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| − | '''Charles the Fat''' (839 - 888) was a great-grandson of [[Charlemagne]]. When he became King of [[Frankia|West Frankia]] in 884 - after already being King of [[Alemannia ]](since 876), King of [[Italy]] (since 879) and western Emperor (as Charles III since 881), he had unified the whole [[Carolingian]] empire - though only for a very short time. The empire was never restored afterwards.<ref> | + | '''Charles the Fat''' (839 - 888) was a great-grandson of [[Charlemagne]]. When he became King of [[Frankia|West Frankia]] in 884 - after already being King of [[Alemannia ]](since 876), King of [[Italy]] (since 879) and western Emperor (as Charles III since 881), he had unified the whole [[Carolingian]] empire - though only for a very short time. The empire was never restored afterwards.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106899/Charles-III</ref> |
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Charles the Fat (839 - 888) was a great-grandson of Charlemagne. When he became King of West Frankia in 884 - after already being King of Alemannia (since 876), King of Italy (since 879) and western Emperor (as Charles III since 881), he had unified the whole Carolingian empire - though only for a very short time. The empire was never restored afterwards.[1]