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• Hij is geboren op 2 april 748.
• Beroep: in het jaar 800 in Emporot.
• Hij is overleden op 28 januari 814, hij was toen 65 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Peppin en Bertrada II Broadfood

Gezin van Carolingian King Charlemagne

Kind(eren):

1. Louis Carolingien  778-840 
2. Pepin Carolingien  ± 780-????
3. Charles Carolingien  ± 780-????
4. Adelais Carolingien  ± 780-????
5. Hrothrudis Carolingien  ± 780-????
6. Carloman Carolingien  ± 780-????
7. Hlothar Carolingien  ± 780-????
8. Hludowic Carolingien  ± 780-????
9. Bertha Carolingien  ± 780-????
10. Gisela Carolingien  ± 780-????
11. Hiledgard Carolingien  ± 780-????
12. Rothildis Carolingien  ± 780-????
13. Theodrada Carolingien  ± 780-????
14. Hiltrud Carolingien  ± 780-????
15. Alaltrude Carolingien  ± 780-????
16. Drogo Carolingien  ± 780-????
17. Hugo Carolingien  ± 780-????
18. Theodoric Carolingien  ± 780-????

Notities over Carolingian King Charlemagne

was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800. He united most of Western and Central Europe and was the first recognised emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier. Charlemagne's reign was marked by political and social changes that had lasting influence on Europe throughout the Middle Ages.

A member of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty, Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. With his brother Carloman I, he became king of the Franks in 768 following Pepin's death and became the sole ruler three years later. Charlemagne continued his father's policy of protecting the papacy and became its chief defender, removing the Lombards from power in northern Italy in 774. His reign saw a period of expansion that led to the conquests of Bavaria, Saxony, and northern Spain, as well as other campaigns that led Charlemagne to extend his rule over a large part of Europe. Charlemagne spread Christianity to his new conquests (often by force), as seen at the Massacre of Verden against the Saxons. He also sent envoys and initiated diplomatic contact with Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph in the 790s, due to their mutual interest in Iberian affairs.

In 800 Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome by Pope Leo III. Although historians debate the coronation's significance, the title represented the height of his prestige and authority. Charlemagne's position as the first emperor in the West in over 300 years brought him into conflict with the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople. Through his assumption of the imperial title, he is considered the forerunner to the line of Holy Roman Emperors, which persisted into the 19th century. As king and emperor, Charlemagne engaged in numerous reforms in administration, law, education, military organisation, and religion, which shaped Europe for centuries. The stability of his reign began a period of cultural activity known as the Carolingian Renaissance.

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