How many children did Charlemagne have?

Answer 1

There are twenty people who are recorded to have been children of Charlemagne. He probably had others.

We are not sure whether Charlemagne had four wives or five. The generally accepted number is four.

• He may have been married to a woman named Himiltrude, but they are recorded to have had two children.
• His earliest recorded marriage, to Desiderata, was annulled, and they had no children.
• His marriage to Hildegard produced nine children before she died.
• He married a woman named Fastrada, and they had two children before she died.
• His last marriage, to Luitgard, lasted twenty years, but they had no children.

He had seven children recorded to have been born to concubines.

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Answer 2

Charlemagne, the King of the Franks and Emperor of the Carolingian Empire, is believed to have had at least 18 children. This number includes both legitimate and illegitimate offspring.