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Charlemagne
Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was born in 742 and died in 814. He became King of the Franks (French) in 768, King of Italy in 774, the first Holy Roman Emperor and the first Emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. Charlemagne was the leader of many historical and victorious battles which united much of Europe.
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What was Charlemagne's most disappointing military campaign?
Charlemagne's most disappointing military campaign came against the?
What country was Charlemagne born in and work in?
Charlemagne was King of the Franks, an Empire which incorporated much of Europe. Born 742 died 814
What was Charlemagne occupation?
Charlemagne was a professional monarch. He started his career by being a king, but was unexpectedly promoted to emperor in 800 AD. He did not want the promotion, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Why is the sword so important to Charlemagne?
Charlemagne is said always to have carried a sword. Also his favorite sword is said to have been one called Joyeuse. Joyeuse is mentioned in literature many times, and remained important as a relic of Charlemagne's life. I have not seen a reason it was so important to Charlemagne, but the is a link to an article on it below.
Why did Charlemagne want people to become christian?
Charlemagne promoted Christianity because he was Christian and believed God was the only God.
How did Charlemagne rule his widespread lands?
Through many wars, power, threats and having men who did what he wanted. He was very strong during his rule and to go against him meant death.
Why was Charlemagne a successful ruler?
Charlemagne built the Kingdom of the Franks into the largest empire in the history of medieval Europe. He fostered education, built schools, and issued new, and rather wise, legal codes. He protected the Church and the popes, and he benefited his people.
Charlemenge is the Roman emperor who officially Christianized the empire.
Why was Charlemagne a great king?
Charlemagne became King of the Franks in 768. During the time he was king he brought nearly all the territories of modern France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, and much of the Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy under the control of a unified government. It was the most powerful kingdom in Europe. He was crowned Emperor of the West in 800, and he died in 814. Two great nations, France, and the Holy Roman Empire, both traced their beginnings to his empire.
Charlemagne also established higher cultural standards, bringing in teachers to teach the members of nobility to read. His leadership in this respect started a slow but steady growth of literacy and education that lasted into the Renaissance.
Yes. Charlemagne was born in the Frankish kingdom circa 742 AD and died in 814 AD.
What is the significance of Charlemagne's coat of arms?
It is split in half and the eagle represents Rome
What is the basic story of the Song of Roland?
The following is the plot of the Song of Roland from Wikipedia:
"Charlemagne's army is fighting the Muslims inSpain. The last city standing is Saragossa, held by the Muslim king Marsilla. Threatened by the might of Charlemagne's army of Franks, Marsilla sends out messengers to Charlemagne, promising treasure and Marsilla's conversion to Christianity if the Franks will go back to France. Charlemagne and his men, tired of fighting, accept his peace offer and select a messenger to Marsilla's court. Protagonist Roland nominates his stepfather Ganelon as messenger. Ganelon, who fears to be murdered by the enemy and accuses Roland of intending this, takes revenge by informing the Saracens of a way to ambush the rear guard of Charlemagne's army, led by Roland, as the Franks re-enter Spain through the mountain passes.
As Ganelon predicted, Roland leads the rear guard, with the wise and moderate Oliver and the fierce Archbishop Turpin. The Muslims ambush them at Roncesvalles, and the Christians are overwhelmed. Oliver asks Roland to blow his olifant to call for help from the Frankish army; but Roland proudly refuses to do so. The Franks fight well, but are outnumbered, until almost all Roland's men are dead and he knows that Charlemagne's army can no longer save them. Despite this, he blows his olifant to summon revenge, until his temples burst and he dies a martyr's death. Angels take his soul to Paradise.
When Charlemagne and his men reach the battlefield, they find the dead bodies of Roland's men, and pursue the Muslims into the river Ebro, where they drown. Meanwhile Baligant, the powerful emir of Babylon, has arrived in Spain to help Marsilla, and his army encounters that of Charlemagne at Roncesvalles, where the Christians are burying and mourning their dead. Both sides fight valiantly; but when Charlemagne kills Baligant, the Muslim army scatters and flees, and the Franks conquer Saragossa. With Marsilla's wife Bramimonde, Charlemagne and his men ride back to Aix, their capital in France.
The Franks discover Ganelon's betrayal and keep him in chains until his trial, where Ganelon argues that his action was legitimate revenge, not treason. While the council of barons assembled to decide the traitor's fate is initially swayed by this claim, one man, Thierry, argues that, because Roland was serving Charlemagne when Ganelon delivered his revenge on him, Ganelon's action constitutes a betrayal. Ganelon's friend Pinabel challenges Thierry to trial by combat, in which, by divine intervention, Thierry kills Pinabel. The Franks are convinced by this of Ganelon's villainy; wherefore he is torn apart by galloping horses and thirty of his relatives are hanged."
Where was Charlemagne's coronation?
Charlemagne was crowned king of the West Franks in Noyon France on October 9, 768.
He was crowned emperor on December 25, 800 AD in St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, by Pope Leo III.
Charlemagne was crowned at least one other time, when he became King of the Lombards, probably in Pavia, in 774, though I do not see precise information on this. The information may well exist in sources I have not seen.
Why was Charlemagne considered a great ruler?
Yes. He made significant contributions to western civilizations. He improved education, government, culture, and was a great (good, strategic, smart) military leader. Also, he conquered Anglo Saxons which were barbarians.
What good things did Charlemagne do for his people?
Charlemagne helped increase food supply by introducing more efficient methods. He also improved education and culture by establishing a school at his palace in Aachen.
Charlemagne became the ruler of Europe by?
Charlemagne started of his rule in 768 as King of the Franks in modern day France upon the premature death of his father King Pepin the Short. However, over the next 46 years, he would gradually conquer more and more of Europe till he ruled most of it by the time of his death in 814.
He wasn't assassinated, he was sick with pleurisy for about a week and then died on Jan 28, 814 AD.
Charlemagne began the line of kings known as the?
"King of the Romans" (upon election to the throne)
"Emperor of the Romans" (upon being crowned by the pope)
or
"Holy Roman Emperor" (a modern term for the monarch of the Holy Roman Empire)
The Palantine Church of Charlemagne is thought to have been based on the church of?
San Vitale, Ravenna
How were Charlemagne and Pope Gregory VII related?
Charlemagne and Pope Gregory VII were not contemporaries, as Charlemagne lived from 742 to 814, while Pope Gregory VII reigned from 1073 to 1085. However, both figures played significant roles in the relationship between the Church and the state during their respective eras. Charlemagne was instrumental in the promotion of Christianity in Europe and strengthened the alliance between the Frankish kingdom and the papacy, particularly through his coronation as Emperor by Pope Leo III. In contrast, Gregory VII is known for his efforts to reform the Church and assert papal authority over secular leaders, thereby continuing the legacy of papal influence that was established during Charlemagne's time.
