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When his father left the duchy to fight Hugh Capet for the Throne Of France in 987 , he became regent in Lower Lorraine . Charles was defeated definitively in 991 and died two years later a prisoner in Orléans . Otto then succeeded into the full dukeship. In 1002 , at the death of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III , he was one of the loyal nobles who accompanied his body from Paterno to Aachen . According to the ''Chronica'' of Sigebert De Gembloux , he died in 1006 , but he seems to be alive as late as 1012 , when Count Godfrey II Of Verdun succeeded to the duchy. His wife is unknown, he had no son. He did have a daughter, Ermengarde, who married Albert I , Margrave Of Namur . It is notable that he is the last legitimate male-line descendant of Charlemagne and thus the Carolingian dynasty. His cousin, Arnulf , Archbishop Of Rheims , was illegitimate. The Counts Of Vermandois were direct male-line descendants of Charlemagne through Bernard , King Of Italy , illegitimate son of Pepin Of Italy . SOURCE
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