- Charles (Archbishop of Mainz)
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Charles (825 or 830 – 4 June 863) was the second son of Pepin I of Aquitaine and Engelberga.
He lived at the court of his uncle Lothair until 848, when, hearing of the deposition of his brother, he set out in March 849 with a band of followers to claim the Aquitainian realm. He was captured by Vivian, count of Maine at the Loire and sent to Charles the Bald. He was put in the monastery of Corbie as either a monk or a deacon.
He escaped in 854 to recruit an army to fight for his brother. He had little success and fled to the court of Louis the German, who made him the archbishop of Mainz and archchancellor on 8 March 856. He made a respectable bishop and died on 4 June 863 and was buried in St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz.
Sources
- Dictionnaire de Biographie Française. Roman d'Amat and R. Limousin-Lamothe (ed). Paris, 1967.
Preceded by
Rabanus MaurusArchbishop of Mainz
856–863Succeeded by
LiutbertAncestors of Charles (Archbishop of Mainz) 16. Pepin the Short 8. Charlemagne 17. Bertrada of Laon 4. Louis the Pious 18. Gerold of Vintzgau 9. Hildegarde 19. Emma of Alamannia 2. Pepin I of Aquitaine 20. Rodbert 10. Ingerman of Hesbaye 5. Ermengarde of Hesbaye 11. Hedwig of Bavaria 1. Louis V of France 6. Theodobert of Madrie 3. Ingeltrude of Madrie Begga, the daughter of Pepin I, married Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf of Metz, and was the mother of Pepin II. Pippinids Arnulfings Arnulf of Metz → Clodulf · Martin · Ansegisel → Pepin II, his sons: Drogo, sons:Arnulf · Hugh · Godfrey · PepinGrimoald I, son:Charles Martel, sons:Childebrand, son:Early Carolingians Sons of Charles Martel Carloman, son:Pepin III, sons:Charlemagne, sons:Pepin the Hunchback · Charles the Younger · Pepin · Louis the Pious · Lothair · Drogo · Hugh · TheodericCarloman, son:PepinPepinBernard, sons:Carolingian Empire Sons of Charlemagne Pepin, son:Arnulf of SensLothair I, sons:Pepin I, son:Carloman → Arnulf → Louis the Child · Ratold · Zwentibold
Louis the Younger → Louis · Hugh
Charles the Fat → BernardLouis the Stammerer → Louis III · Carloman · Charles the Simple
Charles the Child
Carloman
Lothair the Lame · Drogo · Pepin · CharlesWest Francia West Francia was in the hands of the Robertians from 888 until 898. It was the last Carolingian kingdom. Charles the Simple, sons:Louis IV, sons:Lothair IV, sons:Charles of Lorraine, sons:Categories:- Franks
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- Archbishops of Mainz
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- Burials at St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz
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