Born on 13 Jun 828 in Frankfurt-am-Main. Died on 6 Oct 877 in near Mt. Cenis in the Alps. Title: King of the Franks (840-877), Emperor (25 Dec 875-877).Also known as Charles the Bald. The efforts of his father, Louis I, to create a kingdom for Charles were responsible for the repeated revolts of Louis's elder sons that disturbed the latter part of Louis's reign. When Lothair I, the eldest and heir to the imperial title, attempted to reunite the empire after Louis's death (840), Charles and Louis the German marched against their brother and defeated him at Fontenoy (841). Reaffirming their alliance in 842, they signed (843) with Lothair the Treaty of Verdun, which divided the empire into three parts. The part roughly corresponding to modern France fell to Charles. He was almost continuously at war with his brothers and their sons, with the Norsemen (or Normans, as they came to be known in France), and with rebellious subjects. When Charles's nephew Lothair, son of Lothair I and king of Lotharingia, died in 869, Charles seized his kingdom but was forced by the Treaty of Mersen (870) to divide it with Louis the German. In 875, at the death of his nephew Louis II, who had succeeded Lothair I as emperor, Charles secured the imperial crown. His reign witnessed the growth of the power of the nobles at the expense of the royal power and thus marked the rise of local feudalism. Charles's chief adviser was Archbishop Hincmar.
He married Richaut of Metz, on 25 Nov 870.
They had one child:
| 23907570019 | i. | Rothaut (~870-) |
47815140039 Richaut of Metz.
47815140040 Pepin.
Born abt 817. Died aft 840. Title: Count of Senlis, Peronne, and St. Quentin.Child:
| 23907570020 | i. | Herbert I (~840-~902) |
47815140042 Guerri I of Morvois. Born abt 820. Title: Count of Morvois.
He married Eve of Roussillon.
They had one child:
| 23907570021 | i. | Bertha |
47815140043 Eve of Roussillon. Born abt 820.
47815140044 Rutpert IV of Neustria.
Born bef 836. Died on 15 Sep 866. Title: Count in Wormgau.Also known as Robert the Strong. French warrior, marquess of Neustria; father of the French kings Eudes and Robert I and ancestor of the Capetians. He joined the rebellious nobles against Charles II, Emperor of the West. They invited Louis the German to invade France (858). Becoming reconciled to Charles in 861, Robert was charged with the defense of the country between the Seine and the Loire, from which he repelled the Bretons and the Normans. He was killed fighting against the Normans.
He married Adelaide of Tours & Alsace, abt 864.
They had one child:
| 23907570022 | i. | Robert I (866-923) |
47815140045 Adelaide of Tours & Alsace.
Born abt 819. Died abt 864.Also known as Aelis.
47815140048 Conrad II of Auxerre.
Died bef 876. Title: Count of Auxerre.He married Waldrada.
They had the following children:
| 23907570024 | i. | Rudolph I (-912) | |
| 36392263027 | ii. | Adelaide |
47815140049 Waldrada.
47815140050 Count Boso of Provence.
Title: King of Provence (879).He married UNNAMED.
They had one child:
| 23907570025 | i. | Willa (-929) |
47815140051 UNNAMED.
47815140054 Eberhard II. Born abt 890. Title: Count in the Thurgau and Zurichgau.
Child:
| 23907570027 | i. | Regilinda |
47815140056 Louis II.
Born in 844. Died on 10 Apr 879 in Compiégne. Title: King of the Franks (877-879), Emperor (878-879).Also known as Louis the Stammerer. On Louis's death his kingdom was divided between his sons Carloman and Louis III.
He married Adelaide of Paris, abt 868.
They had the following children:
| 23907570028 | i. | Charles III (879-929) | |
| 72784494931 | ii. | Ermentrude (870-) |
47815140057 Adelaide of Paris. Died aft 901.
Also known as Aelis. She may have been the daughter of Bego, Count of Paris (d. 861).
47815140058 Edward the Elder.
Born in 875 in Wessex, England. Died in 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, Mercia, England. Title: King of England (899-924).He fought with his father against the Danes. At Alfred's death (899) Edward's succession was disputed by his cousin Æthelwold, who allied himself with the Danes of Northumbria and East Anglia. The death of Æthelwold in battle (902) put an end to that war, but later fighting with the Danes recommenced. Aided by his sister ÆthelflĪd, Lady of the Mercians, Edward undertook a series of advances against the Danes, systematically building fortresses to cover his positions. At the same time he repelled Viking attacks on the shore of England. After ÆthelflĪd's death (918) he asserted his full authority over Mercia and thus became ruler of all England S of the Humber River. He was also accepted as overlord by several Welsh rulers and by English Northumbria, and he is supposed to have received the submission of Constantine II of Scotland. The right of the overlordship of Scotland, based on Edward's position, was asserted by later English kings. Edward was succeeded by his son Athelstan. Two other sons, Edmund and Eldred, also ascended the throne.
He married Eadgifu, in 919.
They had the following children:
| 23907570029 | i. | Eadgifu (-951) | |
| 36392247520 | ii. | Edmund (920-946) |
47815140059 Eadgifu.
Died in 961.47815140060 Otto of Saxony.
Born abt 836. Died on 30 Nov 912. Title: Duke of Saxony.He married Hedwig of Bayern.
They had one child:
| 23907570030 | i. | Henry I (876-936) |
47815140061 Hedwig of Bayern. Born abt 846. Died on 24 Dec 903.
Heer's Charlemagne & His World, p. 226, show's Otto's wife as the illegitimate daughter of Arnulf, King of Germany, Emperor (ca. 863-899), and Oda of Bavaria; Arnulf was the son of Carolman, King of Bavaria (ca. 828-880) and Litwinde; Carolman was the son of Louis II "the German," King of the East Franks (ca. 805-876) and Emma of Bavaria; Louis II was the son of Louis I "the Fair," Emperor (814-840). Brandenburg shows no such daughter for Arnulf. Isenburg shows Hedwig as the daughter of Heinrich, Markgraf of the Netherlands (d. 886). Saillot say's Otto's wife was Hedwig, daughter of Henri, Comte de la Marche. Moriarty says Hedwig died 24 Dec 903 but does not identify parents.
47815140062 Dietrich of Ringelheim. Born abt 872. Died on 8 Dec 917. Title: Count of Saxon-Hamelant (Ringelheim).
Child:
| 23907570031 | i. | Mechtilde (~890-968) |
47815140084 Louis III.
Born abt 883. Died on 5 Jun 928. Title: King of Provence and Italy; Holy Roman Emperor.Also known as Louis the Blind.
He married Anna of Byzantium, abt 900.
They had one child:
| 23907570042 | i. | Charles Constantine (~901-~961) |
47815140085 Anna of Byzantium.
Born abt 887. Died bef 914.Original content © 1997-2004 W. H. Merklee. All rights reserved.