Charles I De Lorraine 
Charles I was born about 0953 in Laon, Aisne, France.1 Charles I's father was Louis IV King Of France and his mother was Gerberge Of Saxony. His maternal grandparents were Henry I Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire and Matilda Of Ringelheim. He had a brother and a sister, named Lothaire King Of and Matilda Of. He had two half-sisters named Alberade and Gerberga.1 General Notes
[Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED]
[Etienne De Coligny.FTW]
[Alberade De Lorraine.ged]
Charles I (born 953--died May 21, 992?, Orléans, Fr.), duke of Lower Lorraine, head of the only surviving legitimate line of the Carolingian dynasty by 987, and an unsuccessful claimant for the French throne.
Son of Louis IV of France, Charles was banished by his brother, King Lothair, in 977. Receiving the duchy of Lower Lorraine from Otto II of Germany in the same year, he conspired unsuccessfully with Otto to dethrone Lothair but then reversed his policy, made peace with Lothair, and plotted against the new German king, Otto III. After the deaths of Lothair (986) and Lothair's son and successor Louis V (987), Charles asserted his claim to the French throne. But Adalbero, archbishop of Reims, convinced the assembly of Frankish nobles that the Frankish crown was elective rather than hereditary and that Charles was unworthy of the kingship. The assembly then proclaimed Hugh Capet king of France.
Charles did not abandon his claim but, in 991, was seized and handed over to Hugh, who kept him in prison until his death. One son, Otto, succeeded him as duke of Lower Lorraine, dying about 1012; two other sons died obscurely. With them the legitimate male line of the Carolingians came to an end. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, Charles I, Duke Of Lower Lorraine],
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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.10 SEP 921 in Laon, Aisne, France d.10 SEP 954
- b.~ 0953 in Laon, Aisne, France d.21 MAY 992
- b.~ 0800 in Saxony, Germany d.~ 0843 in Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0816 in Saxony, Germany d.6 SEP 864
- b.~ 0735 in Montfort-sur-Risle, Eure, Normandy, France d.Deceased
- b.~ 0836 in Saxony, Germany d.30 NOV 912 in Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0786 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0817 in Saxony, Germany d.Deceased
- b.~ 0786 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0875 in Mensleben, Saxony, Germany d.2 JUL 936
- b.~ 0828 in Bavaria, Germany d.22 SEP 880 in Ottingen, Germany
- b.~ 0845 in Saxony, Germany d.8 DEC 899 in Bavaria, Germany
- b.~ 0830 in Corinthia, Bohemia d.Deceased
- b.~ 0860 in Bavaria, Germany d.14 DEC 903
- b.~ 0845 in Bavaria, Germany d.Deceased
- b.~ 0910 in Nordhausen Saxony, Prussia d.5 MAY 984 in Reims, Marne, France
- b.~ 0803 d.< 0891
- b.~ 0842 d.> 0891
- b.~ 0812 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0858 in Wesphalia, Germany d.8 FEB 916/17
- b.~ 0810 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0892 in Mensleben, Saxony, Germany d.14 MAY 968 in Memleben, Ringleheim, Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0800 d.~ 0844 in Walcheran (In Battle)
- b.~ 0830 in Jutland, Norway d.Deceased
- b.~ 0860 d.Deceased
- b.0835 in Alsace-Lorraine, France d.7 AUG 869 in Plaisance, Italy
- b.~ 0838 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0836 in Lorraine, France d.~ 0868
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1 Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
Further sources/citations:
Alberade De Lorraine.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Alberade De Lorraine.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
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