Charles III The Simple of France, King of France

879 - 929  (50 years)

• Name	Charles III The Simple of France   [1]
  Suffix	King of France
  Birth	17 Sep 879	France
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	893	Reims, France
  Deposed	923
  _FSFTID	LJ1B-CCJ
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LJ1B-CCJ
  Death	7 Oct 929	Pâeronne, France
  Burial	St. Fursi, Pâeronne, France
  Notes	Acceded: 893 deposed 923 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02584 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple
  Person ID	I3611	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Louis II The Stammerer of France, King of France,   b. 1 Nov 846   d. 10 Apr 879, Compiègne, France (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Adelaide (Judith) of Paris,   b. Abt 850   d. 10 Nov 901, Laon, Aisne, France (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	Feb 875
  Family ID	F1031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frederuna,   b. 887   d. 917 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	907
  Children	1. Five Daughters   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Gisela   d. 919
  Family ID	F1030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Edgifu (Eadgifu) of Wessex,   b. 902, Wessex, England d. Abt 951 (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	919
  	She was the second wife of King Charles III of France , whom she married in 919 after the death of his first wife, Frederonne
  Children	1. Louis IV D'outre-Mer, King of France,   b. Abt 920   d. 10 Sep 954, Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age ~ 34 years)   2. Rorico of Laon, Bishop of Laon   d. 976   3. Three Children   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Charles III the Simple, King of Western Francia Romantic depiction of Charles the Simple
  		Charles III of France and Henry I of Germany A 921 meeting between Charles and Henry I of Germany resulted in a treaty. In 923 Henry supported Robert against Charles and promptly attempted to annex Lotharingia.
  		Map Carolingian Empire in 915.png Carolingian Empire in 915: Conrad's realm (Franconia, Saxony, Swabia and Bavaria) in green, West Francia (with Lorraine) in red

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).