He married a 13 year old girl named Hildegard, Gerperga, Fastrada, Luitgard and a woman named Himiltrude. Children were Pippin the Hunchback, Charles the Younger, Carolman-Pippin, Rotrude, Louis, Lothair, Bertha, Gisela, Hildegarde, Theodrada and Hiltrude. He also had concubines and illegitimate children.
2007-05-19 13:37:29
·
answer #1
·
answered by staisil 7
·
2⤊
0⤋
Starte with "Charlemagne". Leave out "King". Charlemagne means Charles the Great. Although much is uncertain, it is certain that Charlemagne had quite a few wifes. From yahoo.com or google.com, type in Charlemagne. Probably one of the web pages you will find listed will be Wikipedia. While I could answer the question, it will be more meaningful if you look it up and find what tribe Charlemagne was from, the names of his parents, his wives and their names, etc. You can learn a lot about history just checking up on Charlemagne; how the various tribes compromised, the son of one marrying the daughter of another, and thus taking over various kingdoms in far-reaching countries. You will find that his descendants went to Norway, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and probably every country in Europe and then to the Americas and Australia and others.
I am one of his descendants.
2007-05-19 20:32:29
·
answer #2
·
answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7
·
2⤊
0⤋
Charlemagne had numerous wives and mistresses and a lot of children.
According to reliable sources, his wives were:
(1) Himiltrud (not much is known about her origins)
(2) Desideria, daughter of Desiderius, King of the Lombards
(he divorced her in 771 A.D.)
(3) Hildegard, daughter of Hildebrand, Duke of Swabia
(she died in 783)
(4) Fastrada (began as a slave, then lady in waiting)
(she died in 794)
(5) Liutgard (again not much detail. She died in 800)
Among Charlemagne's many children were:
Pepin, who became King of Italy,
Charles, also a King of Italy
Louis I, king of Aquitaine and later Holy Roman Emperor
Berta, who married the Count of Ponthieu and whose descendants became the Counts of Boulogne
Rotrud, who married the Count of Maine
Druada, who married Bernard, Marquess of Aquitaine
Drogo, probably illegitimate, who became the Bishop of Metz
2007-05-19 20:47:55
·
answer #3
·
answered by marguerite L 4
·
3⤊
0⤋
Charles lived so long that at the time of his death, he had only one surviving grandson, Lewis the Pious. Lewis had three sons, who became Charles the Fat, Lewis the German, and Lothar.
2007-05-19 20:41:12
·
answer #4
·
answered by steve_geo1 7
·
3⤊
0⤋