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Charlemagne

Type Figure Region Frankish Kingdom Time c. 748–814 Also known as Charlemagne、查理大帝、Karl der Große、Charles the Great

Charlemagne (748–814), founder of the Carolingian Empire, was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in Rome on Christmas 800, reviving Wester…

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  1. c. 748–771Frankish Kingdom · Frankish KingdomEldest son of Pippin, after his father's death in 768 he divided the Frankish realm with his brother Carloman (Charlemagne's brother, not the Mayor of the Palace Carloman). After Carloman died early in 771, Charlemagne annexed his lands, became sole king, and immediately launched foreign conquests.
  2. 771–800Aachen · North Rhine-WestphaliaConquered Saxony (after thirty years of war and forced conversion), Lombardy (crowned King of the Lombards in 774), Bavaria and the Avar Khaganate, extending his realm over most of Central Europe. He implemented feudal fief reforms, standardized Carolingian minuscule, and fostered court schools and scholarly revival (the Carolingian Renaissance), and built a palace and the Palatine Chapel at Aachen.
  3. 800–814Rome (coronation) / Aachen (reign) · RomeOn Christmas 800, Pope Leo III crowned him in Rome as Emperor of the Romans, reviving the Western imperial title and creating a standoff with Byzantium. During his reign he continued imperial administrative divisions (missi dominici envoys), legislation (compilation of the Carolingian law codes) and church reform; he died at Aachen in 814 and was succeeded by his son Louis the Pious.

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