the ledger of connections
The Connections of Charles the Simple
King of West Francia Every person recorded alongside Charles the Simple in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Charles the Simple in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Louis the Stammerer, Adelaide of Paris
- Spouses
- Eadgifu of Wessex, Frederuna
- Children
- Louis IV of France, Hildegarde of France, Gisela of France, Ermentrude of France, Roricon of Laon
- Siblings
- Ermentrude of France, Gisela, Carloman II of France, Louis III of France
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 879 CE to 929 CE.
Medieval era
Alfred the Great
849 CE – October 26, 899 CE
King of Wessex (r. 872–901)
Medieval era
Al-Razi
866 CE – 925 CE
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Medieval era
Rudaki
859 CE – 941 CE
Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Medieval era
Ismail Samani
849 CE – November 24, 907 CE
Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907
Medieval era
Al-Mutanabbi
920 CE – 965 CE
Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Medieval era
Fatima al-Fihri
800 CE – 880 CE
Legendary founder of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque
Medieval era
Æthelstan
895 CE – October 27, 939 CE
King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
Medieval era
Æthelflæd
870 CE – June 12, 918 CE
Mercian monarch
Medieval era
Hywel Dda
880 CE – 950 CE
10th-century Welsh king
Medieval era
Edward the Elder
874 CE – July 17, 924 CE
King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
Medieval era
Dunstan
909 CE – May 19, 988 CE
Archbishop of Canterbury and saint
Medieval era
Abbas ibn Firnas
810 CE – 887 CE
9th century astronomer and physician