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Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)
Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)
Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)
Charles the Bald
King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877
- Born
- 823
Charles the Bald was king of West Francia (843–77), king of Italy (875–77) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–77). After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty of Verdun (843), in acquiring the western third of the empire. He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.