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Also Known As Charles the Bald • Karl der Kahle • Charles le Chauve
Born June 13, 823
Died October 6, 877 (aged 54) • France
Title / Office emperor (875-877), Holy Roman Empire • king (843-877), Francia Occidentalis
Notable Family Members father Louis I • son Louis II
Role In Treaty of Verdun
Lothar I
Lothar I
Holy Roman emperor
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Illuminated manuscript portrait of Louis the Pious as a Christian Roman emperor, holding a staff and shield, with Latin text arranged around and over the figure.
Louis I
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis II
king of the East Franks
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Arnulf
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis II
emperor of Franks
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Hugh the Great
duke of the Franks
Charles III the Fat, seal, c. 9th century; in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
Charles III
Holy Roman emperor
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Saint Wala
Frankish count
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Louis III
king of France
Louis II, engraving
Louis II
king of France
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Eudes
king of Franks
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Carloman
king of France [died 884]
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Anton Fugger
German merchant
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Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Medieval manuscript miniature showing Frederick I as a crowned crusader holding an orb and scepter, with Henry of Schaftlarn kneeling and presenting a book to him.
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor

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