Charles the Bald
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Holy Roman Empire, Emperors, Caesars, Khans
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, French History
Article abstract: Reigning during one of the most turbulent periods in European history, Charles managed to survive and pass the crown of the West Frankish kingdom to his posterity.
Early Life
Charles the Bald was the grandson of Charlemagne and the son of the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious and his second wife, Judith. At the time of Charles’s birth, the emperor already had three sons: Lothair, the eldest; Louis II the German; and Pepin. Indeed, in 817 Louis had published a decree establishing the method by which the empire would be divided among the...
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