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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 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)
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 ...
Charlemagne (747–814), counted as Charles I, reigned 768–814 Charles the Bald (823–877), counted as Charles II, reigned 840–877 Charles the Fat (839–888), counted as Charles III, reigned 884–888
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.
Charlemagne (742–814) ruled from 771 until his death, and the Frankish kingdom experienced a period of stability during his reign. [4] This was arguably because of his strict and efficient moral and judicial reform and governance, enforced with capitularies like Admonitio generalis. [5]
The Planctus (de obitu) Karoli ("Lament [on the Death] of Charlemagne"), also known by its incipit A solis ortu (usque ad occidua) ("From the rising of the sun [to the setting]"), is an anonymous medieval Latin planctus eulogising Charlemagne, written in accented verse by a monk of Bobbio shortly after his subject's death in 814. [1]
The epic may have been written in 799, but probably in the decade after, certainly before Charlemagne's death in 814. [2] Henry Mayr-Harting suggests that the court held at Aachen in 802 is the most plausible context of composition.