{"slug": "charles-duke-of-lower-lorraine", "label": "Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%2C_Duke_of_Lower_Lorraine", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469603", "qid": "Q469603", "description": "10th-century Duke of Lower Lorraine", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [953, 993], "span_label": ["953 CE", "993 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "lower-lorraine", "label": "Lower Lorraine", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "lothair-of-france", "label": "Lothair of France", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "hugh-capet", "label": "Hugh Capet", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "orleans", "label": "Orléans", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "laon", "label": "Laon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aachen", "label": "Aachen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-lorraine", "label": "Duchy of Lorraine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-iv-of-france", "label": "Louis IV of France", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 953, "year_label": "953 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine (d. 993)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512708#Births", "title": "953", "revid": 1341512708, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 977, "year_label": "977 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Otto II appoints his cousin Charles, illegitimate son of the late King Louis IV (d'Outremer), as duke of Lorraine. King Lothair III – who claims the duchy as his own territory – declares war to the Holy Roman Empire. He leads an expedition into Lorraine accompanied by Hugh Capet. Lothair crosses the Meuse River and takes Aachen, sacking the imperial palace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908323#Europe", "title": "977", "revid": 1341908323, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 979, "year_label": "979 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The city of Brussels is founded by Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine. He constructs fortifications (a castrum on an island) on the Senne River (modern Belgium).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908361#Europe", "title": "979", "revid": 1341908361, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 988, "year_label": "988 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (younger brother of the late King Lothair of France), revolts against Hugh Capet. He conquers the city of Laon in northern France with support of his half-brother Arnulf (archbishop of Reims).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364920019#Europe", "title": "988", "revid": 1364920019, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 989, "year_label": "989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, captures the city of Reims by treachery of its new archbishop, Arnulf (the illegitimate son of the late King Lothair III). King Hugh I (Capet) demands that Pope John XV discipline Arnulf. But John XV, not wishing to defy Empress Theophanu, refuses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357624689#Europe", "title": "989", "revid": 1357624689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 991, "year_label": "991 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29: Bishop Adalberon imprisons the treasonous Duke Charles of Lorraine and his nephew Arnulf, the Archbishop of Reims. Adalberon delivers the two men to King Hugh Capet, who imprisons them and their family in Orléans. The cities of Reims and Laon are returned to Capet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261005#Events", "title": "991", "revid": 1365261005, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 993, "year_label": "993 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine (b. 953)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350009737#Deaths", "title": "993", "revid": 1350009737, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 993, "year_label": "993 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine, dies in prison in Orléans (see 991). He is succeeded by his son Otto II, who inherits the full dukedom and pledges his allegiance to Otto III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350009737#Europe", "title": "993", "revid": 1350009737, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}