To rival with other European Emperors.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans on Christmas Day, 800 AD in Rome.
charlamagne/chareles the great
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans, on December 25, 800.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemange in 800.
Charlemagne was crowned empror of the Romans by Pope Leo III in 800
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans (not the Roman people).
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800 AD.
Converted his kingdom to Christianity.
Charlemagne was declared Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III when Leo crowned him on December 25, 800.
The pope crowned Charlemagne as King of the Holy Roman Empire in the year 800
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.
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.