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Also Known As Charles le Simple • Charles the Simple
Born September 17, 879
Died October 7, 929 (aged 50) • Péronne • France
Title / Office king (893-922), Francia Occidentalis
House / Dynasty Carolingian dynasty
Notable Family Members son Louis IV
Nicolas-Sébastien Adam
French sculptor
Louis III
king of France
Fulk, Archbishop of Reims
archbishop of Reims
Charles II
Holy Roman emperor
Hugh the Great
duke of the Franks
Louis II, engraving
Louis II
king of France
Eudes
king of Franks
Carloman
king of France [died 884]
François Didot
French printer and bookseller
Jules-Clément Chaplain
French artist
Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Bernard Chauvelin
French lawyer
Jacques Anquetil
French cyclist
Caresse Crosby
French poet and publisher
Charles Couperin
French composer
Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Jean de Brunhoff
French author
François-Ambroise Didot
French printer and typesetter
Pierre Ayraut
French jurist
Catherine Arnauld
French nun

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