Charles the Fat
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire (839-888) (r. 881-887)
- Fame58.6
- Momentum0.0
- Historical Figures rank#198
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- Fame58.6
- Momentum0.0
- Historical Figures rank#198
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Lived 839–888, aged 49Germany
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Updated 2026-06-08
He reassembled Charlemagne's empire for three years — the last man to hold it whole — then paid off Vikings at Paris and got overthrown by his nephew. The realm split into five kingdoms the moment he died and stayed broken for nine centuries.
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Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and a great-grandson of Charlemagne, granted Alamannia in 876 when East Francia was carved up. He took Italy after his brother Carloman had a stroke and abdicated, then got crowned emperor by Pope John VIII in 881. When his brother Louis the Younger died the next year, Charles reunited East Francia; when his cousin Carloman II died in 884, he inherited West Francia too — the whole Carolingian map back under one man. Frequently ill and likely epileptic, he twice bought peace with Viking raiders instead of fighting, most notoriously at the Siege o…
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