Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian
Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine and Richgard Unknown Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress, Queen Consort East Francia, Queen Consort West Francia, Queen Consort Aquitaine. He the son of Louis "German" II King East Francia and Hemma Welf Queen Consort East Francia.
In or before 828 [his father] Louis "German" II King East Francia [aged 23] and [his mother] Hemma Welf Queen Consort East Francia [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort East Francia. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine and the Franks [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine.
On 13th June 839 Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine was born to Louis "German" II King East Francia [aged 35] and Hemma Welf Queen Consort East Francia [aged 36].
Around 870 [his son] Bernard Carolingian was born to Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine [aged 30].
In 876 [his mother] Hemma Welf Queen Consort East Francia [aged 73] died.
In 876 [his father] Louis "German" II King East Francia [aged 72] died. His son [his brother] Carloman [aged 47] succeeded King Bavaria.
On 28th August 876 [his brother] Louis "Younger" King Saxony King Bavaria [aged 41] succeeded King Saxony. Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine [aged 37] succeeded King East Francia.
On 22nd March 880 [his brother] Carloman King Bavaria [aged 51] died.
On 12th February 881 Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine [aged 41] succeeded Holy Roman Emperor.
Assers Life of Alfred 884. 884. 70. Charles, King of the Alemanni.155 In that same year also, Charles [aged 44], King of the Alemanni, received with universal consent the kingdom of the West Franks, and all the kingdoms which lie between the Tyrrhene Sea and that gulf156 situated between the Old Saxons and the Gauls, with the exception of the kingdom of Armorica.157 This Charles was the son of King Louis158, who was brother of Charles, King of the Franks, father of Judith, the aforesaid queen; these two brothers were sons of Louis159, Louis being the son of Charlemagne, son of Pepin.
Note 155. Mainly from the Chronicle.
Note 156. The North Sea.
Note 157. Brittany.
Note 158. Louis the German.
Note 159. Louis the Pious.
On 12th December 884 Carloman II King West Francia [aged 18] died. His half first cousin once removed Charles [aged 45] succeeded III King West Francia, King Aquitaine.
On 13th January 888 Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine [aged 48] died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 887. This year the army advanced beyond the bridge at Paris;38 and then upwards, along the Seine, to the Marne. Then upwards on the Marne as far as Chezy; and in their two stations, there and on the Yonne, they abode two winters. This same year died Charles, king of the Franks [aged 47]. [his nephew] Arnulf, his brother's son, had six weeks before his death bereft him of his kingdom; which was now divided into five portions, and five kings were consecrated thereto. This, however, was done with the consent of Arnulf; and they agreed that they should hold in subjection to him; because none of them had by birth any claim on the father's side, except him alone. Arnulf, therefore, dwelt in the country eastward of the Rhine; Rodulf took to the middle district; Oda to the western; whilst Berenger and Witha became masters of Lombardy and the Cisalpine territory. But they held their dominion in great discord; fought two general battles, and frequently overran the country in partial encounters, displacing each other several times. The same year also, in which the Danish army advanced beyond the bridge at Paris, Alderman Ethelhelm led the alms of the West-Saxons and of King Alfred to Rome.
Note 38. This bridge was built, or rebuilt on a larger plan than before, by Charles the Bald, in the year 861, "to prevent the Danes or Normans (says Felibien) from making themselves masters of Paris so easily as they had already done so many times," etc.—"pour empescher que les Normans ne se rendissent maistres de Paris aussi facilement qu'ils l'avoient deja fait tant de lois," etc.—Vol. i. p. 91, folio. It is supposed to be the famous bridge afterwards called "grand pont" or "pont au change",—the most ancient bridge at Paris, and the only one which existed at this time.
Kings France: Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor -2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandfather: Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine and the Franks son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress
father: Louis "German" II King East Francia Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sigramnus Count of Hesbaye
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sigram of Hesbaye
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lambert Count of Hesbaye
Great x 3 Grandmother: Landrada of Hesbaye
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ingerman Count of Hesbaye
Grandmother: Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine
Charles "Fat" King East Francia Holy Roman Emperor III King West Francia King Aquitaine Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandfather: Welf
mother: Hemma Welf Queen Consort East Francia
Great x 1 Grandfather: Isambart "The Saxon" Saxony
Grandmother: Hedwig Saxony