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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. King of the Franks, first Holy Roman Emperor For other uses, see Charlemagne (disambiguation). Charlemagne A denarius of Charlemagne dated c. 812–814 with the inscription KAROLVS IMP AVG (Karolus Imperator Augustus) King of the Franks Reign 9 October 768 – 28 January 814 Coronation ...
Charlemagne: 742/747-814 Frankish: Charlemagne established the strongest central administration in the Western world since the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. Odo of France: c. 852–898 French Count of Paris and then King of Western Francia.
768–814) alarmed the Avars. They invaded Italy and Bavaria, but they were forced to withdraw. They invaded Italy and Bavaria, but they were forced to withdraw. In the summer of 791, after unsuccessful peace negotiations, Charlemagne invaded the khaganate along the river Danube from the west, while his son King Pippin of Italy ( r.
Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, [1] was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. . Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province, massacred thousands of Saxon nobles, and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Christia
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The legend has them both dying in 778, when Charlemagne was still young and a generation before he would be crowned Emperor. Charlemagne's insignia of power were not to be carried on the battlefield. The Imperial Crown, in any case, was not created until more than a century after Charlemagne's death. As for the scepter, it dates from the 14th ...
Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer, early 1510s, Germanisches Nationalmuseum. The rich iconography of Charlemagne is a reflection of Charlemagne's special position in Europe's collective memory, as the greatest of the Frankish kings, founder of the Holy Roman Empire, unifier of Western Europe, protector of the Catholic Church, promoter of education and of the Carolingian Renaissance, fictional ...
Charlemagne's most significant contribution to the Carolingian Renaissance was the revival of learning, especially among the clergy, most of whom were barely literate. [4] Before the surge of education following the Admonitio generalis and subsequent Carolingian Renaissance, it was difficult for the Frankish people to connect with Christianity ...