was accidentally struck with a sword in the head by a member of his own hunting party in a mock combat, leading Ado of Vienne to say that "Charles was dishonoured (dehonestatus) by having suffered it". The blow left him mentally incapacitated until his resultant death in 866. He died childless and was buried in Bourges. Sources Callahan, Daniel F. "Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Coronation Rite of the Dukes of Aquitaine and the Cult of Saint Martial of Limoges" (pp. 29–36). The World of Eleanor of Aquitaine: Literature and Society in Southern France between the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, edd. Marcus Bull and Catherine Léglu. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2005. . Halsall, Guy. Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450–900. London: Routledge, 2003. McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians Notes Medieval child monarchs 840s births 866 deaths 9th-century Frankish monarchs Rulers of the Carolingian Empire 9th-century French people Burials in France People with traumatic brain injuries Royalty and nobility with disabilities 9th-century people from West Francia Sons of emperors