Charlemagne

Also known as Karolus Magnus, Charles the Great, Emperor Charlemagne, Karl the Great, Carolus Magnus, Charlemagne the Franc, Charles I, Carlus Magnus

Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) 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.

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Charlemagne was a medieval king who ruled the Franks starting in 768 and expanded his power to become the first recognized emperor of Western Europe after the Roman Empire's collapse around three centuries earlier. His reign brought lasting political and social changes that shaped Europe throughout the Middle Ages.

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“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”
“If only I could have a dozen churchmen as wise and as well taught in all human knowledge as were Jerome and Augustine!”
“It is not lack of self-restraint but care for others which makes me dine in Lent before the hour of evening.”
“Fathers and guardians, bishops of our Church, you ought to minister to the poor, or rather to Christ in them, and not to seek after vanities. But now you act quite contrary to this; and are vainglorious and avaricious beyond all other men.”
“Bishops should despise this world and inspire others by their example to seek after heavenly things. But now you are corrupted by ambition beyond all the rest of mankind; and one of them not content with holding the first episcopal see in Germany has dared without my approval to claim my golden scepter, which I carry to signify my royal will, in order that he might use it as his pastoral staff.”

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Key facts

Royalty.name: Charlemagne
Royalty.more: Carolus Magnus
Royalty.image: Charlemagne denier Mayence 812 814.jpg
Royalty.caption: A denarius of Charlemagne dated with the inscription (Karolus Imperator Augustus)
Royalty.succession2: Emperor of the Carolingian Empire
Royalty.reign2: 25 December 800 – 28 January 814
Royalty.coronation2: 25 December 800Old St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Royalty.successor2: Louis the Pious
Royalty.birth_place: Francia
Royalty.death_place: Aachen, Germany
Royalty.issue link: Wives,_concubines,_and_children
Royalty.issue pipe: Among others
Royalty.house: Carolingian
Royalty.house type: Dynasty
Royalty.father: Pepin the Short
Royalty.mother: Bertrada of Laon
Royalty.signature_type: Signum manus
Royalty.religion: Chalcedonian Christianity

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Image: Charlemagne Agostino Cornacchini Vatican 2.jpg
Height: 1.84

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date of birth: 0742-04-10
date of death: 0814-02-01
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Contents

Name
Early life and rise to power
Political background and ancestry
Birth
Language and education
<span class="anchor" id="Accession and joint reign with Carloman"></span>Accession and reign with Carloman
King of the Franks and the Lombards
Annexation of the Lombard Kingdom
Frontier wars in Saxony and Spain
Building the dynasty
Saxon resistance and reprisal
Benevento, Bavaria, and Pepin's revolt
Continued wars with the Saxons and Avars
Reign as emperor
Coronation
Governing the empire
Conflict and diplomacy with the east
Wars with the Danes
Final years and death
Legacy
Political legacy
Carolingian Renaissance
Memory and historiography
Religious influence and veneration
Wives, concubines, and children
Appearance and iconography
Notes
References
Citations
Works cited
Further reading
Primary sources in English translation
Secondary works
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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, 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.