He succeeded (877) his father, Emperor of the West Charles … This turned his nobles against Charles. Updates? According to Richerus, Robert was killed in battle by Count Fulbert[19] or according to other historians, by Charles the Simple. He married Frederuna (887-917) May 907. In April 907 he married a Lotharingian noblewoman named Frederuna. [5] Not everyone in Lotharingia was against Charles; he kept the support of Wigeric. By 897, the young prince ruled only the city of Laon before Odo on his deathbed designated him as his successor. His nickname 'simplex' or the simple is misleading. [citation needed], Queen Frederuna died on 10 February 917 leaving six daughters and no sons,[10] leaving the succession uncertain. Charles III (Charles the Simple), 879–929, French king (893–923), son of King Louis II Louis II or Louis the Stammerer, 846–79, French king. According to Richerus, Robert was killed in battle by Count Fulbert or according to other historians, by Charles the Simple. Arnulf of Carinthia, King of East Francia prevented this by entrusting the land to his son Zwentibold in 895. [2] Together they had six daughters: In 919 Charles married secondly Eadgifu of Wessex. Charles was the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris. Charles married first, in May 907, Frederuna, daughter of Dietrich, Count in the Hamaland. The nobility elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris as their king. Charles III, byname Charles the Simple, French Charles Le Simple, (born Sept. 17, 879—died Oct. 7, 929, Péronne, Fr. He married Eadgifu of Wessex (902-aft955) 919. Notable ancestors include Charlemagne (747-814). Charles III, byname Charles the Simple, French Charles Le Simple, (born Sept. 17, 879—died Oct. 7, 929, Péronne, Fr. Charles had to flee to Lotharingia. Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the King of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–23. Corrections? On 2 July 922, Charles lost his most faithful supporter, Herveus of Reims. [6] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however; he retained support of Wigeric. Finally, the nobles unanimously summoned back Louis to France, thanks to the decisive support of Hugh the Great, to become their new King. Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. I stedet Eudes, greve af Paris, lykkedes Charles Fat. In 911, a group of Vikings lead by Rollo besieged Paris and Chartres. Charles III (Charles Simple), 879-929, franske konge (893-923), søn af kong Ludvig II (Louis stammerer). ), king of France (893–922), whose authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and who settled the Northmen in Normandy but who became the first Carolingian ruler of the western kingdom to lose his crown.. John E. Morby, "The Sobriquets of Medieval European Princes". [14], On 6 December 884, King Carloman II of West Francia died without a male heir and his half-brother, the future Charles the Simple, was just a five-year-old boy. [citation needed], The nobles, completely exasperated with Charles' policies and especially his favoritism of count Hagano, seized Charles in 920. [7] so Charles did not have an heir. Charles was strongly under the influence of Robert, brother of the dead Eudes. She bore him his only son, the future King Louis IV of France. This would grow to become Normandy under Rollo's descendants. He then sought to reward the service of lesser men but lost the crown in 922 to Eudes’s brother Robert I, who was killed in battle against Charles in 923. Som barn blev han udelukket fra succession ved død (884) i sin halvbror Carloman og ved udfældning (887) af kong Charles III (Charles Fat), der efterfulgte Carloman. Although he signed the Treaty of Bonn with king Henry the Fowler of East Francia on 7 November 921, he had to fight on two fronts: one against Duke Giselbert of Lotharingia and the other against Hugh the Great, irritated by the treatment of his mother-in-law. Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the King of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–23. The French nobles elected Raoul of Burgundy (Robert's son-in-law) as their new King, with his coronation taking place on 13 July 923 at St Médard, Soissons. The legitimate Carolingian heir was now Louis, but King Rudolph retained the throne and ruled until his death from illness on 15 January 936 at Auxerre, being buried in the Abbey of Sainte-Colombe of Sens. …Normandy to the Viking leader, Charles the Simple was unable to recover the undivided loyalty of the nobility. He turned his support to the German king Henry the Fowler in 919. [16] The situation was even more complicated because, according to Flodoard, Charles the Simple refused to march against the Hungarians who threatened Lotharingia (only Archbishop Hervé de Reims was present there) and finally caused an open rebellion when he attempt to dispossess his own aunt, Abbess Rothilde (also mother-in-law of Hugh the Great), from Chelles Abbey in order to give it to his favourite, Hagano (a relative of his first wife Frederuna). [13], Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy. [citation needed], Following the death of Odo in January 898, Charles the Simple finally assumed the title of king of West Francia. He endowed Hagano with monasteries that were already the benefices of other barons, alienating them. He was crowned at Reims Cathedral but was not fully accepted as king until Odo died in 898.[5]. The nobility then elected Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris (885–886) as the new king, although there was a faction that supported claims of Guy III of Spoleto. [7], Also in 911, Louis the Child, the last Carolingian king of East Francia died, and nobles of Lotharingia, who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Reginar, Duke of Lorraine declared Charles their new king, breaking from East Francia which had elected non-Carolingian Conrad I as the new king. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Charles the Simple Carolingian, King of Western Francia, King of Lotharingia, was born 879 to Louis the Stammerer (846-879) and Adelaide de Frioul (850-901) and died 929 of unspecified causes. [14] In the initial aftermath of Charles's defeat, Queen Eadgifu and children had fled to England. Charles' had a favorite at court, a man named Hagano. [2] As a child, Charles was not allowed to become king in 884 when his half-brother Carloman died. Charles Simplex was put under the protection of Ranulf II of Aquitaine who used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Thereupon Robert’s…. It was Robert’s victory against the Northmen at Chartres in 911 which paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte later that year, by which Charles ceded territory, in the area later known as Normandy, to the Viking leader Rollo and his men; in return, Rollo became a Christian and Charles’s vassal. Charles’s preoccupation with Lotharingian affairs and councillors alienated the nobles of Neustria, however, and in 922 they elected Robert king.