Charles the Bald

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Carolingian ruler Frankish king Holy Roman Emperor human

Charles the Bald was a 9th-century Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor who ruled West Francia and played a key role in the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Charles the Bald canonical	29
Charles the Bald (as overlord of western parts after partitions)	1
Charles the Bald (half-brother, broader Carolingian line)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Carolingian ruler ⓘ Frankish king ⓘ Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ human ⓘ
birthDate	823-06-13 ⓘ
birthPlace	Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
burialPlace	Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
child	Carloman II ⓘ surface form: Carloman of West Francia Charles the Child ⓘ Ermentrude of Orléans ⓘ surface form: Gisela of West Francia Hildegard of Vinzgouw ⓘ surface form: Hildegard of West Francia Judith of Flanders ⓘ Lothar the Lame ⓘ Louis the Stammerer ⓘ Rotrud of West Francia ⓘ
coronationAsHolyRomanEmperor	875-12-25 ⓘ
coronationAsKingOfWestFrancia	843 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish Empire
deathDate	877-10-06 ⓘ
deathPlace	Brides-les-Bains ⓘ
dynasty	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
era	Early Middle Ages ⓘ
father	Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ surface form: Louis the Pious
fullName	Charles II ⓘ
knownFor	Contributing to the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
mother	Judith of Bavaria ⓘ
notableAct	Issued capitularies to administer West Francia ⓘ
notableConflict	Struggles with his half-brothers over Carolingian succession ⓘ Viking raids in West Francia ⓘ
notableEvent	Treaty of Verdun ⓘ
placeOfCoronationAsHolyRomanEmperor	Rome ⓘ
positionHeld	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ King of Italy ⓘ King of France ⓘ surface form: King of West Francia King of the Franks ⓘ
predecessorAsHolyRomanEmperor	Louis II ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfWestFrancia	Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ surface form: Louis the Pious
reignEnd	877-10-06 ⓘ
reignEndAsHolyRomanEmperor	877 ⓘ
reignStart	843-08-10 ⓘ
reignStartAsHolyRomanEmperor	875 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
roleInEvent	Beneficiary of the Treaty of Verdun division of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
sibling	Lothair I ⓘ Louis the German ⓘ Pepin I of Aquitaine ⓘ
spouse	Ermentrude of Orléans ⓘ Richilde of Provence ⓘ
successorAsHolyRomanEmperor	Charles the Fat ⓘ
successorAsKingOfWestFrancia	Louis the Stammerer ⓘ
territoryRuled	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ surface form: Parts of Lotharingia West Francia ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carolingian dynasty → notableMember → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Carolingian Empire → notableRuler → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Emperor Louis the Pious → child → Charles the Bald ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis the Pious

siege of Paris (845) → commander → Charles the Bald ⓘ

siege of Paris (845) → opponentLeader → Charles the Bald ⓘ

King of the Franks → notableTitleHolder → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Carolingian aristocracy → associatedWithRuler → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Louis III of West Francia → grandfather → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Louis the German → sibling → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Treaty of Verdun → signatory → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Treaty of Verdun → involvedPerson → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Treaty of Mersen → signatory → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Treaty of Mersen → grantedTerritoriesTo → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Lothair II → successor → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Kingdom of Lotharingia → ruler → Charles the Bald ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles the Bald (as overlord of western parts after partitions)

Charles the Fat → predecessorAsEmperor → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Carolingian period → hasKeyRuler → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Charles the Younger → sibling → Charles the Bald ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles the Bald (half-brother, broader Carolingian line)

West Francia → firstRuler → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Carloman of Bavaria → predecessorAsKingOfItaly → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Louis I → child → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Louis I → successor → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Ludovicus Pius → child → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Ludovicus Pius → successorAsKingOfTheFranks → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Pepin I of Aquitaine → sibling → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Drogo of Metz → sibling → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Ordinatio Imperii of 817 → excludedFromSuccessionAtTimeOfIssue → Charles the Bald ⓘ

King of Aquitaine → titleHolder → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Viking incursions into West Francia → opposedBy → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Carolingian court → patron → Charles the Bald ⓘ

Judith of Bavaria → child → Charles the Bald ⓘ