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Charles the Fat
Carolus III la
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire (839-888) (r. 881-887)
- Child of Louis the German and Hemma
- Married to Richardis
- Dated 839 CE – 13 January 888 CE
Overview
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire (839-888) (r. 881-887)Wikidata record description. Read Charles the Fat in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 3
- 12 February 881 CE – November 887 CE Carolingian Roman emperor
- 882 CE – 887 CE King of East Francia Number 3 in the sequence Succeeded Louis III the Younger · Succeeded by Arnulf of Carinthia
Family tree
The family as a list · 13
Family 13
- child of (child) Hemma Frankish queen
- child of (child) Louis the German King of East Francia from 843 to 876
- of the house Carolingian dynasty Frankish noble family founded by Charles Martel
- parent of (child) Bernard German noble
- sibling of Bertha abbess
- sibling of Carloman of Bavaria King of Bavaria from 876 to 879
- sibling of Gisela frankish princess daughter of Louis the German
- sibling of Hildegard abbess of Fraumünster, daughter of Louis the German
- sibling of Irmgard of Chiemsee Beatified German nun
- sibling of Louis III the Younger King of East Francia
- sibling of Verona of Leefdaal medieval saint
- sibling of Veronus of Lembeek medieval saint
- married to Richardis Holy Roman Empress from 881 to 888, Catholic saint
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