Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameCharles III “The Simple” , King of France 
Birth17 Sep 879, France
Death7 Oct 929, Pberonne, Austrasia
BurialSt Fursi, Pberonne, Austrasia
FatherLouis II “The Stamerer” King of France (843-879)
Spouses
FatherEdward I "The Elder" King of England (~870-924)
MotherÆlflaeda (Edgiva) Queen of England (<905-968)
Marriage905, England
ChildrenLouis IV “D'Outremer” (921-954)
Notes for Charles III “The Simple” , King of France
Charles III
b. Sept. 17, 879
d. Oct. 7, 929, Péronne, Fr.byname CHARLES THE SIMPLE, French CHARLES LE SIMPLE, king of France (893-922), whose authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and who settled the Northmen in Normandy but who became the first Carolingian ruler of the western kingdom to lose his crown.
The posthumous son of Louis II the Stammerer, Charles was too young to assume the throne on the death of his half-brother, Carloman, in 884 or that of his cousin, Charles the Fat, in 888. On Jan. 28, 893, however, he was crowned king by Fulk, archbishop of Reims; and, although he renounced his rights after civil war in 897, the death of King Eudes in the following year brought him general recognition as king.
Charles was strongly under the influence of Robert, brother of the dead Eudes. It was Robert's victory against the Northmen at Chartres in 911 which paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte later that year, by which Charles ceded territory, in the area later known as Normandy, to the Viking leader Rollo and his men; in return, Rollo became a Christian and Charles's vassal. The Normans who had such an impact on Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries were the final product of this settlement.
In 911 also, the magnates of Lorraine (Lotharingia) accepted the authority of Charles on the death of the last Carolingian king of the East Franks, Louis the Child. Charles's preoccupation with Lotharingian affairs and councillors alienated the nobles of Neustria, however, and in 922 they elected Robert king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was soon taken prisoner by Herbert, count of Vermandois, who used him for his own gain against Rudolf, Robert's son-in-law and the new king.
b. Sept. 17, 879
d. Oct. 7, 929, Péronne, Fr.byname CHARLES THE SIMPLE, French CHARLES LE SIMPLE, king of France (893-922), whose authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and who settled the Northmen in Normandy but who became the first Carolingian ruler of the western kingdom to lose his crown.
The posthumous son of Louis II the Stammerer, Charles was too young to assume the throne on the death of his half-brother, Carloman, in 884 or that of his cousin, Charles the Fat, in 888. On Jan. 28, 893, however, he was crowned king by Fulk, archbishop of Reims; and, although he renounced his rights after civil war in 897, the death of King Eudes in the following year brought him general recognition as king.
Charles was strongly under the influence of Robert, brother of the dead Eudes. It was Robert's victory against the Northmen at Chartres in 911 which paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte later that year, by which Charles ceded territory, in the area later known as Normandy, to the Viking leader Rollo and his men; in return, Rollo became a Christian and Charles's vassal. The Normans who had such an impact on Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries were the final product of this settlement.
In 911 also, the magnates of Lorraine (Lotharingia) accepted the authority of Charles on the death of the last Carolingian king of the East Franks, Louis the Child. Charles's preoccupation with Lotharingian affairs and councillors alienated the nobles of Neustria, however, and in 922 they elected Robert king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was soon taken prisoner by Herbert, count of Vermandois, who used him for his own gain against Rudolf, Robert's son-in-law and the new king.
Notes for Egive (Spouse 1)
aka: Edgifu de France
Notes
Weis' "Ancestral Roots . . ." (148:17), identifies her as CHARLES' 3rd wife and as a probable granddaughter of ALFRED THE GREAT.
ic posted to the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup on 9 Sep 1996 (in part):
Subject: Re: Wives of Charles the Simple & Louis the Stammerer Eadgifu was Charles III's 2nd wife, whom he had married by 919. French sources transform her name into Edgiva, Ogive etc. She later married (951) one of the Vermandois brothers, Heribert III the Old, Ct Palatine under Lothar, d.980/4. The evidence for the second marriage by the widow of Charles is Settipani (Prehistoire des Capetiens) p325 n912 cites Flodoard's entry for 951. However, Matman , later offered another opinion: that she "m2) 951 Heribert of Meaux (not Heribert III of Vermandois -
see Werner)".
Married 919 to , Edgifu / Ogive
Child 3: , Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, King of France, b. ABT 920
Child 4: , Rorico of Laon, Bishop of Laon
Child 5: Children, Three
Notes
Weis' "Ancestral Roots . . ." (148:17), identifies her as CHARLES' 3rd wife and as a probable granddaughter of ALFRED THE GREAT.
ic posted to the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup on 9 Sep 1996 (in part):
Subject: Re: Wives of Charles the Simple & Louis the Stammerer Eadgifu was Charles III's 2nd wife, whom he had married by 919. French sources transform her name into Edgiva, Ogive etc. She later married (951) one of the Vermandois brothers, Heribert III the Old, Ct Palatine under Lothar, d.980/4. The evidence for the second marriage by the widow of Charles is Settipani (Prehistoire des Capetiens) p325 n912 cites Flodoard's entry for 951. However, Matman , later offered another opinion: that she "m2) 951 Heribert of Meaux (not Heribert III of Vermandois -
see Werner)".
Married 919 to , Edgifu / Ogive
Child 3: , Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, King of France, b. ABT 920
Child 4: , Rorico of Laon, Bishop of Laon
Child 5: Children, Three
Notes for Frederuna (Spouse 2)
Married to , Frederuna
Child 1: , Gisela
Child 2: Daughters, Five
Child 1: , Gisela
Child 2: Daughters, Five