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The 12 pages that link to Charles the Fat, each with the reason it gives.

• East FranciaRelated: His reign marked the last brief reunion of the Carolingian realms.

• Carolingian dynastyRelated: His deposition in 887 marked a decisive break in imperial unity.

• Louis the PiousRelated: His temporary reunification contrasts with the lasting fragmentation after Louis’s sons divided the realm.

• Middle FranciaRelated: His reunification briefly restored imperial unity across lands once divided at Verdun.

• Treaty of MeerssenRelated: His later rule brought the divided Frankish realms under one ruler again.

• Charles the SimpleRelated: His deposition opened a succession struggle that eventually brought Charles the Simple to the West Frankish throne.

• Pope John VIIIRelated: John crowned him emperor in 881 after turning to him for military support.

• Louis II of ItalyRelated: He was among the rulers who benefited from the unsettled imperial succession after Louis’s death.

• Berengar I of ItalyRelated: His deposition weakened the imperial order under which Berengar had served.