Charles 4 (Male) the Bald, king of the Franks, 840-877; emperor, 875-877
e/m ix

Notes: Born 13 June 823.

Factoids by Source

Annals.StBertin: Annals of St Bertin (7)

Recorded Name (1)

Karlus (1)

 Annals.StBertin   

Office (1)

King (1)

 Annals.StBertin   

Personal Relationship (1)

~ Daughter (Consanguineal kinship) of Charles 4 (1)

 Judith 1: of Charles 4: Annals.StBertin  856

Event (4)

Death/dying (1)

 Judith 1.leaving England and returning to Frankia: After the death of her husband, Ęthelbald 13, Judith 1 sold up the possessions which she had acquired in the kingdom of the English, returned to her father. Charles 4, and was kept under his royal and episcopal guardianship, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as, if she could not remain chaste, she might marry ... she then eloped with Count Baldwin 1 and his instigation and with her brother Louis 1's consent. Charles 4 had them both made anathema.: Annals.StBertin  862

Excommunication (1)

 Judith 1.leaving England and returning to Frankia: After the death of her husband, Ęthelbald 13, Judith 1 sold up the possessions which she had acquired in the kingdom of the English, returned to her father. Charles 4, and was kept under his royal and episcopal guardianship, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as, if she could not remain chaste, she might marry ... she then eloped with Count Baldwin 1 and his instigation and with her brother Louis 1's consent. Charles 4 had them both made anathema.: Annals.StBertin  862

Flight (1)

 Judith 1.leaving England and returning to Frankia: After the death of her husband, Ęthelbald 13, Judith 1 sold up the possessions which she had acquired in the kingdom of the English, returned to her father. Charles 4, and was kept under his royal and episcopal guardianship, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as, if she could not remain chaste, she might marry ... she then eloped with Count Baldwin 1 and his instigation and with her brother Louis 1's consent. Charles 4 had them both made anathema.: Annals.StBertin  862

Journey (1)

 Judith 1.leaving England and returning to Frankia: After the death of her husband, Ęthelbald 13, Judith 1 sold up the possessions which she had acquired in the kingdom of the English, returned to her father. Charles 4, and was kept under his royal and episcopal guardianship, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as, if she could not remain chaste, she might marry ... she then eloped with Count Baldwin 1 and his instigation and with her brother Louis 1's consent. Charles 4 had them both made anathema.: Annals.StBertin  862

Lust (1)

 Judith 1.leaving England and returning to Frankia: After the death of her husband, Ęthelbald 13, Judith 1 sold up the possessions which she had acquired in the kingdom of the English, returned to her father. Charles 4, and was kept under his royal and episcopal guardianship, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as, if she could not remain chaste, she might marry ... she then eloped with Count Baldwin 1 and his instigation and with her brother Louis 1's consent. Charles 4 had them both made anathema.: Annals.StBertin  862

Marriage (1)

 Charles 4.permitting Judith 1 and Baldwin 1 to marry: Charles 4, in accordance with the pope's [Leo 1] request, permitted Judith 1 and Baldwin 1 to marry. This he did in Senlis.: Annals.StBertin  863

Meeting (1)

 Charles 4.receiving Ęthelwulf 1: Charles 4 received Ęthelwulf 1 hospitably and honourably: Annals.StBertin  855

Property-giving/selling (1)

 Judith 1.leaving England and returning to Frankia: After the death of her husband, Ęthelbald 13, Judith 1 sold up the possessions which she had acquired in the kingdom of the English, returned to her father. Charles 4, and was kept under his royal and episcopal guardianship, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as, if she could not remain chaste, she might marry ... she then eloped with Count Baldwin 1 and his instigation and with her brother Louis 1's consent. Charles 4 had them both made anathema.: Annals.StBertin  862

Reconciliation (1)

 Charles 4.reconiliation with Judith 1: In response to an appeal from the pope [Nicholas 1], Charles 4 received his daughter Judith 1 back into his good graces.: Annals.StBertin  863

Request (1)

 Charles 4.permitting Judith 1 and Baldwin 1 to marry: Charles 4, in accordance with the pope's [Leo 1] request, permitted Judith 1 and Baldwin 1 to marry. This he did in Senlis.: Annals.StBertin  863

Anon.MiracRicharii: Mircula sancti Richarii (4)

Recorded Name (1)

Carolus (1)

 Anon.MiracRicharii  16

Office (1)

King (1)

 Anon.MiracRicharii  16

Event (1)

Embassy (1)

