Charles I le Gros, Duke of Lower Lorraine 
Charles I le Gros, Duke of was born in 0953 in Laon,Champagne and his baptism took place in France - son of Louis IV.1 Charles I le Gros, Duke of's father was Louis IV "Transmarinus" King Of France and his mother was Gerberga of Saxony Abbess of Notre Dame. His paternal grandparents were Charles III "The Simple" King of France and Eadgifu (Elgiva) Princess of England; his maternal grandparents were Henry I "The Fowler" King of Germany and Countess Matilda Ringelheim Queen of the Germans. He had four brothers and four sisters, named Lothair Carolingien, King of, Carloman Prince of, Louis Prince of, Henri Prince of, Mathilde Princess Of, Hildegard Princess of, Alberade Princess Of and Hildegardin, Princess of France, Countess of. He was the second youngest of the nine children. He had four half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Henri, Duke of, Conan I Duke Of, Martin, Seigneur of Vitre, Meen Seigneur of Fougeres, Alberade de, Gerberga of and Wiltrude, Duchess of. He died in Kerker,Orlbeans,France. He was buried in St. Servatius,Maastricht.2 General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> [Duke of Lorrain
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9GDD-8J
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1 NAME Charles Prince Of The /FRANKS/
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1 TITL [Duke of Lorraine]
OCCU Duke of Lorraine ...
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve) says 953, Rheims, France; members.aol.com/sargen3 says
BEF 953, Laon, Aisne, France; COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) says ABT 953;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, 425 says 992;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88;
COLLINS.ROY (Compuserve) says 991; HAWKINS.GED
Charles d'Outremer - 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve);Duke of Bas-Lorraine - COMYN4.TAF
(Compuserve), p. 24; Caroling - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve); Charles of Laon,Aisne
, France; Duke of Lower Lorraine, Prince of France, set aside for the French
throne by Hugh Capet - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88; Duke
of Nether Lorraine - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 380
CHARLES, son of LOUIS IV and GERBERGA DE SAXONIE, Duke of Nether Lorraine and Brabant, the heir, but excluded from the throne. Bonne, Countess d' Arderne was his 1st wife - Americans of Royal Descent,
Charles H. Browning, p. 409
Duke of Lower Lorraine - HAWKINS.GED
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GIVN Charles I of
SURN LORRAINE
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Younger son of the Frankish King Louis IV, of the Carolingian line.
Charles I received Lower Lorraine as a duch from Holy Roman EmperorOtto
II in 977. Charles aided Otto again Lothair of Italy. Charles I was
defeated by Hugh Capet in attempt to secure the Frankish crown in 987.He
was taken prisoner, held at Orleans, where he died ca. 992.
EVEN of the Germans
TYPE Prisoner
DATE 959
PLAC Germany
Charles 1st of Lorraine was taken prisoner by the Germans in 859. Hiskingdom of Lorraine was then divided into two duchies, Mosel andBrabant as vassal states under the German crown of Otto I the
Great.
ABBR Trager's Chronology
PAGE Henrickson's Chronicles AD951-960
DATE 24 APR 2000
Source: Tim Sandberg's GEDCOM V. Oct. 29, 2001
WARNING! THIS GENEALOGY IS, AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER, A WORK IN PROGRESS. THE AUTHOR IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST, BUT HAS TRIED TO VERIFY ALL DATA. IT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED FREE OF ERRORS!
OCCU Duke of Lorraine ...
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve) says 953, Rheims, France; members.aol.com/sargen3 says
BEF 953, Laon, Aisne, France; COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) says ABT 953;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, 425 says 992;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88;
COLLINS.ROY (Compuserve) says 991; HAWKINS.GED
Charles d'Outremer - 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve);Duke of Bas-Lorraine - COMYN4.TAF
(Compuserve), p. 24; Caroling - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve); Charles of Laon,Aisne
, France; Duke of Lower Lorraine, Prince of France, set aside for the French
throne by Hugh Capet - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88; Duke
of Nether Lorraine - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 380
CHARLES, son of LOUIS IV and GERBERGA DE SAXONIE, Duke of Nether Lorraine and Brabant, the heir, but excluded from the throne. Bonne, Countess d' Arderne was his 1st wife - Americans of Royal Descent,
Charles H. Browning, p. 409
Duke of Lower Lorraine - HAWKINS.GED
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GIVN Charles I of
SURN LORRAINE
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Younger son of the Frankish King Louis IV, of the Carolingian line.
Charles I received Lower Lorraine as a duch from Holy Roman EmperorOtto
II in 977. Charles aided Otto again Lothair of Italy. Charles I was
defeated by Hugh Capet in attempt to secure the Frankish crown in 987.He
was taken prisoner, held at Orleans, where he died ca. 992.
