Charles the Bald
King of West Francia
Died when: 54 years 115 days (651 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).
After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty of Verdun (843), in acquiring the western third of the empire.
He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.
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