{"slug": "charles-the-simple", "label": "Charles the Simple", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Simple", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187519", "qid": "Q187519", "description": "King of West Francia", "entries": 15, "years": 15, "span": [879, 936], "span_label": ["879 CE", "936 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "odo-of-france", "label": "Odo of France", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "laon", "label": "Laon", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "worms-germany", "label": "Worms, Germany", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arnulf-of-carinthia", "label": "Arnulf of Carinthia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "soissons", "label": "Soissons", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lotharingia", "label": "Lotharingia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – Charles the Simple, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 929)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Births", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 885, "year_label": "885 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Charles the Fat designates his illegitimate son Bernard as his heir, ignoring the claims of his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia (illegitimate son of Carloman of Bavaria), and Charles the Simple (5-year-old son of King Louis the Stammerer). The Frankish bishops protest, so Charles summons Pope Adrian III to an assembly in Worms, to resolve the issue. Adrian leaves Rome in the hands of Bishop John of Pavia and heads to Germany, but dies on the way, just after crossing the River Po.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655145#Europe", "title": "885", "revid": 1366655145, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 888, "year_label": "888 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Emperor Charles III (the Fat) dies at Neidingen, after having suffered repeat bouts of an illness that may have been epilepsy. The Frankish Empire is split again, and falls apart into separate kingdoms. Count Odo, the hero of the Siege of Paris, is elected king of the West Frankish Kingdom, and crowned at Compiègne by Walter, archbishop of Sens. Other Frankish noblemen support the 8-year-old Charles the Simple (the posthumous son of the late king Louis the Stammerer).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347624107#Europe", "title": "AD 888", "revid": 1347624107, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 893, "year_label": "893 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The 13-year-old Charles III (the Simple), the posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer, is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at the Reims Cathedral—though he is not recognized as such by King Odo (or Eudes) until 898.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917563#Europe", "title": "893", "revid": 1364917563, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 895, "year_label": "895 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Odo (or Eudes) takes a large army against Rheims, and forces anti-king Charles the Simple to flee to Germany. King Arnulf of Carinthia, throwing off his agreements with Odo, charges his illegitimate son Zwentibold to invade the West Frankish Kingdom, and re-install Charles on the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093921#Europe", "title": "895", "revid": 1346093921, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 898, "year_label": "898 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – King Odo I (or Eudes) dies at La Fère (Northern France) after a 10-year reign. His rival, the 18-year-old Charles the Simple in Laon, gains sovereignty and becomes ruler (with no real authority) of the West Frankish Kingdom. This puts an end to five years of civil war between the Frankish nobles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346095520#Europe", "title": "898", "revid": 1346095520, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 902, "year_label": "902 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Eadgifu, queen and wife of Charles the Simple", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130244#Births", "title": "902", "revid": 1341130244, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 911, "year_label": "911 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – King Charles III (the Simple) and Rollo, leader of the Vikings, sign a peace agreement (Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte). In return for his homage and conversion to Christianity, Rollo becomes a vassal and is made Count of Rouen; this is the beginning of the duchy of Normandy. He divides the lands between the rivers Epte and Risle among his chieftains, and prevents any other Vikings sailing up the Seine to attack the West Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372066182#Europe", "title": "AD 911", "revid": 1372066182, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 920, "year_label": "920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The nobles of Lotharingia under Gilbert, duke of Lorraine, revolt against King Charles III (\"the Simple\"). They recognize King Henry I (\"the Fowler\") as their sovereign. Charles invades Lotharingia as far as Pfeddersheim (near Worms), but retreats when he learns that Henry is mobilizing an army to attack the West Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205100#Europe", "title": "920", "revid": 1349205100, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 921, "year_label": "921 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Treaty of Bonn: King Charles III (the Simple) and Henry I sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia) at a ceremony aboard a ship in the middle of the Rhine, recognising the border between their two Frankish kingdoms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509617#Europe", "title": "921", "revid": 1341509617, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 922, "year_label": "922 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The West Frankish nobles revolt and depose King Charles III (the Simple) after a 24-year reign. He seeks refuge in Lotharingia and is replaced by Robert I, a brother of the late King Odo, who is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom in the cathedral at Rheims.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509630#Europe", "title": "922", "revid": 1341509630, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 923, "year_label": "923 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish army, led by Charles the Simple, is defeated and routed near Soissons. Charles is captured and imprisoned at Péronne. The nobles elect Robert's son-in-law Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, as king of the West Frankish Kingdom (until 936).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509659#Europe", "title": "923", "revid": 1341509659, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 928, "year_label": "928 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Rudolph I loses the support of Herbert II, count of Vermandois, who controls the prison at Péronne in which former King Charles III (the Simple) is imprisoned. Herbert brings him before William I (Longsword), count of Rouen, for homage and then to Rheims as leverage to blackmail Rudolph to make him cede sovereignty over Laon (Northern France).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916804#Europe", "title": "928", "revid": 1364916804, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 929, "year_label": "929 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Charles the Simple, former king of West Francia, dies in prison at Péronne, leaving Rudolph with no opposition except that of Count Herbert II of Vermandois.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367671440#Europe", "title": "929", "revid": 1367671440, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 936, "year_label": "936 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – At Laon, Louis IV, the 14-year old son of the late King Charles the Simple, is crowned King of West Francia after being recalled from Wessex by Hugh the Great, count of Paris. Hugh, whose father, King Robert I, was killed in battle near Soissons in 923, is given the title Duke of the Franks and becomes the second most powerful man in the West Frankish Kingdom. The crowning of Louis IV follows the death of King Rudolph I at Auxerre earlier in the year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512077#Europe", "title": "936", "revid": 1341512077, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}