Charles the Fat!

On my morning walk on the wild, wild internet i googled over a historical person called Charles the Fat. He might be known to all of you, but I have never heard of him before. He looks very cool indeed.

Charles the Fat (in French: Charles le Gros), in German: Karl der Dicke) (13 June 839 – January 13, 888) was the king of East Franks, king of Italy, king of France and, as Charles III, Holy Roman Emperor. Granted lordship over Alemannia in 876, he became King of Italy in 879 upon the abdication of his older brother Carloman. Crowned Emperor in 881, his succession to the territories of his brother Louis the Younger the following year reunited the entire Kingdom of the East Franks (Germany). Upon the death of Carloman, the King of the West Franks (France), on December 12, 884, he achieved that throne as well, thus reviving, if only briefly, the entire Carolingian Empire, aside from Provence, which was in rebellion under Boso.

Lethargic and inept — he is known to have had repeated illnesses which are believed to have been epilepsy — he conducted several unsuccessful expeditions in Italy against Saracen incursions, and purchased peace with Viking raiders at the siege of Paris in 886.



Hell the vikings!