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The most interesting bit of information I have found in studying this charasmatic leader is the fact that he may have been one of the first people in Ancient History to have ever divorced. The following is taken from Wikipedia and is a brief synopsis of a kind and fearless leader in Bavarian History.
Charlemagne From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Charlemange) Jump to: navigation, search Charlemagne, portrait by Albrecht Dürer. Carolingian Dynasty Pippinids Pippin the Elder (+ 640) Grimoald (+ 662) Childebert the Adopted (+ 662) Arnulfings Arnulf of Metz (+ 640) Chlodulf of Metz (+ 696) Ansegisel (+ before 679) Pippin the Middle (+ 714) Grimoald II (+ 714) Drogo of Champagne (+ 708) Theudoald (+ 714) Carolingians Charles Martel (+ 741) Carloman (+ 754) Pippin the Younger (+ 768) Carloman (+ 771) Charlemagne (+ 814) Louis the Pious (+ 840) After the Treaty of Verdun (843) Lothair I (Middle Francia) Charles the Bald (Western Francia) Louis the German (Eastern Francia) Charlemagne (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) (also Charles the Great[1]; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus), son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. He was crowned Imperator Augustus in Rome on Christmas Day, 800 by Pope Leo III and is therefore regarded as the founder of the Holy Roman Empire (as Charles I). Through military conquest and defence, he solidified and expanded his realm to cover most of Western Europe and is today regarded as the founding father of both France and Germany and sometimes as the Father of Europe. His was the first truly imperial power in the West since the fall of Rome. Contents [show] 1 Background 2 Date and place of birth 3 Personal appearance 3.1 Dress 4 Life 4.1 Early life 4.2 Joint rule 4.3 Conquest of Lombardy 4.4 Saxon campaigns 4.5 Spanish campaign 4.6 Charles and his children 4.7 During the Saxon peace 4.8 Avar campaigns 4.9 The Saracens and Spain 4.10 Imperator 4.11 Danish attacks 4.12 Death 5 Administration 5.1 Monetary reforms 5.2 Education reforms 5.3 Writing reforms 5.4 Political reforms 5.4.1 Organisation 5.4.2 Imperial coronation 5.4.3 Divisio regnorum 6 Cultural significance 7 Family 7.1 Marriages and Heirs 7.2 Concubinages and bastards 8 Notes 9 See also 10 Sources 11 Further reading 12 External links [edit] Background A Frankish king (center), like Charlemagne, depicted in the Sacramentary of Charles the Bald (about 870).The Franks, originally a pagan, barbarian, Germanic people who migrated over the River Rhine in the late fifth century into a crumbling Roman Empire, were, by the early eighth century, the masters of Gaul and a good portion of central Europe east of the Rhine and the protectors of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic faith. However, their ancient dynasty of kings, the Merovingians, had long before descended into a state of complete disutility. Their chief officers, the mayors of the palace or majordomos, had, practically-speaking, usurped all government powers of any consequence. The final dynasts were called rois fainéants, do-nothing kings, and for a period of five years (737-742), the mayor of the palace, Charles Martel, governed without one on the throne. It was from these mayors of the palaces that the Franks were to draw more useful monarchs. Charles Martel was the illegitimate son of the Mayor Pippin of Heristal, who himself was the son of a Mayor Ansegisel and his wife, Saint Begga. It is through the fathers of Ansegisel and Begga, St Arnulf of Metz and Pippin of Landen respectively, that Martel's dynasty received its name, that of Arnulfings or Pippinids. Martel died before he could place a new puppet king on the throne and he was succeeded by his son Pippin the Short, the father of Charlemagne. Pippin promptly placed a puppet on the throne and refusing to play any part in such a charade as his father's, he called for the pope, Zachary, to give the man with the royal power the royal title. This the pope did and Pippin was crowned and consecrated king of the Franks in 751. As a consequence of this, Pippin's eldest son, Charlemagne, immediately became heir to the great realm which already covered most of western and central Europe. It was not the old name of Pippin of Landen or Ansegisel that was to be immortalised, however. From his Latin name, Carolus, the new dynasty which was to bequeath the world France and Germany is called the Carolingian. [edit] Date and place of birth Charlemagne's birthday was believed to be April 2, 742; however several factors led to reconsideration of this traditional date. First, the year 742 was calculated from his age given at death, rather than attestation within primary sources. Another date is given in the Annales Petarienses, April 1, 747. In that year, April 1 is Easter. The birth of an Emperor on Easter is a coincidence likely to provoke comment, but there is no such comment documented in 747, leading some to suspect that the Easter birthday was a pious fiction concocted as a way of honoring the Emperor. Other commentators weighing the primary records have suggested that the birth was one |
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