deaths
January 13, 888
Charles the Fat, Frankish king and emperor (born 839)
AD 888
Year 888 (DCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Charles the Fat
Charles the Fat was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne. He was the last Carolingian emperor of legitimate birth and the last to rule a united kingdom of the Franks.