A History of the Carolingians

Carolingian king charles was deposed after giving away too much land. His wife fled back to wessex with their young son, and power ultimately passed to his son named hugh. Hugh wasn't actually king, but he was the most powerful lord in france. He could have taken the title of king for himself, but realized that the position of king had very little power at that point infrance. The real power behind the throne were the nobles.