EVEN of the Germans
TYPE Prisoner
DATE 959
PLAC Germany
Charles 1st of Lorraine was taken prisoner by the Germans in 859. Hiskingdom of Lorraine was then divided into two duchies, Mosel andBrabant as vassal states under the German crown of Otto I the
Great.
ABBR Trager's Chronology
PAGE Henrickson's Chronicles AD951-960
DATE 24 APR 2000
Source: Tim Sandberg's GEDCOM V. Oct. 29, 2001
WARNING! THIS GENEALOGY IS, AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER, A WORK IN PROGRESS. THE AUTHOR IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST, BUT HAS TRIED TO VERIFY ALL DATA. IT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED FREE OF ERRORS!
OCCU Duke of Lorraine ...
SOUR 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve) says 953, Rheims, France; members.aol.com/sargen3 says
BEF 953, Laon, Aisne, France; COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) says ABT 953;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, 425 says 992;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88;
COLLINS.ROY (Compuserve) says 991; HAWKINS.GED
Charles d'Outremer - 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve);Duke of Bas-Lorraine - COMYN4.TAF
(Compuserve), p. 24; Caroling - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve); Charles of Laon,Aisne
, France; Duke of Lower Lorraine, Prince of France, set aside for the French
throne by Hugh Capet - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 88; Duke
of Nether Lorraine - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 380
CHARLES, son of LOUIS IV and GERBERGA DE SAXONIE, Duke of Nether Lorraine and Brabant, the heir, but excluded from the throne. Bonne, Countess d' Arderne was his 1st wife - Americans of Royal Descent,
Charles H. Browning, p. 409
Duke of Lower Lorraine - HAWKINS.GED
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GIVN Charles I of
SURN LORRAINE
NSFX *
Younger son of the Frankish King Louis IV, of the Carolingian line.
Charles I received Lower Lorraine as a duch from Holy Roman EmperorOtto
II in 977. Charles aided Otto again Lothair of Italy. Charles I was
defeated by Hugh Capet in attempt to secure the Frankish crown in 987.He
was taken prisoner, held at Orleans, where he died ca. 992.
EVEN of the Germans
TYPE Prisoner
DATE 959
PLAC Germany
Charles 1st of Lorraine was taken prisoner by the Germans in 859. Hiskingdom of Lorraine was then divided into two duchies, Mosel andBrabant as vassal states under the German crown of Otto I the
Great.
ABBR Trager's Chronology
PAGE Henrickson's Chronicles AD951-960
DATE 24 APR 2000
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Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (148:19), (149:19), Duke of Lower
Lorraine.
Seal to Parents: 9 MAY 1955 SLAKE - Salt Lake City, UT
Name Suffix:<NSFX> [DUKE OF LORRAIN
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9GDD-8J
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.
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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.Aug 0778 in Casseneuil,Lot-Et-Garonne,France d.20 JUN 840 in Near,Ingelheim,Rhinehessen,Hesse
- b.13 JUN 823 in Frankfurt-am-Maine,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia d.6 OCT 877 in Brides-les-Bains,near Mt. Cenis,France in the French Alps
- b.~ 0800 in Altdorf,Bavaria d.19 Abr 0843 in Tours,Indre-Et-Loire,France
- b.1 SEP 846 in ,,,France d.10 APR 879 in Compiaegne,Neustria
- b.0810 in Orleans,France (aka Eudes,Count of Paris) d.0898 in Paris,France (aka The Northman King of France)
- b.27 SEP 830 in Orleans,Loiret,France d.6 OCT 869 in in StDenis,France
- b.0810 in France (aka Theodorade) d.> 0825 in Orleans,France (wife of King Odo)
- b.17 SEP 879 in ,France d.7 OCT 929 in Peronne,Somme,France
- b.~ 0745 in Paris,France d.0816
- b.~ 0770 in ,Paris,Seine,France d.0816
- b.<745> in <Paris,France>
- b.~ 0850 in Paris,Seine,France d.Abt 10 NOV 901
- b.Aug 0778 in Casseneuil,Lot-Et-Garonne,France d.20 JUN 840 in Near,Ingelheim,Rhinehessen,Hesse
- b.~ 0810 in ,France d.> 0852
- b.~ 0778 in ,France d.3 OCT 818 in Angers,Maine-et-Loire,France
- b.10 SEP 921 in Of,Laon,Champagne d.10 SEP 954 in Abbaye De St. Rbemy,Reims,Champagne
- b.0806 in Of,,Wessex,England d.13 JAN 858 in England
