Emperor Charles II "The Bald", Holy Roman Empire

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• Name: The Bald
• Occupation: King of France, Emperor of The Holy Roman Empire
• _UID: 5F55BA98BC26429D9FD2042F9CE8AE7F1C16

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Alias: The /Bald/, Le Chauve
Charles was the youngest son of Louis I, the Emperor of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire whose territories included France. When Louis died in 840, his three sons fought over how the empire would be divided among them. The empire (which had come from his father Charlemegne) was divided according to the Treaty of Verdun in 843 and Charles received the western part of the empire thus becoming the first to rule France as a separate kingdom.
Charles had many battles on many sides to fight. He was besieged by the constant raiding of the Norsemen (called Normans in France) who he bribed so they would leave. The Bretons revolted against him and even Charles' own half-brothers and their sons fought against him. Louis, "The German", one of Charles' half-brothers, fought him for control of Lotharingia and finally forced Charles to share it. However, Charles was able to outsmart Louis and won control of Italy and the Roman Empire.
When Charles' nephew, Lothair II, died, Louis and Charles seized control of his lands and split it between them in the Treaty of Meersen in 870.
In 875, after the death of another nephew, Emperor Louis II, Charles was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on December 25th by Pope John VIII. A year later, Louis "The German" died and Charles invaded Germany but he was defeated by Louis' son, Louis "The Younger". Charles attacked Italy in 877 but was forced to retreat in order to attend to other rebellions and uprisings. He died on his way home from Italy.

Charles married Ermentrude (Irmtrud) De ORL?ANS, Countess Of Orleans on 13 Dec 842 in Crecy, France. Ermentrude (daughter of Eudes DE ORLEANS, Count Of Orleans and Orleans/ Ingeltrude DE PARIS, Countess Of Orleans) was born on 27 Sep 830 in Orl?ans, Loiret, France; died on 6 Oct 869 in Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King Louis II "The Stammerer" Of FRANCE was born on 1 Nov 843 in France; died on 10 Nov 879 in Compi?gne, Braines, France.
2. Princess Judith Of The FRANKS was born in 844 in France; died about 875.
3. King Charles Of AQUITANE was born in 847; died on 29 Sep 865 in Buzanpcais, France.
4. Hersent, Duchess Of Lorraine was born about 865 in Lorraine, France; and died.

Charles married on 22 Nov 870 in Aix-La-Chapelle, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Countess Richildis De Autun Of METZ on 25 Nov 870 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia. Richildis (daughter of Count Bivin METZ (ARDENNES) and Richilda Of ARLES) was born about 850 in France; died about 912 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Princess Rothilde Of FRANCE was born about 871 in France; died on 22 Mar 928.
2. Prince Pbepin Of FRANCE was born about 872 in France; died in 874.

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• Name: The Pious
• _UID: 0568683C090444A58C5F9CD212B03E3B9BFB

