Charlemagne was crowned as King of the Franks in 768. More importantly, he was crowned Emperor of the Romans (or Emperor of the West) on December 25, 800.
Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne emperor, December 25, 800.
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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.
Charlemagne was crowned King in 768. He became sole ruler of the Franks in 771. He became Holy Roman Emperor in 800.
Charlemagne was not prepared for his coronation and may not have wanted to be crowned by the Pope. If the Pope had the power to crown Charlemagne king, the Pope might also have the right to remove the crown.
Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne.
He was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne was crowned the new Roman emperor in A.D. 800
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800 AD.
He feared the pope who crowned him.
Charlemagne was crowned (Western) Roman Emperor
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.
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no one did but the pope crowned him emperor of the franks.AnswerPope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in the year 800 in St. Peter's Basilicia.
We do not have a date for the birth of Charlemagne, but he is thought to have been 25 or 26 when he was crowned king. The date given for the coronation is October 9, 768.