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Also Known As Charles le Simple • Charles the Simple
Born September 17, 879
Died October 7, 929 (aged 50) • Péronne • France
Title / Office king (893-922), Francia Occidentalis
House / Dynasty Carolingian dynasty
Notable Family Members son Louis IV
Eudes
king of Franks
Fulk, Archbishop of Reims
archbishop of Reims
Charles II
Holy Roman emperor
Hugh the Great
duke of the Franks
Louis III
king of France
Louis II, engraving
Louis II
king of France
Carloman
king of France [died 884]
François-Ambroise Didot
French printer and typesetter
Jules-Clément Chaplain
French artist
Pierre Didot
French printer and typesetter
François Didot
French printer and bookseller
Jean de Brunhoff
French author
Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Catherine Arnauld
French nun
Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Charles Couperin
French composer
Jacques Anquetil
French cyclist
Caresse Crosby
French poet and publisher
Nicolas-Sébastien Adam
French sculptor
Bernard Chauvelin
French lawyer

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