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Charles III

1. known as Charles the Fat. 839--888 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (881--887) and, as Charles II, king of France (884--887). He briefly reunited the empire of Charlemagne
2. 1716--88, king of Spain (1759--88), who curbed the power of the Church and tried to modernize his country
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Charles III

 

(known as Charles the Fat). Born in 839; died Jan. 13, 888, in Neidingen. Ruler of the East Frankish and West Frankish kingdoms (876– and December 884–, respectively); king of all the East Franks (881–887).

Charles III was the son of Louis the German. He temporarily unified under his rule the territory of the former empire of Charlemagne. In 887 he was deposed by insurgent feudal lords.

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