Robert the Strong
The Parisians and Odo refused to let the Vikings down the Seine and the invaders had to drag their boats overland to the Marne to leave the country. When Charles died in 888, the French elected Odo as their king. Odo's brother, Robert I of France, was later elected king as well, in opposition to the Carolingian Charles the Simple. Throughout the next century, the Robertians, descendants of Robert the Strong, remained leading figures in West Francia and eventually took the throne permanently when Robert I's grandson, Hugh Capet, was elected king in 987.