ROBBINS-AGNEW:Information about CharlesII, King of the Franks, "the Bald"
CharlesII, King of the Franks, "the Bald" (b. 13 Jun 828, d. 06 Oct 877)
Notes for CharlesII, King of the Franks, "the Bald":King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"1
M, b. 13 June 828, d. 6 October 877, #2627
Father King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"2,3 b. August 778, d. 20 June 840
Mother Judith of Bavaria2,3 b. 800, d. 19 April 843
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Birth* King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald" was born on 13 June 828 at Frankfort-am-Main, Germany.1,3
Title* He held the title of King of the Franks between 840 and 877.1
Marriage* He married Ermentrude (?), daughter of Count Odo of Orléans and Engeltrude (?), on 14 December 842.1,3
(Witness) Death He ordered the death of Count Bernard of Barcelona in 844 at Aachen, Germany; beheaded by Charles the Bald.3
Marriage* He married Richeut of Metz (?), daughter of Count Budwine of Metz and Richilde of Arles (?), on 22 November 870.3
Title He held the title of Holy Roman Emperor between 25 December 875 and 6 October 877.1
Burial* He was buried at St. Denis, Paris, France.3
Death* He died on 6 October 877 at Mt. Cenis in the Alps, at age 49.1,3
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Family 1 Ermentrude (?) b. 27 September 830, d. 6 October 869
Marriage* He married Ermentrude (?), daughter of Count Odo of Orléans and Engeltrude (?), on 14 December 842.1,3
Children Hersent (?)
Judith of France b. c 844, d. a 870
King Louis II of the Franks "the Stammerer" b. 844, d. 10 Apr 879
Family 2 Richeut of Metz (?) d. between 910 and 914
Marriage* He married Richeut of Metz (?), daughter of Count Budwine of Metz and Richilde of Arles (?), on 22 November 870.3
Child Rothilde (?) b. c 870, d. 929
Last Edited 26 Nov 2004
Citations [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-15.
[S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-14.
[S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Charles I, Roi de France1 (M)
b. 13 June 823, d. 6 October 877, #102622
Pedigree
Last Edited=20 Aug 2005
Charles I, Roi de France was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany.2 He is the son of Louis I, Roi de France and Judith von Bayern.1 He married Ermentrude d'Orléans, daughter of Odo, Comte de Orléans, in 842. He married Richilde Gräfin von Metz, daughter of Beuve Graf von Metz, on 22 January 870 in a Aix-la-Chapelle, France marriage.2 He died on 6 October 877 at age 54 in Brides-les-Bains, Burgundy, France.2
Charles I, Roi de France also went by the nick-name of Charles 'the Bald'.3 He gained the title of Roi Charles I de France in 840.1 He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 875.4 He succeeded to the title of Emperor Charles II of the Holy Roman Empire in 875.4
Children of Charles I, Roi de France and Ermentrude d'Orléans
Charles, Roi d'Aquitaine d. 866
Carloman d. 876
Judith+ b. bt 843 - 8445
Louis II 'the Stammerer', Roi de France+ b. 1 Nov 843, d. 10 Apr 8791
Citations
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World, page 78.
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World, page 122.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 5. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
Children of CharlesII, King of the Franks, "the Bald" and Ermentrude are:
- +LouisII, King of the Franks, "the Stammerer, b. 844, d. 10 Apr 879.
- +of France Judith, b. 844, d. 870.