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Charlemagne
(742-814)

During the Middle Ages, when religious art dominated, few political portraits were commissioned. Charlemagne's images were created only after his death, so his actual appearance remains a mystery.

Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, was King of the Franks from 768-814 and was the founder of the Holy Roman Empire. He is also credited with stimulating European economic and political life and leading a cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance. He achieved these ends through forming a political alliance with the rival power of the papacy and the strengthening of fuedal institutions. As a result, northern Europe emerged in the high and late Middle Ages as the dominant economic, political, and cultural force of the Western World.

Charlemagne was born in 742 to Pepin the Short and Bertrada. In 741 Pepin had become mayor of the palace, and in 751 he unseated the last Merov

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Charlemagne

742–814

CHARLEMAGNE

The most important monarch of the Early Middle Ages, Charlemagne was a successful strategist and soldier who expanded the Frankish kingdom to include much of Western and Central Europe. He brought about education and economic reforms, and his rule is often associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a time of intellectual and cultural revival. He was the first ruler to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in recognition for his devotion to the papacy, and he fought several successful battles against the early Italian, Spanish, and British powers, always on the side of the Catholic Church.

Charlemagne ruled the outer parts of his native country following the passing of his father, Pepin the Short, but it was not until the death of his brother, Carloman II, that he became sole sovereign of France. As king, Charlemagne was a devout Catholic. He battled on the side of the papacy when Lombardian king Desiderius took over several Italian cities and attempted to siege Rome. Driving the Lombards back to Pavia, he then attacked their city. Af

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Charlemagne (c. 747 - c. 814)

Charlemagne ©Charlemagne (Charles the Great) was king of the Franks and Christian emperor of the West. He did much to define the shape and character of medieval Europe and presided over the Carolingian Renaissance.

Charlemagne was born in the late 740s near Liège in modern day Belgium, the son of the Frankish king Pepin the Short. When Pepin died in 768, his kingdom was divided between his two sons and for three years Charlemagne ruled with his younger brother Carloman. When Carloman died suddenly in 771, Charlemagne became sole ruler.

Charlemagne spent the early part of his reign on several military campaigns to expand his kingdom. He invaded Saxony in 772 and eventually achieved its total conquest and conversion to Christianity. He also extended his dominance to the south, conquering the kingdom of the Lombards in northern Italy. In 778, he invaded northern Spain, then controlled by the Moors. Between 780 and 800, Charlemagne added Bohemia to his empire and subdued the Avars in the middle Danube basin to form a buffer state for the easter