Charlemagne

A detailed Summary of Charlemagne

In the Eighth century Vikings, savages, and barbarians ruled Europe.

The only unified kingdom in Europe at the time was Frankland, which

included present day parts of Belgium, France, Germany, and the

Netherlands. By the Ninth century, however, Frankland included

most of Europe thanks to Charles the Great, or Charlemagne. He was

one of the greatest kings that Europe has ever known.

Charles, the first of two boys, was born in 742 A.D. to Queen

Bertrada and Pepin "the short". Pepin inherited the position of mayor of the palace, or

actual ruler of the Franks. Wanting to be king in rank as well as in power,

Pepin seized the Frankish throne in 751 when Charles was only nine years

old. Charles had long looked forward to the time when he would be king,

when he would have the chance to serve his people with courage and

Three passions had so early taken root in the young prince - his

desire to rule men, his devotion to the Catholic church, and his love of literature,

science, and art. Charles had been in charge of a command of his own since

In 768 King Pepin died, leaving his kingdom to

In 800 he is crowned Emperor in Rome by Pope Leo the Third.

he was in his early twenties. His first wife was a Frankish princess named

surviving son, Louis the Pious, Emperor. In 814, at the age of 71,

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