Charlemagne
| Charles the Great | |
|---|---|
 A coin o Charlemagne wi the inscription KAROLVS IMP AVG (Karolus Imperator Augustus) | |
| Emperor an Augustus | |
| Ring | 25 Dizember 800 – 28 Januar 814 |
| Coronation | 25 Dizember 800 Auld St. Peter's Basilica, Roum |
| Predecessor | Position Established |
| Successor | Louis I |
| Keeng o the Lombards | |
| Ring | 10 Julie 774 – 28 Januar 814 |
| Coronation | 10 Julie 774 Pavia |
| Predecessor | Desiderius |
| Successor | Louis I |
| Keeng o the Franks | |
| Reing | 9 October 768 – 28 Januar 814 |
| Coronation | 9 October 768 Noyon |
| Predecessor | Pepin the Short |
| Successor | Louis I |
| Born | 2 Apryle 742/747/748[1] Liège, Frankish Kinrick |
| Dee'd | 28 Januar 814 (aged 71) Aachen, Holy Roman Empire |
| Buirial | Aachen Cathedral |
| Spouse |
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| Issue Amang ithers | |
| Hoose | Carolingian |
| Faither | Pepin the Short |
| Mither | Bertrada o Laon |
| Releegion | Roman Catholicism |
Charlemagne (/ˈʃɑːrlᵻmeɪn/; 2 Apryle 742/747/748[1] – 28 Januar 814), kent as Charles the Great (German: Karl der Große;[2] [Carolus or Karolus Magnus] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) or Charles I, wis the Keeng o the Franks frae 768, the Keeng o Italy frae 774, an frae 800 the first emperor in wastren Europe syne the collapse o the Wastren Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expandit Frankish state he foondit is cried the Carolingian Empire.
The auldest son o Pepin the Short an Bertrada o Laon, Charlemagne became king in 768 follaein the daith o his faither. He wis initially co-ruler wi his brither Carloman I. Carloman's sudden daith in 771 unner unexplained circumstances left Charlemagne as the undisputit ruler o the Frankish Kinrick. Charlemagne continued his faither's policy towards the papacy an became its protector, remuivin the Lombards frae pouer in northren Italy, an leadin a incursion intae Muslim Spain. He campaigned against the fowks tae his east an aw, Christianisin thaim upon penalty o daith, at times leadin tae events such as the Massacre o Verden. Charlemagne reached the hicht o his pouer in 800 when he wis crouned as "Emperor" bi Pape Leo III on Christenmas Day at Auld St. Peter's Basilica.
Cried the "Faither o Europe" (pater Europae),[3] Charlemagne's empire unitit maist o Wastren Europe for the first time syne the Roman Empire. His rule spurred the Carolingian Renaissance, a period o cultural an intellectual activity athin the Catholic Kirk. Baith the French and German monarchies considered their kinricks tae be stryndants o Charlemagne's empire.
Charlemagne dee'd in 814 efter haein ruled as Emperor for juist ower thirteen years. He wis laid tae rest in his imperial caipital o Aachen in the day's Germany. His son Louis the Pious succeedit him as Emperor.
References
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[eedit | edit soorce]- 1 2 Karl Ferdinand Werner: Das Geburtsdatum Karls des Großen, in: Francia 1, 1973, pp. 115–157 (online Archived 2013-11-17 at the Wayback Machine);
Matthias Becher: Neue Überlegungen zum Geburtsdatum Karls des Großen, in: Francia 19/1, 1992, pp. 37-60 (online Archived 2013-11-17 at the Wayback Machine);
R. McKitterick: Charlemagne. Cambridge 2008, p. 72. - ↑ Charlemagne, Encyclopedia Brittanica
- ↑ Papst Johannes Paul II (2004). "Ansprache von seiner Heiligkeit Papst Johannes Paul II" (in German). Internationaler Karlspreis zu Aachen. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2012. Retrieved 4 Januar 2014.