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Charlemagne had at least twenty children with his wives and other partners. [342] [343] After the death of his wife Luitgard in 800, he did not remarry, but had children with unmarried partners. [349] He was determined that all his children, including his daughters, should receive an education in the liberal arts.
In 774, as Charlemagne was besieging Pavia, capital of the Lombard Kingdom, he sent for Hildegard and his sons to join the army at the camp outside the city. [1] Charlemagne conquered the city by June 774, becoming king of the Lombards in addition to being king of the Franks. [2] Charlemagne and his family returned north to Francia by July or ...
Pages in category "Children of Charlemagne" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Carloman died on 4 December 771 and his brother king Charlemagne sought to bring Carloman's lands under his rule. Charlemagne arranged to marry Hildegard and gain Gerold's support. [4] [2] Hildegard married Charlemagne shortly after Carloman's death, certainly before 30 April 772. [5] She was thirteen or fourteen years old at the time of the ...
In her 1959 children's novel Son of Charlemagne, the author Barbara Willard tells the story of Charlemagne's family in a historical-fictional style by fleshing out the details of more historical accounts (likely, Einhard was a major source). In such scenes as Carloman's baptism, "Carl" expresses distress as he realizes that he has been renamed ...
He was the third son of Charlemagne by his wife Hildegard. [5] He had a twin brother named Lothair, who died young. Louis and Lothair were given names from the old Merovingian dynasty, possibly to suggest a connection. [6] Louis was crowned King of Aquitaine as a three-year-old child in 781. [7]
The children of Bertha and Angilbert were likely educated in Charlemagne's court. Nithard was a distinguished soldier and politician, and acted as an advisor to Charles the Bald of France. [4] Following the death of Charlemagne, his successor, Louis the Pious, exiled his sisters to the convents that had been left for their inheritance by their ...
Charlemagne's succession plans did not come to fruition. Pepin died on 8 July 810, followed in quick succession by the deaths of his sister Rotrude, his aunt Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, and his half brother Pepin, and his brother Charles over the course of 810–811. [21] All were possibly victims of an epidemic that had spread from cattle in ...