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Charles the Fat. Charles III (839 – 13 January 888), also known as Charles the Fat, was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire [a] 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 Charlemagne. He was the last Carolingian emperor of legitimate birth and the ...
father Louis II. brother Carloman. Charles III (born 839, Bavaria?—died Jan. 13, 888, Neidingen) was a Frankish king and emperor, whose fall in 887 marked the final disintegration of the empire of Charlemagne. (Although he controlled France briefly, he is usually not reckoned among the kings of France). The youngest son of Louis the German ...
In 882, Louis the Younger died from injuries sustained in a riding accident, and Charles acquired most of the lands his father had held, becoming king of all the East Franks. The rest of the empire of Charlemagne had come under the control of Charles the Bald and then his son, Louis the Stammerer. Now two sons of Louis the Stammerer each ruled ...
Charles III, also known as 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 Charlemagne. He was the last Carolingian emperor of legitimate birth and the last to rule a united kingdom of the Franks.
Charles the Fat briefly reunited the Carolingian Empire after becoming the ruler of three main Carolingian kingdoms in 894, but his supremacy was challenged throughout the land. The empire collapsed for the final time when he was deposed in 887 by regional nobles after East Francia was usurped in a coup by his illegitimate nephew, Arnulf of ...
Charles the Fat and the Viking Great Army : The Military Explanation for the End of the Carolingian Empire. By Simon MacLean. War Studies Journal, Vol.3:2 (1998) Siege of Paris 885-886.
Charles the Fat (13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876, King of Italy from 879, Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles III) from 881, King of East Francia from 882, and King of West Francia from 884. He lost control of East Francia, Lotharingia, and possibly Italy in 887. He died a few weeks later in January 888.
