He was given the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
Holy Roman Emperor
The title of Holy Roman Emperor.
Holy Roman Emperor
coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III
The pope gave Charlemagne the title of Holy Roman Emperor, on Christmas Day of 799(?)/800
Charlemagne was given the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800.
No, Charlemagne was given the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne was given the title of Emperor by the Pope, and none of his daughters ever married.
I assume you are referring to Charlemagne who was given the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne was crowned (Western) Roman Emperor
Charlemagne was the king of the Franks. The pope asked him to attack the Lombards and end their rule in Italy. In exchange he was given the title of Roman emperor. This led to the formation of the Carolingian empire. It has been given this name because it was ruled by Charlemagne and his close relatives (after his death). Italy became part of this empire. Charlemagne was called Roman emperor to symbolise the independence of western Europe from the Roman empire of the East which previously was in charge of part of Italy. The pope also was meant to be a subordinate of this empire. Charlemagne provided the military power that gave the Pope and Italy this independence through his alliance with the pope.
The Frankish Empire was also called the Carolingian Empire after Charlemagne, its founder. The pope crowned Charlemagne as emperor. He did this as a reward for breaking Lombard rule in Italy. Charlemagne was given the title of 'Roman Emperor' to symbolise the independence of Italy and (western European) Roman Catholic Christendom form the Eastern Roman Empire which had controlled central Italy and the pope. Basically, Charlemagne was the emperor of Roman Catholic Christendom.
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 was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in 800. He would be the first person in the west to bear this title since the deposition of the last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus in 476.