Charles II The Bald Holy Roman Emperor, King of West Franks [2829] ²⁴

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Emperor 875.
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Holy Roman Emperor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor> (875 -877 ) and King of West Francia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Francia> (840 -877), was the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious>, by his second wife Judith <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith%2C_daughter_of_Welf>.


Another split and rejoining in our ancestors.

This split came after Henry Norreys, 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote, (b. Ab t. 1525) and joined again with Louis I the Pious of Aquitaine, King of Fra nce (b. Aug 778). Louis I was the son of Charlemagne. Or I should s ay it the other way around? The split came after Louis I and joined aga in with Henry.


Henry Norreys' father Henry Norreys, Sir Knight (b. Abt. 1491) is a descen dant of Louis I the Pious of Aquitaine, King of France through his son CHA RLES II THE BALD KING WEST3 FRANKS, (b. 13 Jun 823) (24 generations)

HENRY27, HENRY26, EDWARD25 NORRIS, SIR, JANE24 DE VERE, ROBERT23, ALICE 22 SERGEAUX, C. OXFORD, PHILLIPPA21 FITZALAN, RICHARD "COPPED HAT"20, EDMU ND19, RICHARD18, JOHN17, JOHN16, ISABELLA15 D'AUBIGNY, WILLIAM14, WILLIAM1 3, ADELIZA OF12 LOUVAIN, QUEEN OF ENGLAND, GODFREY11 BARBUTUS, THE BEARD ED OF LOUVAINE, DUKE, HENRY II OF10 BRABANT, LAMBERT II OF9, GERBEGA OF 8, DUKE OF UPPER LORRAINE7 CHARLES, LOUIS IV6 D'OUTRE-MER, KING OF FRANC E, CHARLES III THE SIMPLE OF5 FRANCE, KING OF FRANCE, LOUIS II THE STAMMER ER OF4, CHARLES II THE BALD KING WEST3 FRANKS, LOUIS I THE PIOUS OF7 AQUIT AINE, KING OF FRANCE, CHARLEMAGNE EMPEROR OF THE6 WEST, KING OF FRANK, PEP IN III "THE SHORT" OF THE5 FRANKS, KING OF F., CHARLES4 MARTEL, "THE HAMME R" OF FRANKS, PEPIN II3 D'HERISTAL, OF AUSTRASIA, (ANSEGISEL)2 ANCHISES, A RNOLD (ST. ARNULF) OF1 METZ, BISHOP OF METZ)

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Henry Norreys' mother MARY DE FIENNES (b. Abt. 1495) daughter of Thomas (L ord Dacre of the South) Fiennes, is a descendant of Louis I the Pious of A quitaine, King of France through his daughter GISELA (b. Abt. 819) that ma rried Eberhard of Friuli, Count of Friuli. (22 generations)

HENRY30, MARY29 DE FIENNES, ANNE28 BOURCHIER, B. DACRE OF THE SOUTH, HUMPH REY27, JOHN26, ANNE25 PLANTAGENET, THOMAS24, EDWARD III23, EDWARD II22, ED WARD I LONGSHANKS21, HENRY III20, JOHN I LACKLAND19, FITZEMPRESS HENRY II 18 CURTMANTLE, KING OF ENGLAND, MATILDA THE EMPRESS OF17 NORMANDY, QUE EN OF ENG., MATILDA (EDITH) OF16 SCOTLAND, MARGARET (ST.) THE EXILE15 ATHE LING, AGATHA14, LUDOLPHE OF13 SAXONY, MARGRAVE OF SAXONY, BRUNON II OF1 2, BRUNON I OF11 BRUNSWICK, COUNT OF BRUNSWICK, JUDITH OF10 BAVARIA, JUDI TH OF9 FIULI, GISELA8, LOUIS I THE PIOUS OF7 AQUITAINE, KING OF FRANCE, CH ARLEMAGNE EMPEROR OF THE6 WEST, KING OF FRANK, PEPIN III "THE SHORT" OF TH E5 FRANKS, KING OF F., CHARLES4 MARTEL, "THE HAMMER" OF FRANKS, PEPIN I I3 D'HERISTAL, OF AUSTRASIA, (ANSEGISEL)2 ANCHISES, ARNOLD (ST. ARNULF) O F1 METZ, BISHOP OF METZ died 16 Aug 641)

http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps04/ps04_492.htm

Son of the emperor Louis I the Pious and his second wife, Judith, Charles was the unwitting cause of violent discord when, in 829, he was granted lands by his father; Louis's action precipitated a series of civil wars, lasting until 838, in which the three sons of his first marriage, Lothair I, Louis (the German), and Pepin, strove to maintain or to increase the rights that they had been guaranteed by the succession settlement of 817, the Ordinatio imperii. Pepin died in 838, but after the death of Louis I in 840 the civil war resumed and continued until Louis the German joined with Charles to force Lothair to accept the Treaty of Verdun in 843, by which Charles received all the lands west of a line roughly following the Scheldt, the Meuse, the Saône, the eastern mountains of the Massif Central, and the lower reaches of the Rhône, and Louis the German and Lothair received respectively the lands of the East Franks (Germany) and the middle kingdom, lying between the other two.

Until 864 Charles's political situation was precarious because few vassals were loyal to him. His lands suffered from raids by Northmen, who left only after receiving bribes; he was defeated by the Bretons and, in 858, faced an invasion by Louis the German. Yet he succeeded in gaining control of Aquitaine after the capture of Pepin's son in 864; and, by the Treaty of Meersen (870) with Louis the German, he received western Lorraine.

When Lothair's son, the emperor Louis II, died in 875, Charles went to Italy and was crowned emperor on December 25 by Pope John VIII. In 876, after the death of Louis the German, Charles invaded Louis's possessions but was defeated at Andernach by Louis's son, Louis the Younger. Charles's death in the next year occurred when another son of Louis the German, Carloman, was marching against him and when his own major vassals were in revolt.

During Charles's reign some of the splendours of the Carolingian renaissance were revived, and his close collaboration with the church enhanced his prestige and authority.


Charles II, Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (present-day France), died while crossing the pass at Mont Cenis 5 or 6 October 877 and was succeeded by his son, Louis the Stammerer. A man of culture, he was forced to spend his reign at war - against the Bretons, the people of Aquitaine, and the Norman (Viking) raiders. Charles II reigned 840-877. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 49-16 gives his birth year as 828 and his second wife as Richaut, dau. of Budwine, Count of Metz.

References: [AR7],[WallopFH],[Moncreiffe],[RFC],[Weis1]

Charles married Ermentrude of Orléans Queen of the Franks [3626] [MRIN: 1034], daughter of Odo I (Vodon) of Orleans Earl of Orleans [5100] and Engeltrude [5101], on 14 Dec 842 in Crecy, France. (Ermentrude of Orléans Queen of the Franks [3626] was born on 27 Sep 823 in Orleans, Loiret, France, died on 6 Oct 869 in St. Denis, Paris, France and was buried in Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France..)

Charles next married Richilde (Richildis) of Provence Queen of the West Franks [3636] [MRIN: 1035], daughter of Buwin of Autun Count Buwin [6162] and Richilde de Arles [6163], in 869. (Richilde (Richildis) of Provence Queen of the West Franks [3636] was born about 845 and died on 2 Jun 910.)