Charles Duke of Lower Lorraine 
Charles Duke of Lower was born in 0953 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France.1 Charles Duke of Lower's father was 'transmarinus' King of France Louis IV and his mother was Gerberga von Sachsen Princess of Germany. His paternal grandparents were "The Simple" King of Franks Charles III and Princess of England Eadgiva. He had five brothers and four sisters, named King of France, Prince of the Franks, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Charles, Princess of the Franks, Matilda of France, Matilda (Maud) Princess of and of France, Queen of Burgundy. He was the third youngest of the ten children. He had six half-brothers and nine half-sisters, named , King of France Capet, Otto Eudes , Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Lower Burgundy, Heinrich I, Duke of Burgundy, Heribert [illegitimate], Alberade of, Countess of Vermandois, Hedwig, Countess of Luxembourg, Albrade of Lorraine, Gerberge of Lorraine, Beatrix , of France, Lady of Normandy, Emma and Beatrix of France, Duchess of Upper Lorraine. He died at the age of 41 on May 21st, 0994 in Kerker, Orleans, France.1 General Notes
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Charles, Prince de France
(Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 88, Line 120-35.)
(Alain Decaux Andre Castelot, Marcel Jullian et J. Levron, Histoire de La France et des Francais au Jour le Jour (Librairie Academique Perrin, 1976), Tome 1, Page 387).
AKA: Charles de Laon.
AKA: Charles I, Duke de Lorraine.
Born: in 953 in Laon, Ile-de-France, France, son of Louis IV, King de France and Gerberge de Saxe, Some sources assert that this Charles was born in the year 943. Married before 970: Bonne=Adelaide d'Ardenne, daughter of Godefroy, Count d'Ardenne Note - in 977: Charles became the Duke of the Basse-Lorraine [Lower Lorraine] in 977. Died: on 21 May 992. Some sources assert that this Charles died in the year 993.
Having been excluded from the throne of France, he became Duke of LowerLorraine (954-986) and, while waging war for the French throne, with hiscousin, Hugh Capet, was taken prisoner and confined until his death in993.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.Aug 0778 in Casseneuil,Lot Et Garonne,France d.20 Jun 0840 in near Ingelheim,Rhinehessen,Hesse,Germany
- b.13 Jun 0823 in Frankfort-am-Main Emperor 25 Dec 875-877 d.06 Oct 0877 in Near Mt. Cenis in the Alps
- b.~ 0805 in of,Altdorf,of Bavaria,Bavaria d.19 Apr 0843 in ,Tours,Indre-et-Loire,France
- b.01 Nov 0846 in Compiegne,France d.10 Apr 0879 in Compiegne,Oise,France
- b.0779 in ,Orleans,Loiret,France d.0833
- b.27 Sep 0825 in Orleans,Loiret,,France d.06 Oct 0869 in L'abbaye de St Denis,Paris,Ile de France,France
- b.~ 0805 in of,Orleans,Loiret,France d.WFT EST 833/893
- b.17 Sep 0879 in Of Laon,Aisne,France d.07 Oct 0929 in Peronne,Somme,France
- b.~ 0920 in Laon,Aisne,France d.~ 0954 in St. Remy abbey,Reims,France
- b.0904 in Wessex, England d.0951
- b.0953 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France d.21 May 0994 in Kerker, Orleans, France
- b.0910 in Nordhausen,Saxony,Prussia d.05 May 0984 in Reims,Marne,France
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 149-19, Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com @ Alan B. Wilson, 30 Dec 1998, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. @ 149-19, Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com @ Alan B. Wilson, 30 Dec 1998, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, jweber.ged, GEDCOM File : daylily7.ged
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