Individual Details
Charles (Loth) CAROLINGIAN
(845 - 24 Jun 863)
His father divided his realm of the Middle Franks (Lotharingia) between his three sons: the eldest, Louis, received Italy and the emperorship; Lothair II received Lotharingia (modern Lorraine and the Low Countries); and the youngest, Charles, received Upper Burgundy and Lower Burgundy (Arles and Provence).
Charles was only a child when his father died; accordingly, the governance of his realm was undertaken by his tutor, Count Gerard II of Vienne, whose wife was a sister-in-law of Emperor Lothar I. Gerard was a vigorous regent, defending the kingdom from the Northmen, who raided up the Rhone as far as Valence. In 860, he ejected them from the Rhone delta.
Charles of Provence never ruled his realm in anything more but name. It was Gerard, rather than he, who in 858 arranged that should he die without children, Provence would revert to Charles' brother Lothair II. When Charles died, however, his other brother Emperor Louis II also claimed Provence, and the realm was divided between the two (Lothair received the bishoprics of Lyon, Vienne and Grenoble, to be governed by Gerard; Louis II received Arles, Aix and Embrun).
Charles was only a child when his father died; accordingly, the governance of his realm was undertaken by his tutor, Count Gerard II of Vienne, whose wife was a sister-in-law of Emperor Lothar I. Gerard was a vigorous regent, defending the kingdom from the Northmen, who raided up the Rhone as far as Valence. In 860, he ejected them from the Rhone delta.
Charles of Provence never ruled his realm in anything more but name. It was Gerard, rather than he, who in 858 arranged that should he die without children, Provence would revert to Charles' brother Lothair II. When Charles died, however, his other brother Emperor Louis II also claimed Provence, and the realm was divided between the two (Lothair received the bishoprics of Lyon, Vienne and Grenoble, to be governed by Gerard; Louis II received Arles, Aix and Embrun).
Events
| Birth | 845 | Alsace-Lorraine, France | |||
| Death | 24 Jun 863 |
Families
| Father | Lothaire I CAROLINGIAN (795 - 855) |
| Mother | Ermengarde DE TOURS (800 - 851) |
| Sibling | Louis II CAROLINGIAN Emperor West (825 - 875) |
| Sibling | Helletrude CAROLINGIAN |
| Sibling | Ermengarde CAROLINGIAN (832 - ) |
| Sibling | Rotrud "D'Italia" CAROLINGIAN |
| Sibling | Gisle CAROLINGIAN (834 - 861) |
| Sibling | Lothaire II "De Lorraine" CAROLINGIAN (835 - 869) |