CHARLEMAGNE 'The Great' Emperor Of The West 
CHARLEMAGNE 'The Great' was born in Prussia, Ingelheim.1 CHARLEMAGNE 'The Great''s father was PEPIN III 'The Short' King Of The Franks and his mother was BERTRADA 'Broadfoot' De LAON. His paternal grandparents were CHARLES 'THE HAMMER' MARTEL King Of The Franks and ROTRUD (CHROTRUDE) Duchess Of Alemania; his maternal grandparents were CARIBERT (HERBERT CAMBERT) Count Of Laon and BERTRADA UNKNOWN. He was an only child. He died in Prussia, Aachen.1 General Notes
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HIST CHARLEMAGNE, OF CHARLES I THE GREAT, EMPEROR OF THE WEST,
CAROLIGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS, SON OF PEPIN THE SHORT, MAYOR OF THE
PALACE.. HIST IN 774, CHARLEMAAGNE INVADED ITALY IN SUPPORT OF THE
POPE AND WAS CROWNED,KING OF THE LOMBARDS. HE TOOK NORTHEASTERN
SPAIN FROM THE MOORS IN 778 AND ANNEXED BAVARIA IN 788. AFTER A LONG
STRUGGLE, HE SUBJUGATED AND CHRISTIANIZEDTHE SAXONS.. CONT IN 800,
CHARLEMAGNE RESTORED LEO III TO THE PAPACY AND WASCROWNED EMPEROR OF
THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS ACTION LAYED THE FOUNDATION FOR THE
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE AND FINALIZED THE SPLIT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST,
BYZANTINE AND ROMAN EMPIRES. . CONT CHARLEMAGNE RULED THROUGH A
HIGHLY EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM. HE CODIFIED THE LAW IN HIS
VARIOUS DOMINIONS. HIS COURT AT AACHEN, PRUSSIA WAS THE CENTER FOR
AN INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL RENAISSANCE. THE END OF HIS REIGN WAS
TROUBLED BY. CONT INVASION BY THE NORSEMEN.IN 813, HIS SON, LOUIS
I WAS CROWNED CO-EMPEROR AND SUCCEEDED HIM THE FOLLOWING UPON
CHARLEMAGNE'S DEATH.. HIST . HIST FROM THE WRITINGS OF EINHARD vita
KAROLI MAGNI, ASSISTANT TO THE KING: KING CHARLES WAS HEARTBROKEN
OVER THE DEATH OF HIS CHILDREN WHO SUCCEDED HIM IN DEATH, WHOM HE
CARED FOR DEEPLY. HE WEPT OPENLY IN COURT. FOR THE KING WAS A
SENSATIVE AND. CONT CARING INDIVIDUAL. WHEN HE WAS TOLD OF THE
DEATH OF HIS FRIEND PONTIFF HADRIAN (796) IT WAS AS IF HE HAD LOST A
BROTHER.. HIST CHARLEMGNE WAS OPEN AND LOVED TO MAKE FRIENDS AND
ALWAYS KEPT THE ONES HE MADE.. HIST HE TOOK HIS CHILDREN EVERYWHERE,
NEVER LEAVING AACHEN WITHOUT THEM. IN SOME WAYS HIS CHILDREN FELT HE
WAS OVERPROTECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH HIS DAUGHTERS, WHO WERE KEPT AT
THE PALACE UNTIL HIS DEATH.. HIST HE HAD A KIND DISPOSITION THAT
NEVER LEFT, EVEN IN THE FACE OFCONFLICT. HIS ILLEGITAMATE SON PEPIN
'THE HUNCHBACK' PLOTTED TO OVERTHROW HIM IN 792. HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY
HELPED BY QUEEN FASTRADA. HE DIVORCED FASTRADA AND SENT PEPIN TO A.
CONT MONESTERY, WHEN HE COULD HAVE HAD THEM KILLED.. CHAN . DATE 31
MAY 2000.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0688 d.22 Oct 741
- b.~ 0714 d.24 Sep 768 in France, Paris
- b.~ 0661 d.~ 0722
- b.~ 0690 d.~ 0724
- b.~ 0661
- b.2 Apr 742 in Prussia, Ingelheim d.28 Jan 813/14 in Prussia, Aachen
- b.~ 0690 d.~ 0747
- b.~ 0720 in France, Aisne, Laon d.12 Jul 783 in France, Choisy-eu-Bac
- b.~ 0695
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‌CHARLEMAGNE 'The Great' and HILDEGARD were married in a religious ceremony about 0771 in AIX-LA-CHAPEL, AACHEN, PRUSSIA.1 They had a son named LOUIS I 'The Pious' Of.
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