Charles the Fat
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Charles the Fat was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Char
Charter of Charles III, 2 December 882
Charles in a 14th-century sandstone relief, flanked by a squire and a knight
Charles the Fat receives the offer of kingship from two West Francian ambassadors (from the Grandes Chroniques de France, illustration from c. 1375–1379).
Charles the Bald
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Charles the Bald was king of West Francia, king of Italy and emperor of the Carolingian Empire. After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the
Charles the Fat
…two. When, in 875, the Emperor Louis II, who was also King of Italy, died having agreed with Louis the German that Carloman would succeed him in Italy, Charles the Bald of West Francia invaded the peninsula and had himself crowned king and emperor. Louis the German sent first Charles and then Carloman himself, with…
Charles the Bald as depicted in the Vivian Bible, c. 845
Denier of Charles the Bald struck at Paris
Denier (type Temple and cross) of Charles the Bald, minted at Reims between 840 and 864 (pre-Edict of Pistres)
The so-called Equestrian statuette of Charlemagne (c. 870), thought to possibly depict Charles the Bald