Birth | 6 Apr 742 | Ingelheim-Am-Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | | | |
Christen | 754 | St. Denis, Seine, District of the Paris Region, France | | | |
Historical | 760 | accompanies his father, Pépin the Short on his military efforts to conquer lands south of the Loire River - Aquitaine, France | | | |
Historical | 768 | Acceded | | | |
Title (Nobility) | 9 Oct 768 | King of the Franks - Noyon, Oise, Picardie, France | | | |
Historical | 771 | re-unites the Frankish Empire - France, Frankish Empire | | | |
Historical | 774 | answers Popes plea for help and after the long siege of Pavia, conquers his former father-in-law's Lombard lands - Lombardy | | | |
Historical | 774 | spends Easter in Rome and reaffirms his vow to protect the Papal lands - Provincia di Roma, Italy | | | |
Title (Nobility) | 10 Jul 774 | King of the Lombards - Provincia di Pavia, Lombardy, Italy | | | |
Historical | 775 | begins attacks against Saxony and their leader, Widukind - Saxony | | | |
Historical | 778 | 's rearguard, headed by his nephew, Roland, are massacred epic literature "the Song of Roland" - Gascon Territory, Spain | | | |
Historical | 782 | orders the execution of 4500 Saxon prisoners as a response to Saxon leader, Widukind's, attacks | | | |
Historical | 783 - 786 | crushes the Saxons and imposes strict new Christian laws to govern their lives - Saxony | | | |
Historical | 788 | over-powers the Bavarians - Bavaria | | | |
Historical | 791 - 796 | Conquers the empire of the Avars (modern Hungary and Austria) - Avars | | | |
Title (Nobility) | 25 Dec 800 | Holy Roman Emperor - Old St. Peter's Basilica, Provincia di Roma, Italy | | | |
Coronation | 25 Dec 800 | Coronation as Emperor of the West by Pope Leo III - Rome, Lazio, Italy | | | |
Empire | 814 | | | | |
Death | 28 Jan 814 | died of epilepsy - Aix la Chapelle, Aachen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | | | |
Burial | 28 Jan 814 | Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | | | |
Alt name | | Karl Der Grosse | | | |
Description | | Charlemagne'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 Burial | | Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen, Aachener Stadtkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | | | |