Charles the Simple

Charles the Simple
Charles the Simple
King of West Francia
Reign	898–922
Predecessor	Odo I
Successor	Robert I
King of Lotharingia
Reign	911–923
Predecessor	Louis the Child
Born	17 September 879
Died	7 October 929 (aged 50); Péronne, France
Burial	Collégiale Saint-Fursy de Péronne, France
Spouses	Frederuna; (m. 907; d. 917) ; Eadgifu of Wessex; (m. 919)
Issue; more...	Gisela of France; Louis IV of France
Dynasty	Carolingian
Father	Louis the Stammerer
Mother	Adelaide 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.

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

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[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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