(Roi) Charles II OF THE WEST FRANKS 
(Roi) Charles II was born in Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, PRUSSIA. He died in Modano Pass, FRANCE.General Notes
TITLE: King of the WEST FRANKS, LORRAINE, & BURGUNDY, acceeded 843
HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, acceded 875
NICK: "The Bald"
NOTE:
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.
Details of (Roi) Charles II's family with Ermentrude D' ORLEANS
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