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Charles III
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Charles III
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1. (Biographies / Charles III (839-888) M, French, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) known as Charles the Fat. 839-888 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (881-887) and, as Charles II, king of France (884-887). He briefly reunited the empire of Charlemagne
2. (Biographies / Charles III (1716-1788) M, Spanish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1716-88, king of Spain (1759-88), who curbed the power of the Church and tried to modernize his country
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