48th Generation (Continued)
Family of Edward the Elder King of England (365) & Eadgifu\Edgiva of Kent

389. Ogive Of France, 34G Grandmother, F. Born abt 0904 in Wessex, England. Ogive Of died aft 0951, she was 47.

abt 0905 when Ogive Of was 1, she married Charles III "The Simple" King Of France (311) , 34G Grandfather, M, son of Louis II "The Stammerer" King Of France (278), M (1 Nov 0843-10 Apr 0879) & Ansgarde Princess Of Burgundy, F (abt 0844-aft 2 Nov 0879), in England. Born on 17 Sep 0879 in France. Charles III "The Simple" King Of died in Pberonne, Austrasia on 7 Oct 0929, he was 50. Buried in St Fursi, Pberonne, Austrasia.

byname CHARLES THE SIMPLE, French CHARLES LE SIMPLE, king of France (893-922), whose authority came to be accepted by Lorraine and who settled the Northmen in Normandy but who became the first Carolingian ruler of the western kingdom to lose his crown.
The posthumous son of Louis II the Stammerer, Charles was too young to assume the throne on the death of his half-brother, Carloman, in 884 or that of his cousin, Charles the Fat, in 888. On Jan. 28, 893, however, he was crowned king by Fulk, archbishop of Reims; and, although he renounced his rights after civil war in 897, the death of King Eudes in the following year brought him general recognition as king.

Charles was strongly under the influence of Robert, brother of the dead Eudes. It was Robert's victory against the Northmen at Chartres in 911 which paved the way for the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte later that year, by which Charles ceded territory, in the area later known as Normandy, to the Viking leader Rollo and his men; in return, Rollo became a Christian and Charles's vassal. The Normans who had such an impact on Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries were the final product of this settlement.

In 911 also, the magnates of Lorraine (Lotharingia) accepted the authority of Charles on the death of the last Carolingian king of the East Franks, Louis the Child. Charles's preoccupation with Lotharingian affairs and councillors alienated the nobles of Neustria, however, and in 922 they elected Robert king. Charles killed Robert in battle in 923 but was soon taken prisoner by Herbert, count of Vermandois, who used him for his own gain against Rudolf, Robert's son-in-law and the new king.

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They had one child:
341 i. Louis IV "Transmarinus" King Of, M (0921-0954)

390. Edmund I "The Magnificent" King Of England, 33G Grandfather, M. Born abt 0922 in Wessex, England. Edmund I "The Magnificent" King Of died in England on 26 May 0946, he was 24.

Saxon king of the English (939-946), the son of King Edward the Elder. He participated in the Battle of Brunanburh in 937 and succeeded his half brother Athelstan as king in 939. The following year Olaf Godfreyson, a Viking ruler of Dublin, seized the territory of Northumbria in northern England and extended his rule as far south as Leicester. After Olaf's death in 941, Edmund made war on the Vikings, expelling them from the country three years later. In 945 Edmund occupied the kingdom of Strathclyde, west of Northumbria, and turned it over to his ally Malcolm I MacDonald, king of Scotland. The following year Edmund was stabbed to death by a robber and was succeeded by his brother Edred (reigned 946-955). Edmund was known as a legal reformer, especially for his restrictions on the blood feud.

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Edmund I "The Magnificent" King Of married Elgiva Queen Of England, 33G Grandmother, F. Born abt 0922 in Wessex, England. Elgiva Queen Of died in 0944, she was 22.

They had one child:
408 i. Edgar the Peaceful King of, M (0943-0975)

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