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Facts

Also Known As Karl der Dicke • Charles le Gros • Charles the Fat
Born 839 • Bavaria? • Germany
Died January 13, 888 (aged 49) • Germany
Title / Office emperor (881-887), Holy Roman Empire
House / Dynasty Carolingian dynasty
Notable Family Members father Louis II • brother Carloman

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Charles III the Fat, seal, c. 9th century; in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
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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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Arnulf
Holy Roman emperor
Lothar I
Lothar I
Holy Roman emperor
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Charles II
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis II
emperor of Franks
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Einhard
Frankish historian
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Saint Wala
Frankish count
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Nithard
Frankish historian
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Carloman
king of the Franks [751-771]
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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
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Bohemian military commander
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Holy Roman emperor
Portrait painting of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, wearing a black and red military coat with medals and a sash, with St. Peter's Basilica visible in the background.
Joseph II
Holy Roman emperor

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