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Roi de France occidentale Charles III le Simple

Roi de France occidentale Charles III le Simple

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  • Name Charles III le Simple  
    Title Roi de France occidentale 
    Birth 17 Sep 879  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Coronation+as+King+of+West+Francia 898  Reims Cathedral, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Although crowned King or Francia by nobles in 893, at the age of 14, Charles did not truly become monarch of West Francia until after the death of Odo in 898. At which time he was again crowned King. His mother Adelaide assisted in his crowning. 
    Title of Nobility From 898 to 922  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    King of West Francia 
    Title of Nobility From 911 to 923  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    King of Lotharingia 
    Deposed+as+King+of+West+Francia Jun 922  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Defeated, Charles the Simple was deposed as King of West Francia and took refuge in Lotharingia, and the nobles of the West Francia declared him deposed from the throne, choosing as the new King Robert, Count of Paris 
    Capture+and+Death+of+Charles 923  Château-Thierry, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Charles was captured and imprisoned. The summer of 923 Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (son-in-law of new King Robert) captured Charles at Château-Thierry. He was Imprisoned first at Château-Thierry then in Péronne, where he died on 7 October 929.  
    Clan Name House of Carolingian 
    Occupation Roi Des Francs  
    _FSFTID LCDM-9D5 
    Death 7 Oct 929  Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I41530  My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2023 

    Family Frederuna von Ringelheim de Hamaland,   b. 887, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 917 (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage Apr 907 
    Children 
     1. Ermentrude de France,   b. 908, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 948, Metz, Moselle, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F17255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2023