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Charles the Bald ‡
Birth:	823 Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Death:	877 Avrieux, France
Father:	Louis the Pious (778-840)
Mother:	Judith of Bavaria (795-843)
Titles:	King of Aquitaine King of Italy King of West Francia Holy Roman Emperor
Spouse / partner:	Ermentrude d'Orléans (830-869)
Wedding:	842
Spouse / partner (2):	Richildis de Provence (c845-910)
Wedding (2):	870
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Articles English: Charles the Bald Francais: Charles II le Chauve Deutsch: Karl der Kahle Nederlands: Karel de Kale

Charles the Bald Carolingian, King of Aquitaine, King of Italy, King of West Francia, Holy Roman Emperor, was born 823 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany to Louis the Pious (778-840) and Judith of Bavaria (795-843) and died 877 Avrieux, France of unspecified causes. He married Ermentrude d'Orléans (830-869) 842 ^JL . He married Richildis de Provence (c845-910) 870 ^JL . Charlemagne (747-814)/s.

Children

Offspring of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude d'Orléans (830-869)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Judith (844-870)	844	870	Æthelwulf of Wessex (c795-858) Æthelbald of Wessex (-860) Æthelwulf of Wessex (c795-858) Æthelbald of Wessex (-860) Baldwin I of Flanders (c835-879)
Louis the Stammerer (846-879)	1 November 846	10 April 879	Ansgarde of Burgundy (826-c881) Ansgarde of Burgundy (826-c881) Adelaide de Frioul (850-901)
Charles the Child (847-866)	847	29 September 866
Lothar (848-865)	848	865
Carloman (849-876)	849	876
Rotrud (852-912)	852	912
Ermentrud (854-877)	854	877
Hildegard (856-?)	856
Gisela (857-874)	852	874

Offspring of Charles the Bald and Richildis de Provence (c845-910)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Rothilde (871-929)	871	929	Hugues of Brugues (?-892) Hugues of Brugues (?-892) Roger du Maine (c860-900)
Drogo (872-873)	872	873
Pippin (873-874)	873	874
Unknown (875-875)	875	875
Charles (876-877)	876	877

Some sources add a 6th daughter with Ermentrude, Godehilde (864-907), who may have married a count of Maine.

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http://www.familyorigins.com/users/b/l/o/David-A-Blocher-WA/FAMO2-0001/d72058.htm#P72058 - gives Drogo and Pippin to Ermintrude, omits "NN", and adds Hersent, i.e. Hersinde (?-aft916), who marries Regnier I de Hainaut (c850-915) and has lots of descendants; Blocher says "Hersent is reported as a daughter of Charles II in Weis (Line 155-17)". http://www.ffish.com/family_tree/Descendants_Charlemagne/D1.htm#i2044 http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal02564 - gives Drogo and Pippin to Ermintrude http://thepeerage.com/p10263.htm#i102622 http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/l1/LANG=engl/INDEX=I200519 http://gw5.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=tondhwr&lang=en;p=karel;n=der+franken;oc=1 http://webcousin.com/getperson.php?personID=I26916&tree=webcousin

Robin Patterson, rtol