General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> KING
Note: Died: on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, France, at ag
e 50 Charles was murdered while in captivity at the Tower o
f Peronne on 7-Oct-929. Charles III is buried at Saint Furs
y.
Note: King of France 893-922, known as "The Simple"
Note: Gave his daughter, Gisella, to Rollo, the Viking, i
n order to stop the raids on the coast. Gave the coast to R
ollo to protect. Rollo thus became the first Duke of Norman
dy.
Note - between 893 and 929: Charles III was the posthumou
s son of Louis "Le Begue", and was crowned King in 893 by F
ouques, Archbishop of Reims, with the full support of Odon'
s brother Robert, Richard of Burgundy, William of the Auver
gne and
Herbert of Vermandois. Baldwin (Baudouin) of Flanders mad
e his submission later. He was a rival of the effective Kin
g, the Count Eudes who, upon Odon's death in 898, recognize
d Charles' rights. With the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Ept
e (911),
Charles gave Normandy to the Viking Chief Rollo making hi
m first Duke of Normandy, and pacifying the Seine Vikings
. That year, 911, Charles also became King of Lotharingia
, which may have been related in part to the fact that hi
s first wife,
Frederuna who bore him 6 daughters, was Lotharingian. He re
vived the title Rex Francorum. In 919, when Charles fough
t the Magyars, none of the nobles except for Heriveus, th
e Archbishop of Reims sent him any troops for assistance. I
n 920,
Robert led a revolt against Charles.
Note: 
Some Lotharingian nobles, led by Gilbert (Gislebert) son o
f Ragnar Longneck, declared their independence from Charles
' authority. Gilbert invoked the aid of the new ruler of th
e East Franks, a Saxon known as Henry "the Fowler" ("l'Oise
leur").
Charles, after quelling the resistance of the Lotharingia
n Count Ricoin made a treaty with Henry at Bonn in 921. The
y met on equal terms as Rex Francorum Occidentalium (Charle
s) and Rex Francorum Orientalium (Henry). Charles was depos
ed in 922
by Herbert, Count of Vermandois upon the death of his mai
n supporter, Richard of Burgundy. Charles and his favorit
e Hagano fled to hide in Lotharingia. During his absence, R
obert was elected King and crowned by Walter, Archbishop o
f Sens under
the nose of Heriveus who was on his deathbed (he died 3 day
s later). Charles met Robert in battle at Soissons on 15 Ju
ne 923. Robert was killed, but the forces led by his son Hu
gh and by Herbert of Vermandois defeated the King's army and
Charles retreated. On 13 July 923, a new King Ralph, the el
dest son of Richard The Justiciar of Burgundy was elected K
ing and anointed in the Church of St. Medard at Soissons b
y Walter, Archbishop of Sens.