Charles the Fat

E239966

9th-century monarch Carolingian emperor Frankish ruler Holy Roman Emperor King of Italy King of the East Franks King of the West Franks

Charles the Fat was a late 9th-century Carolingian emperor and king who briefly reunited much of the Frankish Empire before being deposed amid political fragmentation and Viking pressures.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Charles the Fat canonical	9

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	9th-century monarch ⓘ Carolingian emperor ⓘ Frankish ruler ⓘ Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ King of Italy ⓘ King of the East Franks ⓘ King of the West Franks ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Carolus Crassus ⓘ Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ surface form: Charles III Karl der Dicke ⓘ
birthDate	circa 839 ⓘ
birthName	Charles ⓘ
birthPlace	East Francia ⓘ
burialPlace	Reichenau Abbey ⓘ
causeOfDeposition	noble opposition and political fragmentation ⓘ
countryOfRule	East Francia ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Lotharingia ⓘ surface form: Lotharingia West Francia ⓘ
deathDate	888-01-13 ⓘ
deathPlace	Neidingen ⓘ
father	Louis the German ⓘ
house	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
memberOfDynasty	Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
mother	Hemma ⓘ
notableEvent	allowed Vikings to withdraw from the Siege of Paris in 886 after paying tribute ⓘ briefly reunited most of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ deposed by East Frankish nobles in 887 ⓘ faced extensive Viking raids in West Francia ⓘ
predecessorAsEmperor	Charles the Bald ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfEastFrancia	Louis the Younger ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfItaly	Carloman of Bavaria ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfWestFrancia	Carloman II ⓘ
reignEndAsEmperor	887 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfEastFrancia	887 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfItaly	887 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfWestFrancia	888 ⓘ
reignStart	876 ⓘ
reignStartAsEmperor	881 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfEastFrancia	882 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfItaly	879 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfWestFrancia	884 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sibling	Carloman of Bavaria ⓘ Louis the Younger ⓘ
spouse	Richgard of Swabia ⓘ
successorAsEmperor	Arnulf of Carinthia ⓘ
successorAsKingOfEastFrancia	Arnulf of Carinthia ⓘ
successorAsKingOfItaly	Berengar I of Italy ⓘ
successorAsKingOfWestFrancia	Odo of France ⓘ surface form: Odo of Paris
successorInLotharingia	Arnulf of Carinthia ⓘ
title	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ King of Alemannia ⓘ King of East Francia ⓘ King of Italy ⓘ King of the Franks ⓘ surface form: King of West Francia

Referenced by (9)

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

Carolingian dynasty → notableMember → Charles the Fat ⓘ

East Francia → ruledBy → Charles the Fat ⓘ

Louis the German → child → Charles the Fat ⓘ

Arnulf of Carinthia → predecessor → Charles the Fat ⓘ

Charles the Bald → successorAsHolyRomanEmperor → Charles the Fat ⓘ

Carloman of Bavaria → sibling → Charles the Fat ⓘ

Carloman of Bavaria → successorAsKingOfItaly → Charles the Fat ⓘ

later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) → commander → Charles the Fat ⓘ

Berengar I of Italy → predecessor → Charles the Fat ⓘ