Notes for Charlemagne of HRE, Emperor: Charlemagne 742-814 became the first true unifier of Europe since the height of the Roman Empire. He was emperor of the West (800-814), Carolingian king of the Franks (768-814). The son of Pepin The Short, he consolidated his rule in his own kingdom, invaded Italy in support of the pope, and in 774 was crowned king of the Lombards. He took NE Spain from the MOORS (778) and annexed Bavaria (788). After a long struggle (772-804) he subjugated and Christianized the Saxons. In 800 he restored LEO III to the papacy and was crowned emperor by him on Christmas Day, thus laying the basis for the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE and finalizing the split between the Byzantine and Roman empires. Charlemagne ruled through a highly efficient administrative system. He codified the law in his various dominions, and his court at AACHEN was the center for an intellectual and artistic renaissance.
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More About Charlemagne of HRE, Emperor: Ancestral File Number: 9GCC-89. Burial: Unknown, Notre Dame D'aix La Chapelle/Aachen, Germany. Christening: St Denis, , France.
More About Charlemagne of HRE, Emperor and Hildegard of HRE, Empress: Marriage: Abt. 772, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia/Aachen, Germany.
Children of Charlemagne of HRE, Emperor and Hildegard of HRE, Empress are:
Charlemagne of HRE, Emperor (b. 2 April 742, d. 28 January 813/14)
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