Charles II 'le Chauve' 
Charles II 'le was born in Frankfort-on-Main, Germany. Charles II 'le's father was Louis I 'Pious' and his mother was Judith of Bavaria. His paternal grandparents were Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and Hildegard of Vinzgau; his maternal grandparents were Guelf (Welf) III of Alemannia and Hedwig (Eigilwich). He had two sisters named Gisela and Adelheid. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Lothaire, Pepin, Louis II 'The, Adelaide, Rotrud and Hildegard. He died in The pass of Mount Cenis, Modena, Italy.General Notes
* King of the West Franks
Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis I; his mother, Louis's second wife, was Judith of Bavaria. Judith's determination to secure a kingdom for her only son led to civil war with Louis's other two surviving sons, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and King Louis II of Germany. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom. Charles was a weak ruler; the great nobles were rapidly becoming independent, and the Vikings pillaged the country without meeting much resistance from Charles, who preferred to buy them off. Nevertheless, when Holy Roman Emperor Louis II died in 875, Charles received the imperial crown through the favor of Pope John VIII. Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0635 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d.16 DEC 714 in Jupile on the Meuse
- b.0689 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d.22 OCT 741 in Quierzy, Aisne, Neustria
- b.~ 0654 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d. in Orp-le-Grand, Barbant
- b.0714 in Austrasia d.24 SEP 768 in St. Denis, France
- b.~ 0660 d.0713
- b.~ 0690 in Austrasia d.0724
- b.~ 0660
- b.2 APR 742 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia d.28 JAN 813/14 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
- b.~ 0660 in Laon, Aisne, France d.> 0710
- b.~ 0690 in Laon, Aisne, France d.~ 0747
- b.~ 0660
- b.~ 0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 JUL 783
- b.~ 0690 in Laon, Aisne, France
- b.Aug 0778 in Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d.20 JUN 840 in Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse, Germany
- b.~ 0697
- b.~ 0727 in Aachen, Rhineland d.~ 0779
- b.0758 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 APR 782 in Thionville, Austrasia
- b.~ 0667
- b.~ 0697 d.> 0736
- b.~ 0667
- b.~ 0736 in Aachen, Rhineland d.0798
- b.13 JUN 823 in Frankfort-on-Main, Germany d.6 OCT 877 in The pass of Mount Cenis, Modena, Italy
- b.~ 0705 d.< 0761
- b.~ 0725 d.< 0776
- b.~ 0705
- b.0745 d.0800
- b.~ 0685
- b.~ 0725 d.> 0757
- b.0787 in Artdorf, Bavaria, Prussia d.0818 in Alemannia
- b.~ 0697
- b.~ 0727 in Aachen, Rhineland d.~ 0779
- b.~ 0760
- b.~ 0697 d.> 0736
- b.~ 0736 in Aachen, Rhineland d.0798
- b.~ 0808 in Artdorf, Bavaria d.19 APR 843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
- b.~ 0780 in Bavaria, Prussia d.> 0833
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Charles II 'le and Richaut of were married in a religious ceremony. They had three sons and two daughters, named Prince of France, Dreux, Prince of France, Rothilde Caroling of the West and Prince of France.
They had four sons and six daughters, named King Of Aquitaine, Carloman, Prince of France, Louis II 'The, Princess Judith Martel of, Rotrude of, Abbess of Hasnon, Hildegarde of, Gisaele of and Hersent.
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Children
Princess Judith Martel of Aquitaine
Princess Judith Martel of was born about 0844. She died after 0890.
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