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Charles the Simple

879 - 929

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Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles the Simple has received more than 1,504,162 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Charles the Simple is the 545th most popular politician (up from 611th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from France (up from 254th in 2019) and the 59th most popular French Politician.

Charles the Simple is most famous for signing the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, which divided France into two parts.

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  • 72.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles the Simple ranks 545 out of 19,576. Before him are Nursultan Nazarbayev, Abd al-Rahman III, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Pertinax, Franz von Papen, and John II of France. After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Abdulmejid II, Emperor Wu of Han, Elena Ceaușescu, George IV of the United Kingdom, and Nader Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 879, Charles the Simple ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 929, Charles the Simple ranks 1. After him are Pope John X, Al-Battani, Pope Leo VI, Adalbert I of Ivrea, and Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles the Simple ranks 234 out of 6,770. Before him are Philip V of France (1293), Christian Dior (1905), Antoine Meillet (1866), John II of France (1319), Alfred Sisley (1839), and Henri de Saint-Simon (1760). After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Joseph Fouché (1759), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), Jeanne Calment (1875), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), and Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles the Simple ranks 59. Before him are Guy of Lusignan (1150), Letizia Ramolino (1750), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Charles IV of France (1294), Philip V of France (1293), and John II of France (1319). After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Richard II of England (1367), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Philip III of France (1245), Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), and Philip I of France (1052).

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