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BIOGRAPHY: Louis I (Holy Roman Empire), called 'The Pious' (778-840). He was the son and sole successor of Charlemagne. In 817 Louis made plans for an orderly succession among his sons: Lothair I, Louis II (Louis the German), and Pepin of Aquitaine. Later he wanted to include in the succession Charles II (Charles the Bald), his son by a second marriage. Dissatisfied, his older sons rebelled (830, 833) against him and fought among themselves for supremacy as well. Pepin died in 838, and in 843 the empire was divided among the three surviving brothers (see Verdun, Treaty of), Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. Alias: Louis the /Pious/, Ludwig the Pious Custom Field:<_FA#> BET. 781 - 814King of Aquitaine Custom Field:<_FA#> BET. 814 - 840King of Franks/Franki sh Emperor Louis was crowned king of Aquitaine in 781 to slow rebellion after Charlemagne's defeat in Spain by the Saracen Moslems. In 793, the Saracens in vaded Aquitaine under Caliph Hisham. In 795, the Spanish March was created wi th William as its Count. The next year, King Louis and Count William defeated the Saracens and secured the Frankish-held areas of northeast Spain. The con tinued to fight the Saracens until 813 when all of Navarre was conquered by Wi lliam and Louis. In 806, Charlemagne wrote in his will that his sons Louis, Cha rles, and Pepin would divide the Empire on his death. Pepin died in 810 and Charles followed in 811. By 813, Byzantine nobles came to Charlemagne to reco gnize him as Emperor (he was 69 years old), and so he ordered Louis to come fr om Aquitaine to be crowned co-Emperor and designated successor. When Charlema gne died in 814, Louis succeeded to all thrones. Louis put his son, Pepin, on t he throne of Aquitaine, made Lothar co-Emperor, and made his son, Louis, king of Bavaria. Louis "the Pious" first reformed the court in a "moral purge" by sending all of the unmarried princesses to nunneries and sending Charlemagne's three illegitimate sons to monasteries. He then put down a rebellion in Ita ly. When his wife, Irmengard/Ermengard, died, he remarried "Black Judith" of the Alamanic race of the Welfs. He'd already made his three sons, Pepin, Loui s, and Lothar his successors. However, when his son, Charles, was born in 823 , he tried desperately to include him in the succession. In 829, he dropped L othar's imperial title as co-Emperor and sent him off to Italy. The next year , the three brothers united and attacked their father, forcing him to abdicate . They demanded that Lothar be given back his imperial title and they sent Ju dith off to a nunnery. By 831, however, Louis the Pious managed to regain his power, bring back his wife, drop Lothar completely from his will and replace him with Charles, and refused to allow Lothar to ever return to court without permission. That same year, Pepin of Aquitaine revolted on his own and Louis o f Bavaria followed the next year. Emperor Louis declared that Pepin was form ally deposed of his titles, but he could not enforce this order. In 833, the three brothers gained support from Pope Gregory IV and many of the Emperor's o wn generals. Lothar made a settlement; Louis and Charles were imprisoned; Jud ith was sent in exile to Italy under the eye of Lother; Louis of Bavaria and P epin of Aquitaine were to gain territory that was formally under imperial auth ority. By 834 Pepin and Louis released their father and brother from jail, Ju dith was brought back, and peace was made. In 835, Louis was re-crowned with great pomp. Pepin died in 838 and Louis put Charles on the throne of Aquitaine. The nobles, however, put Pepin's son, Pepin II, on the throne. Neither Cha rles nor Pepin II held authority. Louis the Pious died in 840 and a civil war ensued over the Empire's division that lasted until peace was finally made in 843.

Louis married Empress Judith The Fair Of BAVARIA, Princess Of Bavaria in Feb 818-819 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia. Judith (daughter of Duke Welf (Guelph) Of BAVARIA, Count Of Bavaria and Egilwich (Heilwig) Of SAXONY, Duchess Of Bavaria) was born in 805 in Of Altdorf, Bavaria; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, Touraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4F8F9320016B4963920F7296AB4C44C85568
• Alt. Birth: 800, Altdorf, Bavaria; Alt. Birth

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Sources: RC 43, 171, 185; Coe; Ancestral Roots 140; AF; Kraentzler1458;
Pfafman; Helm.
RC: Judith of Bavaria (of Altdorf). She was the second wife of Louis.
K: Judith Welf von Altorf.
Roots: Judith, daughter of Welf I, Duke of Bavaria. Helm: Judith,grandmother of Judith, wife of Ethelwulf.

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• _UID: 31CD9CA133674E31ACCD145161E3EBAC0D15

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Charles the Great ruled so many lands that he was called different titles by his many languaged peoples. Carolus Magnus, Karl der Grosse, Charlemagne, Charles the Great. He ruled during the dark ages, a bright star that scholars were inspired by for centuries. Charles inherited only part of his kingdom from his father, less than half of France and the low countries. Before he died he had conquered half of Europe, Italy, Germany and Spain. He held the title, King of France, from 768 till his death in 814. He held the title King of the Lombards (Italy) from 774 to 800. He gained the title of King of Germany in 785. He was the Frankish Emporer from 800-814. In a Christmas Day ceremony in Rome in the year 800, he was crowned Roman Emperor of the West by Pope Leo III.

A very religious man, he was the first to be called the Holy Roman Emperor. He dearly loved his children, and would not even allow his daughters to marry out of court. He built a palace swimming pool and loved to hunt. He valued learning and brought in many artists and scholars as well as opened schools. Most classical literature was preserved during this period thanks to him.

