Who was charlemange?

Question

Tell me some fact about him too. Thanks!

Answer 1

Copy and pasting from Wikipedia - the link below will give you a lot more. Charlemagne, as it turns out, according to the family trees at ancestry.com, was a great, great...grandfather of mine!



Charlemagne or Charles the Great (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) was the King of the Franks (768–814) who conquered Italy and took the Iron Crown of Lombardy in 774 and, on a visit to Rome in 800, was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, presaging the revival of the Roman imperial tradition in the West in the form of the Holy Roman Empire. By his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define Western Europe and the Middle Ages. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of the arts and education in the West.

The son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, his original name in the Frankish language was never recorded, but early instances of his name in Latin read "Carolos" or "Karol's". He succeeded his father and co-ruled with his brother Carloman until the latter's death in 771. Charlemagne continued the policy of his father towards the papacy and became its protector, removing the Lombards from power in Italy, and waging war on the Saracens who menaced his realm from Spain. It was during one of these campaigns that Charlemagne experienced the worst defeat of his life at Roncesvalles (778). He also campaigned against the peoples to his east, especially the Saxons, and after a protracted war subjected them to his rule. By converting them to Christianity, he integrated them into his realm and thus paved the way for the later Ottonian Dynasty.

Today regarded as the founding father of both France and Germany and sometimes as the Father of Europe, as he was the first ruler of a Western Europe empire since the fall of the Roman Empire.

Answer 2

Charlemagne or Charles the Great (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) was the King of the Franks (768–814) who conquered Italy and took the Iron Crown of Lombardy in 774 and, on a visit to Rome in 800, was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, presaging the revival of the Roman imperial tradition in the West in the form of the Holy Roman Empire. By his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define Western Europe and the Middle Ages. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of the arts and education in the West.

Answer 3

Charlemagne or Charles the Great (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) was the King of the Franks (768–814) who conquered Italy and took the Iron Crown of Lombardy in 774 and, on a visit to Rome in 800, was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, presaging the revival of the Roman imperial tradition in the West in the form of the Holy Roman Empire. By his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define Western Europe and the Middle Ages. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of the arts and education in the West.

Answer 4

As far as I know he didn't have the "mange". His name was Charlemagne. Charles means man and magne means great.
So his name meant great man.

His grandfather was Charles Martel, known as the 'Hammer of Europe'. Martel beat back the Turks from taking over Europe.

His son, Pepin the Short, further added to the stability of Europe,

and his son, Charlemagne consolidated and expanded the foundations of modern Europe.

In A.D. 800 on Christmas Day he was crowned by the Pope as the first Holy Roman Emperor. The Pope had no call to crown him, but this set up the Medieval idea of the Divine Right of Kings.

His nationality was Frankish, and though often considered German, he belongs as much to the Franks or (modern French). He died and was buried in France. During his lifetime he and his brother, Carloman, both reigned over different territories,but Charlemagne was definitely the top dog.

The division of his kingdom at his death under multiple rulers was in my opinion, the same mistake Edward I made in England.

Charlemagne converted tribes to Christianity wholesale and at swordpoint (which perhaps leaves something lacking in his understanding of Christianity), but he did unify and unification of religion is as important in some ways as political unification for nations to develop power and innovation.

He, in essence, restored the Roman empire, and this, as well as what he put in place towards the building of modern Europe are his great claims to fame. And they are great ones. Throughout Medieval and even Renaissance history to be able to trace your lineage back to Charlemagne was a great thing.

Answer 5

Charlemagne is best known for saving the Roman Catholic Church. In the 8th Century the catholic faith, for that matter the whole of Christianity, was on the decline and Charlesmagne restored it by declaring himself with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He was born in Aachen, Germany, and his mother was Bertha with the big foot who was born in Laon, France, then the capital of France.

Answer 6

The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Answer 7

Founder of the holy Roman empire. A light in the dark ages.

Answer 8

fact 1. His name is Charlemagne
fact 2. It means Charles the Great
fact 3. I know almost nothing about French history, so this is where I beg off

Answer 9

Without Charlemagne's victory at Tours, you'd be praying on your knees to Mecca every day......

Answer 10

well i know that he was a french king in the late 700s and he was the son of charles martel