Family
Charles married firstly (970) a daughter of Robert of Vermandois, count of Meaux and Troyes. He married secondly Adelais, the daughter of a low-ranking vassal of Hugh Capet. He may have married thirdly Bonne, the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun. His children with his second and first wives were:
- Otto, succeeded him as Duke of Lower Lotharingia
- Adelaide
- Ermengarde, married Albert I, Count of Namur (various sources assign paternity of Ermengarde alternatively to Charles, or to his son Otto)
- Gerberga of Lower Lorraine, countess of Brussels, who married Lambert I, Count of Leuven
- Louis, followed his father to France and died in prison
- Charles (b. 989)
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