Count Charles Constatine Of Vienne^[1]

Abt 901 - 963  (62 years)

• Name	Charles Constatine Of Vienne
  Prefix	Count
  Birth	Abt 901
  Gender	Male
  Death	963
  Person ID	I56398	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2010

  
  

  Father	King Louis Of Italy,   b. 878   d. 934, Arles, France (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Anna Of Byzantium,   b. 886-888   d. Abt 914 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	900
  Family ID	F23732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Teutberga Of Troyes,   b. Abt 895   d. Aft 960 (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. Constance Of Vienne,   b. Abt 920   d. 961-965 (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F23731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2010

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Constantine is the documented son of Louis the Blind. He has traditionally been called illegitimate, but this was almost solely due to his failure to inherit his father's titles, ignoring the fact that his father was not in a position to pass anything to his son, having lost all to his enemies (and friends). It is his name that caused a reevaluation of this maternity. While the name Charles harkens back to his (by this time distant) ancestor, Charlemagne, but Constantine is a novelty. While one could (and people have) derive the use of this name to the late - Carolingian classicism which caused Hugh Count of Maine to use the name David, the alternative solution is really the simplest - that this name, while having a link to antiquity, relates more immediately to Emperor Constantine, son of Leo IV, and uncle of the child(ren) of Louis and Anna - that Charles Constantine was their legitimate son. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S1340] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg: J. A. Stargardt, 1980-), II: 189 (corrected) (Reliability: 3).