Individual Details

Charlemagne Holy Roman Emporer

(6 Apr 742 - 28 Jan 814)

Events

Birth6 Apr 742Ingelheim-Am-Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Christen754St. Denis, Seine, District of the Paris Region, France
Historical760accompanies his father, Pépin the Short on his military efforts to conquer lands south of the Loire River - Aquitaine, France
Historical768Acceded
Title (Nobility)9 Oct 768King of the Franks - Noyon, Oise, Picardie, France
Historical771re-unites the Frankish Empire - France, Frankish Empire
Historical774answers Popes plea for help and after the long siege of Pavia, conquers his former father-in-law's Lombard lands - Lombardy
Historical774spends Easter in Rome and reaffirms his vow to protect the Papal lands - Provincia di Roma, Italy
Title (Nobility)10 Jul 774King of the Lombards - Provincia di Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
Historical775begins attacks against Saxony and their leader, Widukind - Saxony
Historical778's rearguard, headed by his nephew, Roland, are massacred epic literature "the Song of Roland" - Gascon Territory, Spain
Historical782orders the execution of 4500 Saxon prisoners as a response to Saxon leader, Widukind's, attacks
Historical783 - 786crushes the Saxons and imposes strict new Christian laws to govern their lives - Saxony
Historical788over-powers the Bavarians - Bavaria
Historical791 - 796Conquers the empire of the Avars (modern Hungary and Austria) - Avars
Title (Nobility)25 Dec 800Holy Roman Emperor - Old St. Peter's Basilica, Provincia di Roma, Italy
Coronation25 Dec 800Coronation as Emperor of the West by Pope Leo III - Rome, Lazio, Italy
Empire814
Death28 Jan 814died of epilepsy - Aix la Chapelle, Aachen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Burial28 Jan 814Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Alt nameKarl Der Grosse
DescriptionCharlemagne's personal appearance is known from a good description by a personal associate, Einhard, author after his death of the biography Vita Karoli Magni. Einhard tells in his twenty-second chapter:[72]
Alternate BurialKreisfreie Stadt Aachen, Aachener Stadtkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Notes

Historical

Charlemagne quickly re-unites the Frankish Empire after his brother, Carloman, dies.

Empire

Following his death in 814, his vast empire is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean (except the UK ), the south by the River Ebro in Spain, by the Volturno in Italy; to the east by the Saxony, the river Tisza, buttresses the Carpathians and the Oder.