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797: 695:. An incident of demonic possession is recorded in his youth, in which he was said to have been foaming at the mouth before he was taken to the altar of the church. This greatly affected him and his father. He was described as: "… a very Christian prince, fearing God, with all his heart keeping His commandments, very devoutly obeying the orders of the Church, generous in alms-giving, practising unceasingly prayer and song, always intent upon celebrating the praises of God." 5493: 1361: 6083: 1439:, though the men of Lotharingia never seem to have formally accepted his deposition. By 17 November, Charles was out of power, though the exact course of events is unknown. Aside from rebuking his faithlessness, he did little to prevent Arnulf's moveβ€”he had recently been ill againβ€”but assured that Bernard was entrusted to his care and possibly Louis too. He asked for a few estates in Swabia on which to live out his days and thus received 861: 5807: 2516: 3818: 1097: 963: 1308: 36: 1825:
misconduct with Luitward, bishop of Vercelli. She demanded to clear her character, either by having a champion to fight for her or by some other ordeal. The trial consisted of the accused being wrapped in linen cloth soaked with inflammable liquid and set on fire at the four corners. It was burnt away to nothing, and the innocent queen remained unhurt. Thus was her innocence proved.
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and offered a third to Carloman and a third to Charles. In 878, Carloman returned his Lotharingian share to Louis, who then divided it evenly with Charles. In 879, Carloman was incapacitated by a stroke and divided his domains between his brothers: Bavaria went to Louis and Italy to Charles. Charles
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Charles suffered excruciating pains in his head and attributed it to some sort of diabolic possession, for which he was exorcised, but the pain continued. Then he had incisions made in his head to get rid of the devil, but the pain only grew worse. Among other delusions, he suspected his wife of
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in May. It is possible, however, that the agreement with Louis was only designed to engender support for Bernard's sub-kingship in Lotharingia. In June or July, Berengar arrived in Kirchen, probably pining to be declared Charles's heir; he may in fact have been so named in Italy, where he was
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and crowned Charles emperor on 12 February 881. This was accompanied by hopes of a general revival in western Europe, but Charles proved to be unequal to the task. Charles did little to help against Guy II. Papal letters as late as November were still petitioning Charles for action.
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It is unknown if these elections were a response to Charles's East Frankish deposition or to his death. Only those of Arnulf and Berengar can be certainly placed before his death. Only the magnates of the East ever formally deposed him. He was buried with honour in
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heap praises on his piety and godliness. Indeed, contemporary opinion of Charles is consistently kinder than later historiography, though it is a modern suggestion that his lack of apparent successes is the excusable result of near constant illness and infirmity.
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When Carloman II of West Francia died on 12 December 884, the nobles of the kingdom invited Charles to assume the kingship. Charles gladly accepted, it being the third kingdom to "fall into his lap". According to the
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in southern Lorraine. Although Geilo even developed a special West Frankish seal for him, Charles's government in the West was always very distant and he left most day-to-day business to the higher nobility.
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Charles issued a number of charters for West Frankish recipients during his stay in Paris during and after the siege. He recognised rights and privileges granted by his predecessors to recipients in the
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With Charles increasingly seen as spineless and incompetent, matters came to a head in late 887. In the summer of that year, having given up on plans for his son's succession, Charles received Odo and
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against Guy III. Berengar was initially successful until an epidemic of disease, which ravaged all of Italy, affecting the emperor and his entourage as well as Berengar's army, forced him to retreat.
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to him for protection. Charles confirmed Louis in Provence (he may even have adopted him) and allowed them to live at his court. He probably intended to make Louis heir to the whole realm and the
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of the high Middle Ages and the early modern period. He is numbered as "Charles III" in the lists on German monarchs but was not counted as king of France (despite briefly ruling over
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invaded the peninsula and had himself crowned king and emperor. Louis the German sent first Charles and then Carloman himself, with armies containing Italian forces under
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of the region, was elected as king in a distinctly non-Carolingian creation, probably the result of his failure to succeed in the whole of Lotharingia. In
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and probably negotiated for the recognition of his illegitimate son as heir. An assembly was planned for April and May of the following year at
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had opposed them with some success, but he died after a short campaign on 20 January 882, leaving his throne to Charles, who reunited the whole
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and left him for the monastic life. He then turned against Liutward, who was hated by all, and removed him from office, appointing
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Over his lifetime, Charles became ruler of the various kingdoms of Charlemagne's former empire. Granted lordship over
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with the purpose of dealing with the Vikings. Armies from the whole East Francia were assembled in the summer under
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Three brothers ruled in cooperation and avoided wars over the division of their patrimony: a rare occurrence in the
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Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the end of the Carolingian Empire
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I will not tell you of this until I see your little son Bernard with a sword girt to his thigh.
