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Charles (953 – 22 June 992×995) was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 977 until his death. Life. Born at Reims in the summer of 953, Charles was the son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony and the younger brother of King Lothair. [1] . He was a sixth-generation descendant of Charlemagne.
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Charles of Lorraine (Charles de Lorraine) may refer to: Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953–993) Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (1364–1431) Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543–1608) Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont (1561-1587), French Roman Catholic cardinal; Charles of Lorraine (bishop of Metz and Strasbourg) (1567–1607) Charles IV ...
Charles I was the duke of Lower Lorraine, head of the only surviving legitimate line of the Carolingian dynasty by 987, and an unsuccessful claimant for the French throne. Son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga, sister of Otto I of Germany, Charles was banished by his brother, King Lothar, in 977.
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Tomb of Charles in the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht. Charles (953 – 22 June 992×995) was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 977 until his death. Contents. Life; Family; References; Sources; Further reading
Charles (953 – 22 June 992×995) was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 977 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine has received more than 171,703 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019).
In 977 Charles was expelled from the Kingdom after accusing Lothair's wife of infidelity and seeked refuge with Emperor Otto II, who made him Duke of Lower Lotharingia (or Lower Lorraine). In 978 Otto and Charles invaded France, and Charles was crowned King of the Franks in Laon by Theodoric I, Bishop of Metz.
