[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":24},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p4ch19z4:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":14,"zoom":17},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"range":8,"rangeEn":8,"rangeEs":8,"cover":9},"p4","Early Middle Ages","Alta Edad Media","476 → 987",{"fileName":10,"filePageUrl":11,"imageUrl":12,"sourceLabel":13},"François Louis Dejuinne 08265 baptême de CLovis.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois%20Louis%20Dejuinne%2008265%20bapt%C3%AAme%20de%20CLovis.JPG","/assets/p4-haut-moyen-age-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":15,"title":16},"p4ch19","Charles the Simple: Norman Compromise, Imperial Ambitions, and Fall (898–929)",{"id":18,"title":19,"chapterId":15,"html":20,"hasEn":21,"isFallback":22,"seoDescription":23},"p4ch19z4","923: Soissons and the Capture of Charles","\u003Cp>After the 922 deposition, the crisis is not resolved by a vote: it is also settled by arms. In \u003Cstrong>923\u003C/strong>, civil war reaches a climax around \u003Cstrong>Soissons\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🛡️ A decisive battle\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Charles crosses the \u003Cstrong>Meuse\u003C/strong>, marches on \u003Cstrong>Attigny\u003C/strong>, then heads toward \u003Cstrong>Soissons\u003C/strong>. Reaching the \u003Cstrong>Aisne\u003C/strong> on \u003Cstrong>14 June 923\u003C/strong>, he gives battle the next day.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>The battle does not solve everything, but it overturns political balance:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Robert I\u003C/strong> is killed during a charge;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>reinforcements led by \u003Cstrong>Herbert\u003C/strong> swing the fight;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>the Robertians acclaim \u003Cstrong>Rudolph of Burgundy\u003C/strong> as new king and war leader.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Charles withdraws, then seeks support from \u003Cstrong>Rollo\u003C/strong> and other Viking leaders. The move shocks part of the aristocracy and accelerates rallying to Rudolph, crowned at \u003Cstrong>Saint‑Médard of Soissons\u003C/strong> on \u003Cstrong>13 July 923\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⛓️ 17 July 923: capture, captivity, death (929)\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Charles is then lured into an ambush and captured on \u003Cstrong>17 July 923\u003C/strong> by \u003Cstrong>Herbert II of Vermandois\u003C/strong>, eager to carve out a principality between the Seine and Flanders. Separated from his companions, the king is first imprisoned at \u003Cstrong>Château‑Thierry\u003C/strong> for several years, then transferred to \u003Cstrong>Péronne\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>His second wife, \u003Cstrong>Eadgifu of Wessex\u003C/strong>, takes refuge in \u003Cstrong>England\u003C/strong> with their son, the future \u003Cstrong>Louis IV\u003C/strong>. Herbert then tries to use Charles as a political instrument: supervised outings, negotiations, demonstrations of allegiance. Despite these manoeuvres, Charles remains a prisoner of the balance of forces.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>He dies on \u003Cstrong>7 October 929\u003C/strong> at \u003Cstrong>Péronne\u003C/strong>, after a long captivity.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>923 prolongs the crisis opened in 922.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Robert’s death at Soissons opens the way to Rudolph of Burgundy.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Charles’s capture (17 July) locks the political outcome.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Kingship becomes durably dependent on princely coalitions.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"After the 922 deposition, the crisis is not resolved by a vote: it is also settled by arms. In 923 , civil war reaches a climax around Soissons .",1778543122853]