No one really knows whether Charlemagne knew he would be crowned emperor. He apparently said he did not know it was to happen until he was in the service for mass, which he went to. Many people find this hard to believe for various reasons.
Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome.
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Charlemagne was given the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans on Christmas Day, 800 AD in Rome.
Pope Leo lll crowned Charlemagne 'Majestic Emperor' in the Great Basilica of St Peter's Rome
Charlemagne was not crowned emperor of the Romans. He was crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor, which had nothing to do with ancient Rome. The so-called Holy Roman Empire was a Germanic kingdom of the Middle Ages.
No, Charlemagne was given the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
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he was a Germanic king, that was crowned emperor of Rome, by a pope
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as emperor on Christmas Day, 800, in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.He was given the title "Imperator Romanorum", or "Emperor of the Romans". Leo had been supported by Charlemagne in a power struggle in Rome, and was both honoring Charlemagne and simultaneously discrediting the legitimacy of Empress Irene of Constantinople by declaring him Emperor. Charlemagne's biographer claimed Charlemagne did not know Leo was going to bestow this title on him, but many historians are suspicious of this account.
Charlemagne wascrownedRomanEmperorbyPopeLeoIII. He become the emperor of the Frankish empire which has been called by historiansCarolingianEmpire. The Pope gave him title of Romanemperorto signify that by allying with Charlemagne andcrowninghimemperor, westernEuropeandCatholicismbecameIndependentfrom the Byzantine Empire, which had up to that point controlled parts ofItaly, including Rome and the bishop of Rome (the Pope).
I don't know the symbolism behind Charlemangne being crowned an Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire . What I have read, though, is that ther is evidence that 34 of our 43 presidents have direct lineage to this Charlemagne (742-814). U.S. has been compared to Rome as the Gobal Super Power that we know it is... For more look into David Icke.