Charles the Simple

Charles the Simple
King of West Francia
Reign898–922
PredecessorOdo I
SuccessorRobert I
King of Lotharingia
Reign911–923
PredecessorLouis the Child
Born17 September 879
Died7 October 929 (aged 50)
Péronne, France
Burial
SpousesFrederuna
(m. 907; d. 917)
Eadgifu of Wessex
(m. 919)
Issue
more...
Gisela of France
Louis IV of France
DynastyCarolingian
FatherLouis the Stammerer
MotherAdelaide of Paris

Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex),[a] was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty.

  1. ^ Jim Bradbury, The Capetians; Kings of France 987–1328 (New York; London: Hambledon Continuum, 2007), p. 33
  2. ^ John E. Morby, "The Sobriquets of Medieval European Princes", Canadian Journal of History, 13:1 (1978), p. 6.


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