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Ranking the Carolingians with Battle Royale: French Monarchs

The French History Podcast

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Charles Simple's Great Flaws

"I find him as like such a fascinating figure especially because we have so much on him but he seemed more interested in taking over Lotharringia than he did actually ruling France," she says. "He bit off way more than he could chew and then he ended he didn't even have a good end." He was not as great or smart and probably not as good looking as he thought he was, the actress adds.

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