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• Title: Duke of Lower Lorraine and Brabant Carolingan

Family/Spouse: Comtesse Bonne Adelaide de Ardenness. Bonne (daughter of Godefroy le Vieux d'Ardennes and Mathilde von Sachsen) was born in 963 in Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 18 Oct 1047 in Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wigerius Courcy de Neville was born in 952 in Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 1030 in Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

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• Name: the Simple
• _MILT: After Vikings besieged Paris and Chartres, Charles negotiated a treaty with them which granted Rollo and his soldiers all land between the river Epte and the sea "in freehold and good money."

Notes:

Buried:
(Abbey of Saint-Fursy)

Died:
Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne and died in prison

Charles married Eadgifu Edgiva of Wessex in 919 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France. Eadgifu (daughter of King of the Anglo-Saxons Edward of Wessex, the Elder and Ælfflæd of England) was born in 896 in Kent, England; died on 25 Aug 968 in Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadgifu_of_England

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• Notable Quote: a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Stammerer
• Name: the Stammerer
• _MILT: His final act was to march against the Vikings who were then the scourge of Europe

Notes:

Buried:
Compiègne Abbey

Died:
He fell ill and died not long after beginning his final campaign

Louis married Adelaide de FranceParis, Île-de-France, France. Adelaide (daughter of Margrave in Neustria Rupert the Strong and Adbelahide de Tours) was born in 850 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 10 Nov 901 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Lawrence Hood
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder
• Religion: Edward reorganized the Church in Wessex, creating new bishoprics. Despite this, there is little indication that Edward was particularly religious. In fact, the Pope delivered a reprimand to him to pay more attention to his religious duties
• _MILT: He died leading an army against a Welsh-Mercian rebellion.

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Buried:
(Winchester Cathedral)

Edward married Ælfflæd of England in 905 in England. Ælfflæd was born in 878 in England; died in 920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Notes:

Married:
Wessex, England

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• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Bald
• Name: the Bald

Notes:

Died:
died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bains

Charles married Ermentrude d'Orleans in 842 in Crécy, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France. Ermentrude (daughter of Count of Orleans Eudes Vodon de Orleans, II and Engletrude de Paris) was born on 27 Sep 823 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 6 Oct 869 in Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
(Neustria)

Buried:
L'Abbaye de St Denis

Died:
St Denis

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lay abbot of the influential abbey St. Martin at Tours
• _MILT: 866; Robert was killed at the Battle of Brissarthe while, unsurprisingly, defending Francia against a joint Breton-Viking raiding party, led by Salomon, King of Brittany, and the Viking chieftain Hastein

Rupert married Adbelahide de Tours. Adbelahide (daughter of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis Carolingian, I and Holy Roman Empress Ermengarde de Hesbaye) was born in 824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; died in 866 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _ORDI: 89th great granddaughter of Adam and Eve

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: As a child Alfred won a prize of a volume of poetry in English
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great
• Name: the Great
• Religion: The Anglican Communion venerates him. For Alfred, the key to the kingdom's spiritual revival was to appoint pious, learned, and trustworthy bishops and abbots. He saw himself as responsible for both the temporal and spiritual welfare of his subjects
• _MILT: Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by his death had become the dominant ruler in England

Notes:

Buried:
(Winchester Cathedral)

Alfred married Queen of England Wessex Ealhswyth of Mercia, I in 868. Ealhswyth (daughter of Ethelred Gainai and Eadburh Fadburn) was born in 842 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England; died on 5 Dec 905 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealhswith
• Name: Ealswitha of the Gain

Notes:

Died:
buried in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire