Charles (The Simple) Carolingian III

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Orleans, Neustria, France

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis (The German) Roman II

Luitgarde of Saxony

Holy Roman Emperor Lothair Roman I

Countess Ermengarde de Tours

Count Liudolf (The Great) of East Saxony

Oda Billung

Irmgard

Peronne, Somme, France

L'abbaye de St-Fursy, Peronne, Somme, France

General Notes

Charles III "the Simple" (September 17, 879 - October 7, 929) was a member of the Carolingian dynasty. He ruled as King of France from 898 to 922.

The posthumous son of King Louis II of France and Adelaide, Charles married Frederonne who died in 917 and he then married Eadgifu, the daughter of King Edward I of England, on October 7, 919.

As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman or at the time Charles the Fat was deposed in 887 after he had succeeded Carloman. Instead, Odo, Count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. Nonetheless, Charles became king at the death of Odo in 898.

The kingdom of Charles the Simple was almost identical with today's France, but he was obliged to concede what would become known as Normandy to the invading Norsemen.

In 922 some of the barons revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Odo, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, King Robert was killed, but Charles was also defeated. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles III was imprisoned.

Charles III died on October 7, 929, in prison at Péronne, Somme, France and was buried there at the L'abbaye de St-Fursy. His son with Eadgifu would eventually be crowned King Louis IV of France.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Duke Pepin (The Short) France III ^*
  - b.0714 in Austrasia, France d.24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Paris, Seine, France
  
  Charlemagne Roman
  - b.02 Apr 0742 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.28 Jan 0814 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
  
  Berthe (Bertrade) Laon ^*
  - b.0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 Jul 0783 in Choisy, Bourgogne, France
  
  Emperor Louis I (The Pious) Roman
  - b.25 Sep 0778 in Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.20 Jun 0840 in Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France
  
  Gerold Allemania I ^*
  - b.0730 in Swabia, Germany d.0779
  
  Empress Hildegard Von Vinzgau Of Serbia
  - b.~  0757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Austrasia
  
  Emma Allemania ^*
  - b.0736 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.0798
  
  Holy Roman Emperor Lothair Roman I
  - b.0795 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.29 Sep 0855 in Pruem, Rhineland, Prussia
  
  Gunderland de Hesbaye ^*
  - b.0725 d.0778
  
  Ingerman de Hesbaye
  - b.0750
  
  Ermengardes (Irmengarde) Hesbaye
  - b.0778 in Hesbaye, Germany d.03 Oct 0818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
  
  Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis (The German) Roman II
  - b.0804 in Alsace-Lorraine, Austrasia d.31 Aug 0875 in Italy
  
  Duke Luitfrid of Alsace ^*
  - b.~  0705 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0767
  
  Count Luitfrid of Upper Alsace II
  - b.~  0740 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0780 in Upper Alsace, France
  
  Duchess Edith of Alsace
  - b.~  0719 in Alsace, Lorraine, France
  
  Count of Alsace Hugh (le Mefiant) de Bourges III
  - b.~  0765 in Upper Alsace, France d.20 Oct 0837 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
  
  Countess Hiltrude of Alsace
  - b.~  0744 in Upper Alsace, France
  
  Countess Ermengarde de Tours
  - b.~  0800 in Alsace, France d.20 Mar 0851
  
  Comte de Tours Luitfied Enticondes
  - b.~  0735 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
  
  Countess of Tours Ava Eticondes
  - b.~  0770 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.04 Sep 0839 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
  
  Charles (The Simple) Carolingian III
  - b.17 Sep 0879 in Orleans, Neustria, France d.07 Oct 0929 in Peronne, Somme, France
  
  Bruno of Saxony II
  - b.0760 d.0813
  
  Duke of East Saxony Bruno of Saxony III
  - b.0790 d.0844
  
  King Wittekind (The Great) of Saxons ^*
  - b.0749 d.0807
  
  Hasala von Wettin
  - b.0773
  
  Geva Eysteinsdottir ^*
  - b.0750 in Norway
  
  Count Liudolf (The Great) of East Saxony
  - b.0806 d.0866
  
  Eckbert de Mersebourg
  - b.0755
  
  Suana of Monfort
  - b.0790
  
  Landfried of Germany II ^*
  
  Ida of Germany
  
  Ida
  
  Luitgarde of Saxony
  
  Aethelbert von Sachsen II ^*
  - b.~  0688
  
  Amalung von Sachsen I
  - b.~  0745 d.0811
  
  Melli of Friesland
  
  Billung of Saxony I
  - b.~  0780 in Saxony, Germany
  
  Oda Billung
  - b.0816 in Niederlahngau, Hesse, Thuringen, Saxony d.05 Oct 0913
  
  Charlemagne Roman ^*
  - b.02 Apr 0742 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.28 Jan 0814 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
  
  King Paepin (Carloman) Italy
  - b.28 Apr 0773 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.08 Jul 0810 in Milan, Italy
  
  Empress Hildegard Von Vinzgau Of Serbia ^*
  - b.~  0757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Austrasia
  
  Aede of the Franks
  - b.~  0784 in Saxony, Germany
  
  Margrave, Count William Autun I ^*
  - b.~  0751 in Languedoc, Toulouse, France d.28 May 0812 in Gellone, Herault, France
  
  Bertha de Toulouse
  - b.0777 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France
  
  Guitberge Hornbach ^*
  - b.0770 d.0804
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Children
- Gisele
  Gisele was born in 0898.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    B: Abt. 898
  Alpais Carolingien
  Alpais was born about 0908.⁶
  
  Princess Ermentrude de France
  Ermentrude was born in 0908 in France.⁷ She died at the age of 40 in 0948.⁷
  Ermentrude Capet
  Ermentrude was born in 0910.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    B: Abt. 910

Charles (The Simple) Carolingian III

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

Personal Timeline

The Simple's first family with Princess of England Edgiva of Wessex

Children

The Simple's second family with Frederune de Ringelheim

Children