Rudolph of France

Rudolph (c. 890–936) was elected king of West Francia in 923, succeeding his father-in-law Robert I, and spent his reign defending the realm. In 925 Henry the Fowler of East Francia annexed Lotharingia.

From 924 Viking and Norman raiders ravaged the Loire valley and Burgundy; the Normans ambushed and wounded him before he defeated the Vikings. In 933 he granted the Channel Islands to William Longsword, and in 935 drove invading Magyars from Burgundy. He died in January 936, leaving no sons.