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King of the Franks, Emporer of the Holy Roman Empire

aka Charles the Great. Had two more mistresses:
Adalind, son Theodric (807-818) a cleric.
unknown, son Richbod (800-844) abbott of St-Riquier.
King of the Lombards 774. Holy Roman Emperor.

King of the Franks

Emporer of the Holy Roman Empire (12/25/800)

Historica l Time Line of Charlemagne's Life


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742 AD - Pepin the Short's son Carolus Magnus or Charles the Great is born in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) on Apri l 2.


751 - Pepin the Short dethrones the last Merovingian king and takes t he throne for himself.


754 - Pope Stephen crowns Pepin the Short.


75 6 - Pepin the Short rushes to protect the Pope from the Lombards.


760+ - C harlemagne accompanies his father during his military efforts to conquer the la nds south the Loire River, or Aquitaine as they are more commonly known.


7 68 - Pepin the Short dies and his kingdom is divided up between Charles and his brother Carloman.


770 - Charlemagne marries Desiderata, daughter of the L ombard King Desiderius. The Lombards virtually surrounded Papal states, and thi s marriage worried the Pope and Charlemagne's brother.


771 - Carloman dies , and Charlemagne unites the Frankish Empire quickly. There is some speculation as to the cause of Carloman's death, but there is no evidence to indicate Char lemagne had any knowledge of wrong- doing.


774 - Reacting to the Pope's pl ea for help, Charlemagne conquered the lands of his brief father-in-law after a lengthy siege of Pavia. Charlemagne spent the following Easter in Rome and rea ffirmed his vow to protect Papal lands.


775 - Charlemagne begins new attac ks against the Saxons and their leader Widukind.


778 - The events surroun ding the Song of Roland take place as Charlemagne's rear guard leaves Spain in Gascon territory. Though somewhat romanticized in the 4000 line epic, the defea t of Roland is the most important epic literature to come from the Middle Ages.


782 - In response to Widukind's attacks, Charlemagne orders the execution of 4500 Saxon prisoners in one day.


783 - On April 30, Hildegarde dies in childbirth, and Charlemagne's mother Bertrada dies three months later. Charles also begins the final three year campaign to conquer Saxony. The Saxons are fi nally crushed, and Charlemagne imposes strict new rules to govern all areas of their lives, laws that only the Christian Church in Saxony could remove.


7 88 - Charles over-powers the Bavarians.


791 - 796 - Charlemagne conquers t he empire of the Avars (modern Hungary and Austria.)


795 - On Christmas da y, Pope Hadrian dies and Leo the Third is named the new Pope (on the same day!)


799 - Leo III is brutally attacked while on a religious procession in Rom e. After returning to health with Charlemagne, the Pope is sent back to Rome un der heavy guard, and Charles hopes time will soften the people's impression of Leo III.


800 - Charles decides that the Papal situation in Rome needs his personal attention, so he and his massive entourage (including his children) we nt to Rome. After arriving, Charlemagne immediately called to order a trial for the Pope. There was a mass conspiracy in Rome against the Pope, and the trial could neither condemn the Pope or find him innocent. Then however, Pope Leo too k an oath of innocence near the holy tomb of Saint Peter. After this bold move, the Pope achieved enormous popularity and was universally accepted as innocent .


Christmas Day, 800 - Charlemagne, after greatly helping Pope Leo III, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. With much splendor and drama in Saint Peter's Basi lica, Leo presented Charles with a gold crown, and for the only time in Papal h istory, bowed before an earthly king.


813 - Charlemagne delegates power to his only surviving son Louis.


814 - Charlemagne dies on January 28.



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King of the Franks

Emporer of the Holy Roman Empire (12/25/800)

Historica l Time Line of Charlemagne's Life


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King of Franks 768-814.  Crowned Carolus Agustus, Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in 12/25/800.  At the end of his conquests, was the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire.