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Charles the Fat

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Charles III (839 – 13 January 888), also known as Charles the Fat, was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles the Fat has received more than 1,568,965 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Charles the Fat is the 524th most popular politician (down from 414th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 125th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Politician.

Charles the fat is most famous for his reign as the Holy Roman Emperor. He was born in 839 and died in 888. He was the son of Louis I, the king of France, and he became the emperor at the age of 12. Charles the fat was the first emperor to unite all of Western Europe under one rule.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles the Fat ranks 524 out of 15,577. Before him are Olav V of Norway, Leopold III of Belgium, Nicolas Sarkozy, Philip V of France, Moshe Dayan, and Æthelstan. After him are William IV of the United Kingdom, Lavrentiy Beria, Frederick I of Prussia, Louis the German, John Hunyadi, and Alexander IV of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 839, Charles the Fat ranks 1. After him is Al-Tabari. Among people deceased in 888, Charles the Fat ranks 1. After him are Abu Dawood, Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Emperor Xizong of Tang, Al-Mundhir of Córdoba, Rimbert, Burgred of Mercia, and Ingelger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charles the Fat ranks 143 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Ambrose (340), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Anne of Cleves (1515), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), and Alfred Jodl (1890). After him are Meister Eckhart (1260), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Franz von Papen (1879), Walter Model (1891), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), and Frederick William III of Prussia (1770).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Charles the Fat ranks 37. Before him are Augustus II the Strong (1670), Rudolf Höss (1901), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Agrippina the Younger (15), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), and Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845). After him are Franz von Papen (1879), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), Friedrich Ebert (1871), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Hans Frank (1900), and Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973).

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