Charles (d. 811) was the second son of Charlemange and the first of him and his wife Hildegard of Savoy. When Charlemagne divided his empire among his sons he was made king of Neustria, which consisted of Frisia, Saxony, Hesse, and Franconia. Charles' father outlived him, however, and the entire thus kingdom went to his younger brother Louis the Pious.
Charles, eldest Son of King Pippin, receives the News of the Death of his Father and the Great Feudalists offer him the Crown.--Costumes of the Court of Burgundy in the Fifteenth Century.--Fac-simile of a Miniature of the "History of the Emperors" (Library of the Arsenal).
Charles took the outer parts of the kingdom, bordering on the sea, namely Neustria, Aquitania and the northern parts of Austrasia, while Carloman attained the inner parts, bordering on Italy.
In 774 he deposed their king Desiderius and was himself crowned king of the Lombards, permanently unifying the kingdom of Italy to the Frankish crown.
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