(C-571, 1878, 2247) Charles had four wives and up to five mistresses resulting in 16 children. :(C-1351) He died on Jan. 28, 813/814 in Aachen, Rhine, Prussia and was buried at the Cathedral of Aachen known as Aix-la-Chapelle in France (now Germany). His palace and home were in Aix-la-Chapelle as well. A traditional story about Charlemagne's gravesite is that in the year 1000, Otto III opened Charlemange's Tomb and found him seated in a marble chair. He removed the marble thrown and it was used for the coronation of the Emperor's for hundreds of years after.
(C-1372, 1419) Other Event(s): Ruled: bet 0768 and 0814 Place: Aachen Ruled: 0768 Place: Northern France Ruled: bet 0768 and 0771 Place: At War: bet 0772 and 0785 Place: Saxony Conquered: 0773 Place: Lombardy (Burgundy) Conquered: 0774 Place: Italy Visited: 0774 Place: Rome, Italy Invaded: 0777 Place: Spain At War: 0778 Place: Spain Defeated: 0778 Place: Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees. Battle of: 0782 Place: Verdun (Alsace-Lorraine) At War: bet 0791 and 0796 Place: the Balkans. Achievements: bet 0793 and 0804 Place: Aachen, France Battle of: 0796 Place: Danube Coronation: 25 Dec 0800 Place: Rome

Charlemagne married Queen Hildegard Of SWABIA, Countess Of Vinzgau in 771 in Aix-La-Chapelle, Aachen, Rhineland, Germany. Hildegard (daughter of Geroud I Of SWABIA, Count Of Vinzgauduke Of Allemania and Emma (Imma) Of ALLEMANIA, Duchess Of Swabia) was born in 758; died on 30 Apr 783 in , Thionville, Moselle, France; was buried in St Arnoul Abbey, Metz, Austrasia, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 9GCD-17
• _UID: D7BA5F3DA5CC47EDB76DBA77F7B58689E22E
• Alt. Birth: 758, Vinzgau; Alt. Birth
• unknown: 30 Apr 783; Divorced

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Her title was Hildegard of Vinzgua in Tompsett's Royalty Site. Charlemagne and Hildegard had at least seven children. He married her in the same year he married and divorced Desideria.

BIOGRAPHY:Hildegard Empress of THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

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• _UID: D86DA9C07286413AA496BAC5F9BDF4C549C6

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Sources: RC 171, 185, 300; A. Roots; AF; Pfafman.
RC: Welf, Count in the Entgau, Bavaria and Swabia. Died 819.
Others: He was the Duke of Bavaria, Count of Andech and Count ofAltorf.

Welf married Egilwich (Heilwig) Of SAXONY, Duchess Of Bavaria. Egilwich was born about 757 in Of, Bavaria; died after 833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: GS52-CS
• _UID: 9A974C4F66C54D2CBCA7431BBAD13AADA377

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Sources: RC 171, 300; AF; Pfafman.
AF and Pfafman have two birth dates: 757 and 780.
RC: Egilwich/Eigilwich, a Saxon. She became Abbess of Challes, nearParis,
826.

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• AFN: 9GCB-5M
• FamilySearch ID: GJYJ-WDR
• Name: P?pin "Le Bref" CAROLINGIEN
• Name: P?pin "Le Bref" Roi DE FRANCE
• Name: P?pin III Le Bref De FRANCIE
• Name: Pepin "The Short" King Of FRANCE
• Name: Pepin III DESPOSYNI
• Name: Pippin "Der Kleine" Koenig VON FRANKREICH
• Name: Pippin "The Short" King Of The FRANKS
• Name: The Short
• _UID: 0499C15F305F4C518A4E71C975176D685C1E
• Titled: Between Oct 741 and 751
• Event: 743
• ACCEDED: 751
• Event: 751
• Event: 751
• Titled: Between 751 and 768
• Titled: Between 751 and 768
• Titled: Between 751 and 768
• Event: Abt 752
• Event: Abt 753
• Event: 754
• Event: 759

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BIOGRAPHY: Mayor of the palace of Austrasia and King of the Franks (751-768), The son of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel, and the grandson of Pepin of Herstal. He was mayor of the palace during the reign of Childeric III (reigned about 743-751), the last of the Merovingian dynasty. In 751, Pepin deposed Childeric and thus became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was crowned by Pope Stephen II (III) in 754. When the pope was threatened by the Lombards of northern Italy, Pepin led an army that defeated them (754-755). He ceded to the pope territory that included Ravenna and other cities. This grant, called the Donation of Pepin, laid the foundation for the Papal States. Pepin enlarged his own kingdom by capturing Aquitaine, or Aquitania, in southwestern France. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman and Charlemagne as joint kings. Microsoft, Encarta 98 Encyclopedia.

