CHARLEMAGNE
742 - 814 (71 years)
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Name CHARLEMAGNE, Birth 2 Apr 742 Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany 
Gender Male Books About Charlemagne: A Biography 
Charlamagne Biography Differentiator Charlemagne has been called the "Father of Europe" (Pater Europae),[3] as he united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. Relation to Me 37 GGF Royalty & Nobility Between 9 Oct 768 and 28 Jan 814 King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Royalty & Nobility Between 10 Jul 774 and 28 Jan 814 King of the Lombards Royalty & Nobility Between 25 Dec 800 and 28 Jan 814 Holy Roman Emperor _HEIG When scientists in 1861 opened his tomb, they measured his bones and confirmed Einhard’s account of his height; they estimated that Charles was approximately six feet, five inches tall, much taller than most of the men of his time. Charles as a man was sai Death 28 Jan 814 Aix-La-Chapelle (French name for city of Aachen), Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Burial Aachen Cathedral Person ID I55 My Genealogy Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father PEPIN, b. Abt 714 d. 24 Sep 768 (Age 54 years) Relationship natural Mother LAON, Bertrada of, b. Aft 710 d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy-au-Bac, France (Age < 71 years) Relationship natural Family ID F1739 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 DE SWABIA, Hildegarde Taliaferro, b. 2 Apr 757, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 28 Jan 814, Metz, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France (Age 56 years) Marriage 771 Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Children 1. FRANCE, Charles Younger Emperor, b. Between 772 and 773, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 811, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. LOUIS, b. 25 Sep 778, Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d. 20 Jun 840 (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. CAROLINGIEN, Bertha, b. Abt 779, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. 14 Jan 822, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, ROTRUDE Carolingian of the, b. 775, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. Maine, Normandy, France [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. PEPIN, I, b. 2 Apr 773, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 8 Jul 810, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy (Age 37 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. DEAQUITAINE, Alpais, b. Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany d. Aquitaine, France [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. CAROLIGIEN, Aupais Alpais, b. Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d. France [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]8. HILTRUDE, b. Alsace, France d. Tours, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F14 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Children + 1. LOUIS, b. 25 Sep 778, Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d. 20 Jun 840 (Age 61 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F1734 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Birth - 2 Apr 742 - Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany 
Marriage - 771 - Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany = Link to Google Earth
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Charlemagne - Wikipedia Descent from antiquity - Wikipedia
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Notes - Charles, the King of the Franks, was the first leader since the fall of the Roman Empire to rule over a united Western Europe, branding his legend and legacy over a geography that would today cover what is now Belgium, Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands, and western Germany. Charles’ goal was to unite all the Germanic people into a single Christian kingdom. However, Charlemagne perceived a purpose to Christian living apart from its spiritual benefits; his sense of order realized that people who lived by a uniform code of behavior served the nation better.
Charles the Great reconfigured the map of Western Europe with his military conquests, restored Latin as the language of the educated, and bolstered the Papacy with his armies. He married often and fathered many children, some legitimate, some not; he lived long and, during his lifetime, his Empire flourished. But his heirs could not sustain his greatness -his unification of Western Europe did not last. His legend, however, is eternal. He is such an integral figure in medieval history that, had he not been born, lived, and ruled, the destiny of Europe would have been altered. He is regarded not only as the father of Europe, because he unified the continent from the North Sea to the Mediterranean Sea for the first time since Rome fell, but also as the father of modern France and Germany.
- Charles, the King of the Franks, was the first leader since the fall of the Roman Empire to rule over a united Western Europe, branding his legend and legacy over a geography that would today cover what is now Belgium, Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands, and western Germany. Charles’ goal was to unite all the Germanic people into a single Christian kingdom. However, Charlemagne perceived a purpose to Christian living apart from its spiritual benefits; his sense of order realized that people who lived by a uniform code of behavior served the nation better.