Charles III — "the Simple" — inherited a kingdom fractured by Viking incursions and the political humiliation his predecessors had absorbed for decades. His reign is best remembered for the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which he ceded what would become Normandy to the Viking chieftain Rollo in exchange for a cessation of raids. The Christian legend deniers issued across his reign represent one of the more stable monetary outputs of a deeply unstable kingship — he was deposed in 922 and died a prisoner in 929.
Charles III — "the Simple" — inherited a kingdom fractured by Viking incursions and the political humiliation his predecessors had absorbed for decades. His reign is best remembered for the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, by which he ceded what would become Normandy to the Viking chieftain Rollo in exchange for a cessation of raids. The Christian legend deniers issued across his reign represent one of the more stable monetary outputs of a deeply unstable kingship — he was deposed in 922 and died a prisoner in 929.