Charles the Bald was king of West Francia from 843 to 877, king of Italy from 875 to 877, and emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 875 to 877. After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles secured the western third of the Carolingian empire under the Treaty of Verdun in 843. He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.
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Death PlaceBrides-les-Bains, West Francia 1 Role
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Why did Charles the Bald's birth lead to civil war among his father's sons?
Lands granted to Charles in 829 upset the settlement of 817 and set off civil wars among Louis the Pious's sons, ending with the Treaty of Verdun in 843.
Charles was the son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith. In 829 Louis granted the young Charles lands, and that grant upset the succession settlement of 817, the Ordinatio imperii, which had guaranteed rights to the three sons of Louis's first marriage: Lothair I, Louis the German and Pippin I. The grant set off a series of civil wars that lasted until 838. After Louis died in 840 the fighting resumed, and it ended only when Louis the German joined Charles to force Lothair to accept the Treaty of Verdun in 843, which gave Charles the western lands.
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Charles le Chauve
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13 June 823
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6 October 877
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was king of West Francia
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Frankfurt
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Brides-les-Bains
Charles the Bald: Gender
Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 - 6 October 877) was king of West Francia (843-77), king of Italy (875-77) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875-77). After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty of Verdun (843), in acquiring the western third of the empire.
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Infobox: born 823-6-13; died 877-10-6
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