Charles the Fat

Charles the Fat reunites empire - briefly controls all Carolingian lands, but weak and incompetent

Charles the Fat pays off Vikings - instead of fighting, pays huge ransom and grants them Burgundy to pillage

Charles the Fat deposed - East Frankish nobles depose him at Tribur, Carolingian unity permanently ends

Death of Charles the Fat - dies weeks after deposition, five kingdoms emerge from Carolingian Empire