harles III, the Simple (879-929), King of
France, posthumous son of Louis II. When his brother Carloman
died Charles was too young to reign, and Eudes or Odo, Count of
Paris, usurped the French crown. But Charles was nevertheless
crowned at Rheims in 893, and after the death of Eudes became
actual king over the whole of France. The most important event of
his reign is the peace he concluded with the Normans in 911, by
which he ceded to their chief the lower valley of the Seine - i.e.
Normandy - as a hereditary dukedom. [World Wide Illustrated
Encyclopedia, 1935]
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