Editing Charles the Simple (section)

=== Deposition ===
From 920 to 922, Charles the Simple was in trouble. Although he signed the [[Treaty of Bonn]] with king [[Henry the Fowler]] of [[East Francia]] on 7 November 921, he had to fight on two fronts: one against [[Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine|Duke Giselbert of Lotharingia]] and the other against Hugh the Great, irritated by the treatment of his mother-in-law. Defeated, in June 922 Charles the Simple took refuge in Lotharingia. The nobles of West Francia declared him deposed from the throne, choosing as the new King [[Robert I of France|Robert, Count of Paris]], brother of the late King [[Odo of France|Odo]] and father of Hugh the Great.<ref>Depreux 2002, p. 129.</ref>{{full citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Charles the Simple returned to France to regain the throne. His army, supported by a Lotharingian army and a group of soldiers, faced King Robert's army at [[Soissons]] in June 923. According to [[Richerus]], Robert was killed in battle by Count Fulbert<ref>Richer de Reims: ''Gallica Histoire de son temps'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20160219221316/http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark%3A/12148/bpt6k1022235.image.f198.langFR Book I, p. 87] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219221316/http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark%3A/12148/bpt6k1022235.image.f198.langFR |date=19 February 2016 }}.</ref> or according to other historians, by Charles the Simple. Despite the death of Robert, his army won the battle and Charles the Simple had to escape from the battlefield. The French nobles elected [[Rudolph of France]] (Robert's son-in-law) as their new King, with his coronation taking place on 13 July 923 at [[St Médard]], Soissons.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

During the summer, Charles the Simple was captured by [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois]], (another son-in-law of King Robert) at [[Château-Thierry]]; meanwhile, King Henry I of Germany took advantage of the situation to seize and add Lotharingia to his domains, after giving his daughter [[Gerberga of Saxony]] in marriage to Duke Giselbert.<ref>Isaïa 2009, p. 87.</ref>{{full citation needed|date=March 2024}}

After some time at Château-Thierry, the humiliated Charles the Simple was transferred in 924 to [[Péronne, Somme|Péronne]], where he died on 7 October 929 and was immediately buried in the local Monastery of Saint-Fursy. The legitimate Carolingian heir was now [[Louis IV of France|Louis]], but King Rudolph retained the throne and ruled until his death from illness on 15 January 936 at [[Auxerre]], being buried in the Abbey of Sainte-Colombe of [[Sens]].<ref>Toussaint-Duplessis: ''Annales de Paris. Jusqu'au règne de Hugues Capet'', 1753, p. 201.</ref> The nobility then discussed who could be the next king, because Rudolph left no sons. Finally, the nobles unanimously summoned back Louis to France, thanks to the decisive support of Hugh the Great, to become their new king.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}