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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 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.
Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne emperor, December 25, 800.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor in St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, on December 25, 800 AD. At the time he crowned Charlemagne, he referred to the empire as the Roman Empire. Today, historians call Charlemagne's empire the Carolingian Empire, but at the time, people in Western Europe called it the Roman Empire, as Pope Leo III had. The people of the Byzantine Empire of the time, who had always called their country the Roman Empire, and would as long as it existed, were not very happy about this. The Carolingian Empire divided into France, and a country we call the Holy Roman Empire, but which called itself the Roman Empire for some time. If all this sounds confusing, imagine how it sounded to the people of the time. There are a links below.
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 crowned Charlemagne.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800 AD.
Supported the pope; pope crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Roman people
The pope crowned Charlemagne as King of the Holy Roman Empire in the year 800
Charlemagne
Charlemagne was crowned (Western) Roman Emperor
Charlemagne did not want people to think the pope had the power to choose who was emperor.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans, on December 25, 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.
He crowned Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne was crowned empror of the Romans by Pope Leo III in 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.