Karl von der Provence (845-863)
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- Name (English)
- Karl von der Provence
- Short name
- Charles of Provence
- Year of birth
- 845
- Year of death
- 863
- Short Description
- "Charles of Provence or Charles II (845 – 25 January 863) was the Carolingian King of Provence from 855 until his early death in 863.
Charles was the youngest son of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours.
His father divided Middle Francia between his three sons: the eldest, Louis, received Italy and the emperorship; Lothair II received Lotharingia (modern Lorraine, the Low Countries, and Upper Burgundy); and the youngest, Charles, received Lower Burgundy (also known as the Kingdom of Provence).
Charles was only a child when his father died; and the governance of his realm was undertaken by his tutor, Count Gerard II of Vienne, whose wife had been 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." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021) - Entity Encoding
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