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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 ...
They had five children. She was repudiated sometime after the birth of Charlemagne, and her children were sent to convents. [citation needed] In 744, Pepin married Bertrada, daughter of Caribert of Laon. They are known to have had seven children, at least three of whom survived to adulthood: Charles (Charlemagne) (2 April 747 – 28 January 814)
The church was rebuilt with the assistance of Charlemagne (c. 747 –814), and consecrated by Pope Stephen IV (r. 816–817). [3] There may have been two churches in the early Middle Ages, one dedicated to Saint Quentin and the other to the Virgin Mary.
The statuette consists of three parts: the horse, the rider's body with the saddle, and the rider's head. It has a total height of 24 cm. The rider is depicted with a moustache, an open crown on his head, a sword in his right hand (lost), an imperial orb in his left hand, and a riding cloak fastened with a fibula.
In 774 Charlemagne conquered the Kingdom of the Lombards. However, only northern and central Italy fell under Frankish control (nominally including the central Italian Papal territory). This northern portion later evolved into the Kingdom of Italy (following its partition from Middle Francia in the 855 Treaty of Prüm ), and formed part of the ...
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 742/747/748–814 King of the Franks r. 768–814: Carloman I 751–771 King of the Franks r. 768–771: Louis I the Pious 778–840 King of the Franks r. 814–840: Louis II the German c. 810 –876 King of East Francia r. 843–876: Charles II the Bald 823–877 King of the Franks r. 840–877 Robertian: Robert the Strong Margrave ...
Abul-Abbas was probably born during the 770s or 780s (based on the average age of Asian elephant maturity) and was brought from Baghdad, the capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate, by Charlemagne's diplomat Isaac the Jew, [2] [6] who along with two other emissaries, Lantfrid and Sigimund, [2] had been sent to the caliph on Charlemagne's orders.