Charles the Fat

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Charles the Fat (13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876, King of Italy from 879, Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles III) from 881, King of East Francia from 882, and King of West Francia from 884. He lost control of East Francia, Lotharingia, and possibly Italy in 887. He died a few weeks later in January 888.

Charles The Fat Media

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  Charter of Charles III, 2 December 882.

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  The Empire under Charles in 887.

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  Charles in a 14th-century sandstone relief, flanked by a squire and a knight.

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  Charles the Fat receives the offer of kingship from two West Francian ambassadors (from the Grandes Chroniques de France, illustration from c. 1375–1379).

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  Charles the Fat in the Chartularium monasterii Casauriensis, ordinis S. Benedicti. (San Clemente a Casauria, illustration from c. 1182)