Charles III of France

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Charles III of France, known as Charles the Simple, was a Carolingian king who ruled West Francia in the early 10th century and is noted for granting Normandy to the Viking leader Rollo.

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Label Occurrences
Charles III of France canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carolingian monarch ⓘ
human ⓘ
king of West Francia ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
alliedWith Rollo ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charles le Simple ⓘ
linked to: Charles the Simple
birthDate 0879 ⓘ
birthPlace France ⓘ
burialPlace Abbey of Saint-Fursy, Péronne ⓘ
capturedBy Herbert II, Count of Vermandois ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Louis IV of France ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement 10th century ⓘ
conflict struggle with Robertian nobles ⓘ
coronationDate 0289-01-28 ⓘ
coronationPlace Reims ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship West Francia ⓘ
deathDate 0929 ⓘ
deathPlace Péronne ⓘ
deposedIn 0922 ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
father Louis the Stammerer ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
house Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
languageSpoken Old French ⓘ
memberOfDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
mother Adelaide of Paris ⓘ
nickname Charles the Simple ⓘ
notableEvent Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte ⓘ
granted Normandy to Viking leader Rollo ⓘ
placeOfImprisonment Péronne ⓘ
positionHeld King of West Francia ⓘ
linked to: King of the Franks

King of the Franks ⓘ
predecessor Odo of France ⓘ
reignEnd 0922 ⓘ
reignStart 0893 ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
ruledTerritory West Francia ⓘ
parts of Lotharingia ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Carloman II of France ⓘ
linked to: Carloman II

Louis III of France ⓘ
spouse Eadgifu of Wessex ⓘ
Frederuna ⓘ
style King of the Franks ⓘ
successor Robert I of France ⓘ
title Rex Francorum ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Charles the Simple → alsoKnownAs → Charles III of France ⓘ
Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte → associatedWith → Charles III of France ⓘ
Frederuna → spouse → Charles III of France ⓘ