Charles (The Simple) Carolingian III 
Charles, known as The Simple, was born on September 17th, 0879 in Orleans, Neustria, France.1 The Simple's father was Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis (The German) Roman II and his mother was Luitgarde of Saxony. His paternal grandparents were Holy Roman Emperor Lothair Roman I and Countess Ermengarde de Tours; his maternal grandparents were Count Liudolf (The Great) of East Saxony and Oda Billung. He had a half-sister named Trungard. He died at the age of 50 on October 7th, 0929 in Peronne, Somme, France. He was buried in L'abbaye de St-Fursy, Peronne, Somme, France.2 3 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.
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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.0714 in Austrasia, France d.24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Paris, Seine, France
- 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
- b.0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 Jul 0783 in Choisy, Bourgogne, France
- b.25 Sep 0778 in Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.20 Jun 0840 in Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France
- b.0730 in Swabia, Germany d.0779
- b.0757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Austrasia
- b.0736 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.0798
- b.0795 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.29 Sep 0855 in Pruem, Rhineland, Prussia
- b.0725 d.0778
- b.0750
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- b.0778 in Hesbaye, Germany d.03 Oct 0818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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- b.0804 in Alsace-Lorraine, Austrasia d.31 Aug 0875 in Italy
- b.0705 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0767
- b.0740 in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France d.0780 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.0719 in Alsace, Lorraine, France
- b.0765 in Upper Alsace, France d.20 Oct 0837 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France
- b.0744 in Upper Alsace, France
- b.0800 in Alsace, France d.20 Mar 0851
- b.0735 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
- b.0770 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.04 Sep 0839 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France
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- b.17 Sep 0879 in Orleans, Neustria, France d.07 Oct 0929 in Peronne, Somme, France
- b.0760 d.0813
- b.0790 d.0844
- b.0749 d.0807
- b.0773
- b.0750 in Norway
- b.0806 d.0866
- b.0755
- b.0790
- b.0688
- b.0745 d.0811
- b.0780 in Saxony, Germany
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- b.0816 in Niederlahngau, Hesse, Thuringen, Saxony d.05 Oct 0913
- 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
- b.28 Apr 0773 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.08 Jul 0810 in Milan, Italy
- b.0757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Austrasia
- b.0784 in Saxony, Germany
- b.0751 in Languedoc, Toulouse, France d.28 May 0812 in Gellone, Herault, France
- b.0777 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France
- b.0775 in Hornbach, Prussia d.0804
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Details of The Simple's family with Princess of England Edgiva of Wessex
Details of The Simple's family with Frederune de Ringelheim
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I040665&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I7249
3 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I8526&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I7249
3 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I8526&style=TABLE
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