1153:. Sigfred demanded a bribe again, but this time Charles refused. He was in Italy at the time and 979: 971: 924: 829: 770: 731: 727: 621:; the territory it had occupied was not entirely reunited under one ruler until the conquests of 576: 513: 425: 404: 211: 167: 163: 143: 1440: 1080:
and his relationship with his nephew was broken, he gained powerful new allies in the Moravian
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from this point, and from then, he spent most of his reign until 886 in his Italian kingdom.
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Charles the Fat receives the offer of kingship from two West Francian ambassadors (from the
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Usually considered lethargic and ineptβ€”he was frequently ill, and is believed to have had
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After the failure of this first attempt, Charles set about to try again. He had the term
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late in May. He returned to Spoleto and made an alliance with the Saracens. Charles sent
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Though West Francia (the future France) was far less menaced by the Vikings than the
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followed Carloman in revolt and Charles joined him. Carloman received rule over the
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took an oath of fidelity to Charles. Though the emperor lost his vassals of the
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This is the term preferred by scholars for the early phase of what became the
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A seal of Charles the Fat with the inscription KAROLVS MAGS ("Carolus Magnus")
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in October 885, but the pope died on the way there, just after crossing the
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Charles in a 14th-century sandstone relief, flanked by a squire and a knight
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acclaimed (or made himself) king immediately after Charles's deposition.
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Charles eventually abandoned his plans for Bernard and instead adopted
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died and the inheritance was divided as planned after a conference at
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translated by Timothy Reuter, with commentary (subscription needed).
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Paul Edward Dutton. "Charles the Fat's Constitutional Dreams", in
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who had been incapacitated by a stroke. Crowned emperor in 881 by
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Charles was the subject of a hortative piece of Latin prose, the
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as Guy III, was accused of treason at an imperial synod held at
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declared himself king and took the guardianship of the young
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The Empire fell apart, never to be restored. According to
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Chartularium monasterii Casauriensis, ordinis S. Benedicti
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As emperor, Charles began the construction of a palace at
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from 888 until 898. It was the last Carolingian kingdom.
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After returning from Italy, Charles held an assembly at
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seeking peace, but the duke ignored him and invaded the
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Carolus imperator, tertius huius nominis et dignitatis
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In 863, his rebellious eldest brother 1645: 1643: 1563: 1527: 1029:, Charles arranged for a conference at 970:In the early 880s, the remnants of the 5259:(Munich: 1460–1467; Dachau: 1467–1501) 1216:Charles, childless by his marriage to 800:Charter of Charles III, 2 December 882 788:is dated from his inheritance in 876. 633:The nickname "Charles the Fat" (Latin 508:(839 – 13 January 888), also known as 6044:West Francia was in the hands of the 1208:. This was probably Charles the Fat. 1072:, agreed to help Aribo and in 884 at 942:In 883, Charles signed a treaty with 658:His numeral is roughly contemporary. 7: 3747:Debatable or disputed rulers are in 1330:adding citations to reliable sources 1228:, whom he invited to an assembly in 840:in Vienne from August to September. 586:β€”Charles twice purchased peace with 58:adding citations to reliable sources 1923:. 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A member of the 6081: 5805: 5624: 5491: 5195:(1375–1392; Landshut: 1392–1393) 3816: 2515: 2514: 1306: 1192:was known to be powerful in the 1177:and Provence, but especially in 34: 6201:9th-century Holy Roman Emperors 1999:28 August 876 – 20 January 882 1578:SociΓ©tΓ© de l'histoire de France 1317:needs additional citations for 982:in 878, began to settle in the 864:The Empire under Charles in 887 45:needs additional citations for 5283:(Munich: 1465–1505; 1505–1508) 5203:(1375–1392; Munich: 1392–1397) 1776:AF(B), 887 (p. 113 and nn3–4). 1695:AF(B), 883 (p. 107 and nn6–7). 1573:"Les cisterciens et Charles V" 1402:Liutbert (archbishop of Mainz) 1: 5095:(1347–1349; Upper: 1349–1361) 5077:(Upper: 1301–1340; 1340–1347) 4989:(1253–1255; Upper: 1255–1294) 1819:A Dictionary of Saintly Women 1285:as his son at an assembly at 1244:Liutbert, Archbishop of Mainz 594:, which led to his downfall. 6221:9th-century dukes of Bavaria 1873:University of Michigan Press 1372:, illustration from c. 1182) 1298:Deposition, death and legacy 1181:, where he had contact with 1103:Grandes Chroniques de France 575:, thus reuniting the entire 571:in 884, he inherited all of 342:28 August 876 – November 887 292:22 March 880 – November 887 5208:Stephen III the Magnificent 1914:Manchester University Press 896:. 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Carolingian Empire
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Charles II
Guy of Spoleto
King of West Francia
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Carloman II
Odo of France
Ranulf II of Aquitaine
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