BIOGRAPHY: Mayor of the palace of Austrasia and King of the Franks (751-768), The son of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel, and the grandson of Pepin of Herstal. He was mayor of the palace during the reign of Childeric III (reigned about 743-751), the last of the Merovingian dynasty. In 751, Pepin deposed Childeric and thus became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was crowned by Pope Stephen II (III) in 754. When the pope was threatened by the Lombards of northern Italy, Pepin led an army that defeated them (754-755). He ceded to the pope territory that included Ravenna and other cities. This grant, called the Donation of Pepin, laid the foundation for the Papal States. Pepin enlarged his own kingdom by capturing Aquitaine, or Aquitania, in southwestern France. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman and Charlemagne as joint kings.

Relationship (J,M&L):
38th Great-grandparent

Titled:
Patrician of the Romans (by Pope Stephen II)

Titled:
Ruler of the West Franks (Western Frankish Kingdoms - Neustria, Burgundia)

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He and his brother appointed Childeric III as the last Merovingian King.

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First Carolingian King to receive Papal acknowledgement (although his ancestors had been ruling the kingdom as Mayors of the Palace)

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Acknowledged by Pope Zacharias as the King of the Franks

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Dethroned Childeric III and placed him in the Monastery of St. Omer and imprisoned his son Theuderich at Saint-Wandrifie.

Titled:
Frankish King of the Carolingian Dynasty

Titled:
King of all of the Franks

Titled:
King of France

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Asks Caliph Abul 'Abbas Al-Saffah in Baghdad for a Jew of the line of David, and the Caliph sends Makhir, who he makes Count of Autun

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Pope Stephen III travelled to Paris to anoint Pepin as King in Saint Denis Basilica (and to request his assistance in recovering Papal lands in Italy from Aistulf, King of the Lombards).

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Crossed the Alps and defeated Aistulf, King of the Lombards, on behalf of Pope Stephen III.

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Drove the Saracens out of France with the capture of Narbonne.

Pepin married Berthe (Bertrada) II "Broadfoot" LAON, Countess Of Laon in 740. Berthe (daughter of Charibert I Comte De LAON, Count Of Laon and Bertrada, Countess Of Laon) was born in 720 in , Leon, Aisne, France; died on 12 Jul 783 in , Choisy, Haute-Savoie, France; was buried in St Denis, Paris, Seine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 720 ?, Laon, Austrasia; Alt. Birth
• Name: Broadfoot
• _UID: 1E2F72C7D15247F1BE0C1E4DB483BB575F28
• Alt. Death: 12 Jul 783, Choisy, Bourgogne; Alt. Death

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Sources: RC 171, 214; Collins; AF; A. Roots 50.
RC: Bertha (Bertrada) "au Grand Pied" (Broad foot) of Laon, Aisne,
France. She was the Countess of Laon. Collins: Bertha of Laon.
Roots: Bertha, daughter of Count Canbert of Leon.

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• _UID: 2AD85F29F93D424EB25C0157F195648727CB

Notes:

Sources: A. Roots 50; RC 262, 336, 364; AF; Kraentzler 1547; Pfafman.
Duke of Swabia, Count in the Anglachau, Count in the Alammien inLinzgau,
779. Birth date from AF.
One AF record says he was Gerald Childebrand I, born about 730, andhiswife's name was Emma, born about 735. Possibly a different couple.
RC: Duke of Allemania, Count in the Linzgau. Living 779.
Roots: Count Geroud of Swabia.
AF: Gerold I, Count im Vinzgau.

Geroud married Emma (Imma) Of ALLEMANIA, Duchess Of Swabia. Emma (daughter of Hnabi "Dux" Of ALAMANNIA, Duke Of Almannia) was born about 736 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia; died in 789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 9F724DFBE9184FBD882CAB00834E3CE1B307

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Sources: RC 262; A. Roots; AF; Kraentzler 1547.
RC: Emma (Imma) of Allemania. Birth date from AF.
F: Imma in Alamannia.

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• _UID: 7D063948BB704DD8A637374F8B8DF7773DDC

Ruthard married Hermenlindis. Hermenlindis and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: DD0514EFE53E4F38A500A3554F2A80557A7C