 0953 - 0992 (~ 38 years)
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| Name |
CAROLINGIAN Charles |
| Birth |
0953 |
France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
21 May 0992 |
Orléans, France |
| Notes |
- Charles Carolignian (b. summer 953 Laon - 12 Jun 991 Orléans).[1][2]
bur. 1001 Maastricht, St Servatius[1]
Charles is the son of Louis IV d'Outremer and Gerberga of Germany. His twin brother Henry, died young. His wife was Adelais, daughter of Robert, Comte de Troyes and Adelais de Bourgogne.[1]
Titles
May 977 Diedenhofen: Duke of Lower Lotharingia[1]
Marriage
m. (970) Adelais de Troyes.[4] Issue: 6.[5]
Otto (b. 970 - d. 13 Jun 1013/4), Duke of Lower Lotharingia
Ermengarde (b. 970/5 - d. after 1013)
Gerberga (b. abt. 975 - d. 27 Jan after 1018)
Adelais (d. after 1012)
Louis (c. 991 or later - d. after 993)
Charles (b. abt., 991 or later - d. after 991)
Timeline
975: War with Godefride [1]
977: Banished from Court [1]
978 Capture of Laon
986: claimed French throne... and his nephew's a year later. [1]
988 captured Laon in 988
989 captured Reim[1]
991 captured with family; died incarcerated at Orleans (prisoner of Hugues Capet of France) a[1]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Cawley (2006).[1]
↑ see also: The Royal Line Albert F Schmuhl 1929 NYC, NY; Tab. Gen. Souv. France 22 Tab. IV; Die Nechkommen Karls des Grossen Germ Pub Bt v. 11 p1 10; Ahnen zu Karl der Grossen, Germ. PH 694 p. 103; Plantagenet Ancestry Eng. 116, p. 19, 105, 171;Royal Gen Eng. 132, p. 451, 596; Gens Nostra .1968 249;[2] Kwartieren Greidanus-Jaeger in Stamreeksen, 1994, 's-Gravenhage, Wimersma Greidanus, Mr. G. J. J. van. 756 [3]
Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.4. Fmg.ac. Web.[6]
Wikipedia: Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine; Wikipedia:fr: Charles de Basse-Lotharingie
Wikidata: Item Q469603 help.gif
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| Person ID |
I58943 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
CAROLINGIAN Louis, b. 10 Sep 0920, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France d. 10 Sep 0954, Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 34 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
LIUDOLFING Gerberga, b. Abt 0914, Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany d. 05 May 0984, Reims, France (Age 70 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
0939 |
Lotharingian |
| Family ID |
F26059 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
VERMANDOIS Adelais, b. Abt 0954, France d. Aft 0991, Orleans, France (Age > 38 years) |
| Marriage |
0970 |
| Children |
| | 1. LOTHARINGIA Ermengarde, b. Abt 0970, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. Aft 1013, Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age > 44 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. LOTHARINGIA Gerberga, b. Abt 0975, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. Aft 1018, Nivelles, Brabant, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age > 44 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26220 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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