Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald
Emperor of the Romans
Charles the Bald as depicted in the Vivian Bible, c. 845
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire King of Italy
Reign	875 – 6 October 877
Coronation	25 December 875, Pavia
Predecessor	Louis II of Italy
Successor	Charles III (Emperor) Carloman of Bavaria (Italy)
King of West Francia
Reign	c. 10 August 843 – 6 October 877
Predecessor	Louis I the Pious as King of the Franks
Successor	Louis II the Stammerer
Born	(823-06-13)13 June 823 Frankfurt
Died	6 October 877(877-10-06) (aged 54) Brides-les-Bains
Burial	Abbey of Saint-Denis
Spouses	Ermentrude of Orleans Richilde of Provence
Issue	Judith of Flanders Louis the Stammerer Charles the Child Lothar the Lame Carloman Rothilde
House	Carolingian
Father	Louis the Pious
Mother	Judith of Bavaria

Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).^[1] After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty of Verdun (843), in acquiring the western third of the empire. He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.^[2]