Charlemagne Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire ¹⁹⁵

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Charlemagne, Latin: Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great) (747 - 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdoms into a Frankish Empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800 as a rival of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages. He is numbered as Charles I in the regnal lists of France, Germany, and the Holy Roman Empire.

The son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, he succeeded his father and co-ruled with his brother Carloman I. The latter got on badly with Charlemagne, but war was prevented by the sudden death of Carloman in 771. Charlemagne continued the policy of his father towards the papacy and became its protector, removing the Lombards from power in Italy, and waging war on the Saracens, who menaced his realm from Spain. It was during one of these campaigns that Charlemagne experienced the worst defeat of his life, at Roncesvalles (778). He also campaigned against the peoples to his east, especially the Saxons, and after a protracted war subjected them to his rule. By forcibly converting them to Christianity, he integrated them into his realm and thus paved the way for the later Ottonian dynasty. ¹⁴⁴

Charlemagne havde et forhold til Himiltrude omkring 768. (Himiltrude blev født omkring 747 og døde omkring 780.)

Charlemagne blev derefter gift med Desiderata of the Lombards i 770.

Charlemagne blev derefter gift med Hildegardis (de Vinzgau), datter af Gerold of Vinzgau og Emma, i 771 i Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. (Hildegardis (de Vinzgau) blev født i 758, døde den 30 Apr. 783 i Thionville, , Lorraine, France og blev begravet i Metz, Lorraine, France.)

Charlemagne havde et forhold til Gersuinda omkring 773.

Charlemagne havde et forhold til Madelgard omkring 774.

Charlemagne blev derefter gift med Fastrada i Okt. 783 i Worms, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. (Fastrada blev født i 765 i Ingelheim, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany og døde i 794.)

Charlemagne blev derefter gift med Luitgard i 794. (Luitgard døde den 4 Jun. 800.)

Charlemagne blev derefter gift med Regina omkring 800.

Charlemagne havde et forhold til Ethelind omkring 804.