Charles III (839-888); more commonly known as Charles the Fat; was the youngest son of Louis the German; King of East Francia; and great-grandson of Emperor Charlemagne. Following the division of East Francia among Louis sons; Charles inherited Alamannia in 876; but soon inherited the Kingdom of Italy in 876 after his older brother Carloman of Bavaria abdicated. Charles was eventually crowned as Holy Roman emperor in 881; and succeeded his brother Louis the Younger as king of Saxony and Bavaria a year later; reuniting the Kingdom of East Francia. He was forced to deal with the Great Heathen Army; a large force of Vikings that had been repelled from Britain by King Alfred the Great in 878; something he dealt with through assassination and bribery. After his cousin Carloman II died in 884; Charles also inherited all of West Francia; reuniting the Carolingian Empire under his reign. Charles reunited kingdom d