Charles the Fat
Charles III (13 June 839 – 13 January 888), also known as Charles the Fat, was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 888.
A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne.
He was the last Carolingian emperor of legitimate birth and the last to rule over all the realms of the Franks.
Over his lifetime, Charles became ruler of the various kingdoms of Charlemagne's former empire.
Granted lordship over Alamannia in 876, following the division of East Francia, he succeeded to the Italian throne upon the abdication of his older brother Carloman of Bavaria who had been incapacitated by a stroke.
Crowned Emperor in 881 by Pope John VIII, his succession to the territories of his brother Louis the Younger (Saxony and Bavaria)
the following year reunited the kingdom of East Francia.
Upon the death of his cousin Carloman II in 884, he inherited all of West Francia, thus reuniting the entire Carolingian Empire.
Usually considered lethargic and inept—he is known to have had repeated illnesses and is believed to have suffered from epilepsy—he twice purchased peace with Viking raiders, including at the infamous Siege of Paris (885–886) which led to his downfall.
The reunited empire did not last.
During a coup led by his nephew Arnulf of Carinthia in November 887, Charles was deposed in East Francia, Lotharingia, and Kingdom of Italy.
Forced into quiet retirement, he died of natural causes in January 888, just a few weeks after his deposition.
The Empire quickly fell apart after his death, splintering into five separate successor kingdoms; the territory it had occupied was not entirely reunited under one ruler until the conquests of Napoleon.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Louis the German
Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843876 AD.
Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the Pious, emperor of Francia, and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, he received the appellation "Germanicus" shortly after his death in recognition of Magna Germania of the Roman Empire, reflecting the Carolingian's assertions that they were the rightful descendants of the Roman Empire.
After protracted clashes with his father and his brothers, Louis received the East Frankish Empire in the 843 Treaty of Verdun.
His attempts to conquer the West Frankish Empire of his half-brother Charles the Bald in 858–59 were unsuccessful.
The 860s were marked by a severe crisis, with the East Frankish rebellions of the sons, as well as struggles to maintain supremacy over his realm.
In the Treaty of Meerssen he acquired Lotharingia for the East Frankish Empire in 870.
On the other hand, he tried and failed to claim both the title of Emperor and Italy.
In the East, Louis was able to reach a longer-term peace agreement in 874 after decades of conflict with the Moravians.
Due to a decline in the written form in administration and government, Louis' reign predates Ottonian times.
Liutbert (archbishop of Mainz)
Liutbert( or Ludbert)( died 889) was the Archbishop of Mainz from 863 until his death.
He also became Abbot of Ellwangen in 874 and is reckoned the first Archchancellor of Germany.
He was one of the major organisers – along with Henry of Franconia – of the vigorous and successful defence of East Francia against Viking attack during his last decade.
In 870, Liutbert became the archchaplain of Louis the German until 876 and thereafter of Louis the Younger until the latter's death in 882.
Under Charles the Fat, however, he did not retain this position, rather it was preserved for Liutward of Vercelli.
Liutbert did not accept his lack of position at court initially; he had himself referred to as" archchaplain," though he was not, in an 882 document of Weissenburg, another abbey of which he was abbot.
The" Annales Fuldenses", from about the 860s, was being written in the circle of Liutbert and after 882 until 887( the so- called" Mainz continuation") under his supervision.
Because of the demotion he had suffered after the accession of Charles the Fat to all East Francia in 882, Liubert was a partisan opponent of the emperor's.
It has even been suggested that the Mainz" Annales"' depiction of Liutbert and Liutward bears resemblance to the figures of Mordecai and Haman in the Book of Esther.
Liutbert was also an opponent of Charles' plan to make his heir his bastard son Bernard.
In 871, the Moravians rebelled against Frankish overlordship and the Sorbs along the Elbe followed suit.
An army under Liutbert's command defeated them at Waldaha( Vltava or Moldau).