 Ansleicus 1-Anonymi 1216.legation to Charles the Bald: Ansleicus 1 led a legation of Danes, who were staying in the English regions, to Charles the Bald: Anon.MiracRicharii  16

Factoids linked indirectly to Charles 4 (1)

Status (1)

of Charles 4 (1)

 Ansleicus 1: Anon.MiracRicharii  16

Anon.MiracWandregisili: Mircula sancti Wandregisili (4)

Recorded Name (1)

Carolus (1)

 Anon.MiracWandregisili  25

Personal Information (1)

reputation (1)

 Anon.MiracWandregisili  25 (most eminent)

Office (1)

King (1)

 Anon.MiracWandregisili  25

Event (1)

Mission/mission-sending (1)

 Grippo 1.journey to England: Grippo 1 was sent by Charles 4 on a mission to the king of the English.: Anon.MiracWandregisili  25

ASC: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Base te... (11)

Recorded Name (6)

Carl (2)

 ASC  855 ADG, <856> B, 856 CF(OE)
 ASC  885 AG, 886 CEF(OE)

Carolus (2)

 ASC  856 F(Lat.)
 ASC  886 F(Lat.)

Karl (2)

 ASC  885 AD, <886> B
 ASC  855 E

Office (1)

King (1)

 ASC  855 ADEG, <856> B, 856 CF(OE and Lat.) (King of the Franks)

Personal Relationship (3)

~ Daughter (Consanguineal kinship) of Charles 4 (2)

 Judith 1: of Charles 4: ASC  855 ADEG, <856> B, 856 CF(OE and Lat.)
 Judith 1: of Charles 4: ASC  885 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <886> B, 886 C

Charles 4 Father (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (1)

 of Judith 1: ASC  885 (A)

Event (1)

Marriage (1)

 Charles 4.giving of his daughter (Judith 1) to Ęthelwulf 1: Charles 4 gave his daughter, [sc. Judith 1], to Ęthelwulf 1 as queen.: ASC  855 AG, <856> B, 856 C (856)

Asser.VitAlfredi: Life of Alfred (17)

Recorded Name (4)

Karolus (4)

 Asser.VitAlfredi  11
 Asser.VitAlfredi  13
 Asser.VitAlfredi  68
 Asser.VitAlfredi  70

Office (4)

King (4)

 Asser.VitAlfredi  11 (King of the Franks)
 Asser.VitAlfredi  13
 Asser.VitAlfredi  68 (King of the Franks)
 Asser.VitAlfredi  70 (King of the Franks)

Personal Relationship (8)

~ Brother (Consanguineal kinship) of Charles 4 (1)

 Louis 2: of Charles 4: Asser.VitAlfredi  70

~ Daughter (Consanguineal kinship) of Charles 4 (4)

 Judith 1: of Charles 4: Asser.VitAlfredi  11
 Judith 1: of Charles 4: Asser.VitAlfredi  13
 Judith 1: of Charles 4: Asser.VitAlfredi  17
 Judith 1: of Charles 4: Asser.VitAlfredi  68

Charles 4 Father (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (2)

 of Judith 1: Asser.VitAlfredi  13
 of Judith 1: Asser.VitAlfredi  70

~ Son (Consanguineal kinship) of Charles 4 (1)

 Louis 3: of Charles 4: Asser.VitAlfredi  68

Event (1)

Marriage (1)

 Judith 1.marriage to Ęthelwulf 1: Ęthelwulf 1 received Judith 1 as queen.: Asser.VitAlfredi  68

Ęthelweard.Chron: Chronicle of Ęthelweard (7)

Recorded Name (2)

Karolus (1)

 Ęthelweard.Chron  iii.4 (p. 32)

Karulus medius (1)

 Ęthelweard.Chron  iv.3 (p. 45)

Office (1)

King (1)

 Ęthelweard.Chron  iii.4 (p. 32) (King of the Franks)

Personal Relationship (2)

~ Daughter (Consanguineal kinship) of Charles 4 (2)

 Judith 1: of Charles 4: Ęthelweard.Chron  iii.4 (p. 32)
 Judith 1: of Charles 4: Ęthelweard.Chron  iii.3 (p. 45)

Event (2)

Marriage (2)

 Charles 4.giving of his daughter (Judith 1) to Ęthelwulf 1 in marriage: Charles 4 gave Ęthelwulf 1 his daughter [sc. Judith 1] in marriage.: Ęthelweard.Chron  iii.4 (p. 32) (856)
 Ęthelwulf 1.marrying Judith 1: Ęthelwulf 1 had married a daughter (Judith 1) of Charlemagne 1.: Ęthelweard.Chron  iv.3 (pp. 45-6)