.22 OCT 741 in Quierzy-sur-Oise,Aisne,France
- b.0714 in Jupille,Austrasia,France d.24 SEP 769 in Abbey of Saint Denis
- b.~ 0690 in Austrasia,Lorraine,France d.< 0725
- b.2 APR 742 in Ingolheim,Aachen,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany d.28 JAN 813/814 in Aachen,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
- b.0720 in Laon,Aisne,France
- b.Aug 0778 in Chasseneuil,Aquitaine d.20 JUN 840 in Castle Ingleheim,Rhinehessen
- b.~ 0700
- b.~ 0726 in Aachen,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany d.> 0778
- b.0753 in Swabia,Aachen,Rhineland d.30 APR 783 in Thionville,Moselle
- b.0700 in Swabia,Bavaria d.0788
- b.~ 0735 in Aachen,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany d.> 0778
- b.~ 0722
- b.0795 in Altdort,Bavaria d.29 SEP 855 in Abbey of Pruem,Germany
- b.~ 0685 d.> 0714
- b.~ 0720
- b.~ 0705 in Hesbaye,Austrasia
- b.~ 0753 in Belgium
- b.~ 0778 in Hesbaye,Liege d.3 OCT 818 in Angers or Tours
- b.~ 0755 in Belgium
- b.0828 in Alsace-Lorraine,Austrasia d.24 JUN 863 in Provence,Brie,France
- b.~ 0675 in Alsace d.5 DEC 741
- b.~ 0707 in Alsace d.0767
- b.~ 0679 in Alsace d.~ 0773
- b.~ 0740 in Alsace-Lorraine,Austrasia d.0802
- b.~ 0719 in Alsace d.0799
- b.~ 0765 in Upper Alsace d.4 NOV 839
- b.~ 0744 in Upper Alsace d.~ 0830
- b.~ 0800 in Tours,Bayeaux d.20 MAR 851 in Strasbourg,Alsace
- b.~ 0779 in Tours d.0839
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