- b.~ 0848 in Of,Wantage,Berkshire,England d.26 OCT 901 in ,WInchester,Hampshire,England
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex,England d.> 0876
- b.~ 0871 in ,Wessex,England d.0924 in Farrington,Berkshire,England
- b.0825 in Mercia (West Anglia) England d.0911 in Eadburh
- b.~ 0852 in ,Mercia,England d.5 DEC 904 in St. Mary's Abbey,Winchester,Dorsetshire,England
- b.~ 0830 in Mercia,England
- b.~ 0902 in ,,Wessex,England d.~ 0953
- b.~ 0842 in Wantage,Berkshire,England d.23 APR 871 in Killed in Battle--Merton,Devon,England
- b.~ 0848 in Wessex,England
- b.~ 0835
- b.~ 0878 in Wessex,England d.0920 in England
- b.0839
- b.0860
- b.0953 in Laon,Champagne d.21 MAY 992 in Kerker,Orlbeans,France
- b.0786 d.0844
- b.0816 in Saxony,Germany d.6 SEP 864 in Saxony,Germany
- b.0790 in MONTfort-sur-risle,Eure,Normandy,France
- b.~ 0840 in of Saxony d.30 NOV 912 in Eastern Saxony (as Duke of Saxony)
- b.~ 0820 in ,,,Saxony d.26 MAR 967
- b.0835 in Saxony,Germany d.5 OCT 913
- b.~ 0785 in <Of,Vermandois,Normandy,France>
- b.0876 in Germany d.2 JUL 936 in Mensleben,Sachsen,Germany
- b.~ 0820 in Germany d.0880
- b.0838 d.29 NOV 899
- b.~ 0828
- b.~ 0856 in of,,,Germany d.24 DEC 903 in Germany
- b.~ 0800
- b.0838
- b.0913 in Nordhausen,Saxony,Prussia d.5 MAY 984 in Andernach,Rhineland,Prussia
- b.~ 0800 in Of Ringelheim,Goslar,Hannover,Germany d.0856
- b.~ 0828 in Of Ringelheim,Goslar,Hannover,Germany d.> 0891
- b.~ 0800 in Of Ringelheim,Goslar,Hannover,Germany d.> 0860 in Of Ringelheim,Goslar,Hannover,Germany
- b.~ 0853 in Ringleheim,Germany d.8 DEC 917 in WESTPHALIA,GERMANY
- b.~ 0810 in in Saxony d.> 0834
- b.~ 0833 in Of Ringelheim,Goslar,Hannover,Germany d.> 0909
- b.~ 0810 d.Aft 21 NOV 838
- b.~ 0878 in Mensleben,Saxony,Germany d.14 MAY 968 in Memleben,-,Germany
- b.0800 in Jutland,Denmark d.0844 in battle at Walcheran
- b.~ 0840 in Friesland,Germany d.> 0873
- b.~ 0858 in Of,,,Germany d.0917
- b.~ 0830 in Alsace,Lorraine,France d.7 AUG 869 in ,Plaisance,Italy
- b.~ 0869 in ,,Lorraine,France d.0908
- b.0830 in Saxony - Dtr of Duke Ludolph? d.9 APR 868 in a nun
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Charles I le Gros, Duke of and Bonne Adelaide de were married in a religious ceremony about 0972. They had six sons and four daughters, named Othon , Duke of Lower Lorraine, Duke Alto of, Eudes, Duc de, Duke Karl of, Duke Ludwig of, Charles Prince of, Gerberga (Gerbega) of, Gerberge De, Ermengarde of and Ermengarde (Adélaïde) de.
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Children
Othon , Duke of Lower Lorraine Martel
Othon , Duke of Lower Lorraine was born about 0973 in Lower,Lorraine,France.
Gerberga (Gerbega) of Brabant Dutchess/Brabant
Gerberga (Gerbega) of was born about 0975 in Lower,Lorraine,France. She died after January 27th, 1018.
Gerberge De Lorraine
Gerberge De was born about 0977 in Lower,Lorraine,France.3 She died about 1016.3
Eudes, Duc de Basse-Lorraine
Eudes, Duc de was born about 0979 in Lower,Lorraine,France. He died in 1005.4
They had a son and a daughter, named Ludwig Count Of and Ermengarde (Adelaide) Princess.
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Children
Ermengarde (Adelaide) Princess France [Countess]
Ermengarde (Adelaide) Princess was born in 0975 in Lower,Lorraine,France. She died at the age of 37 in 1012.
1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 148-19
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 148-19
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 155-20
4 Dictionary of royal lineage
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists 6th ed, Pedigree of Dawnay of Baldersby Park, Ancestral File, {Dawnay.ged}, Pedigree of Dawnay of Baldersby Park, Ancestral File, {Dawnay.ged}, Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 149-19
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 148-19
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 155-20
4 Dictionary of royal lineage
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists 6th ed, Pedigree of Dawnay of Baldersby Park, Ancestral File, {Dawnay.ged}, Pedigree of Dawnay of Baldersby Park, Ancestral File, {Dawnay.ged}, Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 149-19
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