Charles of Laon, Duke of Lower Lorraine

953 - 992  (39 years)

• Name	Charles of Laon
  Birth	953	Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France   [1, 2, 3]
  General Information	Prince Charles was removed from succession to the throne of France by Hugh Capet.   [1, 2, 3]
  Death	21 May 992  [1, 2, 3]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Charles of Laon, Duke of Lower Lorraine,   b. 953, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France d. 21 May 992  (Age 39 years) ▻ Bonne d'Ardennes,  m. Before 979 + 2. Matilda of the West Franks, Princess of France,   b. 943, France d. 26 Jan 981  (Age 38 years) ▻ Conrad I, King of Burgundy,  m. After 964
  Half siblings	2 half sisters (family of Giselbert and Gerberga of Saxony )
  + 1. Gerberga de Hainault et Lorraine,   b. Abt 935 ▻ Albert I, Count of Vermandois et Troyes,  m. Before 954 + 2. Alberade of Lorraine,   b. About 930, Hainault, Belgium d. 15 Mar 973  (Age 43 years) ▻ Renaud, Count of Rheims and Roucy,  m. Between 944 and 947
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Clovis, Frankish King of Cologne   (16 x Great Grandfather)  Waldrada   d. 868, Remiremont, Grand Est, France   (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3210	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Weis (1982) states he died in 994. [2]

  
  

Father	Louis IV, King of France,   b. 10 Sep 920, France d. 10 Sep 954, Rheims, Grand Est, France (Age 34 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Gerberga of Saxony,   b. 913/914, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany d. 5 May 984, Rheims, Grand Est, France (Age 70 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F2513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Bonne d'Ardennes
Marriage	Before 979  [1, 2, 3]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ??.
Children	2 daughters
+   1. Gerberga of Lower Lorraine,   b. About 975   d. After 1017 (Age 43 years) ▻ Lambert I, Count of Louvain and Mons  m. About 990 +   2. Ermengarde of Lorraine,   b. 974   d. 1012 (Age 38 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Adalbert I, Count of Namur  m. 990
Family ID	F2601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	9 Jan 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Charles of Laon, Duke of Lower Lorraine(953 – 992) 2Louis IV, King of France(920 – 954) 4Charles III, King of France(879 – 929) 8Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor(846 – 879) 16Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of France(828 – 877) 17Ermentrude of Orléans(830 – 869) 9Adelaide of Paris(860 – 901) 18Bègue II, Count of Paris( – 861) 19 5Eadgifu(Abt 904 – 951) 10Edward, King of England (875 – 924) 20Alfred, King of England (849 – 901) 21Ealhswith of Mercia(852 – 904) 11Ælfflæd(878 – 920) 22Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire(Abt 859 – 897) 23Æthelgyth of Mercia 3Gerberga of Saxony(913/914 – 984) 6Henry I, Holy Roman Emperor(876 – 936) 12Otto, Duke of Saxony and Count in South Thuringia(845 – 912) 24Ludolph, Duke of Saxony(805 – 864) 25Oda( – 874) 13Hedwige, Princess of Bavaria( – 906) 26Arnulf, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany( – 899) 27Oda of Bavaria 7Saint Mechtilde von Ringelheim(900 – 968) 14Dietrich, Count of Ringelheim(Abt 872 – 917) 28son of the Threkwitigan 29Mathilda, Abbess of Horford 15Reginhilde von Friesland 30Godefrid, King of Haithabu, of Dorestad, and Rustringen 31Gisela of Lorraine( – 907)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 953 - Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).