Prince of Franks, Duke of Lower Lorraine Charles 
Charles was born about 0953 in Laon,Aisne,France.1 Charles' father was King of Franks Louis (d'Outremer, Transmarinus) IV and his mother is Gerberge of Saxony. His paternal grandparents were King of Franks Charles (The Simple) III and Edgiva. He had a brother and a sister, named Lothair and Matilde. He was the youngest of the three children. He died in Kerker,Orleans,France. He was buried in St Servatius,Maastricht.1 1 General Notes
Charles of Lower Lorraine, who was born in 953. Having been excluded from the throne of France, he became Duke of Lower Lorraine (954-986) and, while waging war for the French throne, with his cousin, Hugh Capet, was taken prisoner and confined until his death in 993.
He married (2) Agnes, daughter of Henry, Count of Vermandois and Troyes, and his wife, Princess Edgina, granddaughter of King Alfred the Great. They had a daughter, Gerberga of Brabant, and a son, Otto, Duke of Lower Lotharinga (Lorraine), who died in 1012.
("The Genealogy of Homer Beers James", V1, JANDA Consultants, ? 1993 Homer James)
Duke Charles was the son of the French King Louis IV. On his death he was succeeded by his son Otto.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.Aug 0778 in Chasseneuil,Aquitaine d.20 JUN 840 in Castle Ingleheim,Rhinehessen
- b.15 MAY 823 in Frankfort-am-Main,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia d.6 OCT 877 in Modano,France (Modena,Italy)
- b.~ 0800 in Andech,Bavaria,Germany d.19 APR 843 in Tours,Indre-et-Loire
- b.1 NOV 846
- b.~ 0797 in Tours d.0865
- b.27 SEP 830 in Orleans,Neustria
- b.17 SEP 879 in France d.7 OCT 929 in dungeon of Peronne,Peronne,Somme,France
- b.~ 0765 d.> 0811
- b.~ 0820 in Morvois
- b.~ 0780 in Aquitaine
- b.~ 0850 in Paris,Seine,France d.9 NOV 901
- b.~ 0800 d.0877
- b.~ 0820 in Roussillion
- b.~ 0790 in Tours,Bayeaux
- b.10 SEP 921 in Laon,Aisne d.10 SEP 954 in Rheims,Marne
- b.0470 in Ancient Saxony,what is now Northern Germany d.0534 in Wessex
- b.~ 0480 in Wessex d.0560 in Wessex
- b.0471 in Ancient Saxony,what is now Northern Germany
- b.~ 0871 in Kent
- b.~ 0896 in Kent,England d.0961
- b.~ 0953 in Laon,Aisne,France d.21 MAY 992 in Kerker,Orleans,France
- b.5 APR 913 in Nordhausen,Saxony,Prussia
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They had a son named Otto.
1 GEDCOM: Ancestors of Neil Conway
2 GEDCOM: Draper Family
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2 GEDCOM: Draper Family
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