In 883, when Vikings sailed up the Rhine and took a great deal of plunder, Liutbert met them with a small force and retrieved their booty.
He also rebuilt Cologne, which they had damaged.
In late 884, the Vikings attacked West Francia and wintered in Hesbaye.
Early in 885, in a campaign organised by Charles the Fat, Liutbert and Henry of Franconia surprised the Vikings and set them to flight.
Early in 887, Charles the Fat was forced to dismiss his chaplain and chancellor Liutward and replace him with Liutbert at the behest of the Alemannians.
After regaining his high post, Liutbert's attitude toward the emperor significantly improved and he was able to draw more imperial largesse to Franconia.
King Charles the Martyr
King Charles the Martyr, or Charles, King and Martyr, is a title of Charles I, who was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 until his execution on 30 January 1649.
The title was used by high church Anglicans who regarded Charles's execution as a martyrdom.
His feast day in the Anglican calendar of saints is 30 January, the anniversary of his execution in 1649.
The cult of Charles the Martyr was popular with Tories.
The observance was one of several" state services" removed in 1859 from the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England and the Church of Ireland.
There remain some churches and parishes dedicated to Charles the Martyr, and his cult is maintained by some Anglo- Catholic societies, including the Society of King Charles the Martyr founded in 1894.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
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What is Dreaming?,
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What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Harry Wainwright (footballer)
Harry Wainwright( born 1899; date of death unknown) was an English footballer.
Charles the Child
Charles the Child( Latin" Karolus puer", from the" Annales Bertiniani"; 847/848, Frankfurt am Main – 29 September 866, Buzançais) was the King of Aquitaine from October 855 until his death in 866.
He was the second son of Charles the Bald and brother of Louis the Stammerer.
The younger Charles was appointed by his father, who had previously ruled as King of Aquitaine himself from 838, as a sop to Aquitainian separatism.
The Aquitainians had previously rebelled against Charles the Bald, requesting from Louis the German that he send one of his sons to rule over them.
Louis had sent his second son, Louis the Younger, prompting Charles the Bald to release his rival claimant to Aquitaine, Pippin II.
Pippin succeeded in rallying the nobles to support himself and Charles the Bald against Louis the Younger, who was driven out.
By October, however, Pippin lost his popularity with the still- rebellious Aquitainians, prompting Charles the Bald to appoint Charles the Child as King.
Charles the Child was duly anointed at Limoges.
Within a year, he had been replaced by the Aquitainians with Pippin II.
These same then deposed Pippin and restored Charles the Child.
Pippin was captured in 864 and imprisoned at Senlis, at which point he disappears from history.
Unlike previous sub-kings of Aquitaine,( Louis the Pious, Pippin I, Pippin II), Charles the Child had no real authority at all.
Before 840, the kingdom had been ruled in person by an autonomous king; Charles the Bald, however, after his accession as King of Western Francia, attempted to maintain power in Aquitaine.
Consequently, Charles the Child, and his brother, Louis the Stammerer, did not rule in person, had no chancery, could issue no instruments; they were no longer empowered to bestow privileges, endow religious establishments, or dispose of royal property.
All the rights of the region were invested in Charles the Bald, in whose absence the nobles of the Kingdom gathered power.
Nonetheless, as Charles grew older, he began to exercise what little personal authority he could.
For example, in 862 he chose and married a wife against the will of his father.
The name of his wife is unknown, although she was apparently the widow of a count named Humbert.
Charles the Bald reasserted his power over his son in 863, forcing the younger Charles to put away his wife and be loyal to his father.
A year later, he was accidentally struck with a sword in the head by a member of his own hunting party in a mock combat, leading Ado of Vienne to say that" Charles was dishonoured(" dehonestatus") by having suffered it".
The blow left him mentally incapacitated until his resultant death in 866.
He died childless and was buried in Bourges.

Question: What is the date of death of Charles The Fat's father?
Answer: 28 August 876