Charles the Fat

Charles the Fat
Charles the Fat
	A seal of Charles III with the inscription KAROLVS MAGS ("Carolus Magnus")
Carolingian Emperor
Ring	881–888
Keeng o Wast Francie
Ring	884–888
Predecessor	Carloman II
Successor	Odo (King of West Francia); Ranulf II (King of Aquitaine)
Keeng o Italy
Reing	879 – 26 December 887
Predecessor	Carloman o Bavarie
Successor	Berengar I
Keeng o East Francie
Ring	20 Januar 882 – 17 November 887
Predecessor	Louis the Younger
Successor	Arnulf (Keeng o East Francie); Rudolph I (Keeng o Burgundy)
Born	13 Juin 839; East Francie
Dee'd	13 Januar 888 (aged 48); Donaueschingen, Carolingian Empire
Buirial	Reichenau Island, Loch Constance
Spouse	Richgard (862–888)
Issue	Bernard (illegitimate)
Hoose	Carolingian
Faither	Louis the German
Mither	Hemma
Releegion	Christianity

Charles the Fat^[1] (13 Juin 839 – 13 Januar 888), forby kent as Charles III, wis the Carolingian Emperor frae 881 tae 888.

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↑ Charles' nickname "the Fat" is a twelft-century concoction. Charles' actual girth is unkent.

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