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Also Known As Karl der Kahle • Charles le Chauve • Charles the Bald
Born June 13, 823
Died October 6, 877 (aged 54) • France
Title / Office emperor (875-877), Holy Roman Empire • king (843-877), Francia Occidentalis
Notable Family Members father Louis I • son Louis II
Role In Treaty of Verdun
Lothar I
Lothar I
Holy Roman emperor
portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Louis the Pious
Louis I
Holy Roman emperor
Louis II
king of the East Franks
Arnulf
Arnulf
Holy Roman emperor
Louis II
emperor of Franks
Hugh the Great
duke of the Franks
Charles III the Fat, seal, c. 9th century; in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
Charles III
Holy Roman emperor
Saint Wala
Frankish count
Louis III
king of France
Louis II, engraving
Louis II
king of France
Eudes
king of Franks
Carloman
king of France [died 884]
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor

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