Charles the Bald
823 – 877 · 54 years · Compiègne · Europe
Reign: 843 – 877 (Franks and France)
Under the Treaty of Verdun (843) he received the western part of Charlemagne's empire, from which France grew. He fought Viking raids throughout his reign and was crowned emperor in Rome in 875.
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Portrait: Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Alfred the Great — King of Wessex who held off the Vikings, 26 years younger
- Louis the Pious — Charlemagne's son, under whom his empire began to break up, 45 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Rurik — Varangian prince, founder of the Rurik dynasty, 7 years younger
- Oleg the Wise — prince who united Novgorod and Kiev and campaigned against Constantinople, 22 years younger
Middle East
- Al-Khwarizmi — mathematician and astronomer, 43 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 843 Treaty of Verdun — aged 20, Europe
- 859 Fatima al-Fihri founds al-Qarawiyyin — aged 36, Africa
- c. 862 Calling of the Varangians — aged 39, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 868 The Diamond Sutra is printed — aged 45, Asia