Péronne, Somme
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Péronne is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne monastery, founded by the Anglo-Saxon St Erkenwald. Its site became the resting
Château de Péronne, Historial de la Grande Guerre
Péronne église 1
Péronne Hôtel de ville 1
Hôtel Ville Péronne
Charles the Simple
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Charles III, called the Simple or the Straightforward, was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty.
Péronne, Somme
…destroyed in 1917; bombarded and burned in May 1940 by the German airforce. Péronne was awarded two Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur: King Charles the Simple, prisoner of Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy died here, a captive in the dungeons, in 929. He was buried in the abbey. In the 12th century, Philippe II built…
Denier sous Charles III le Simple
Charlemagne coin
Ludwik I Pobożny
Denier Chinon 954, obverse