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Son of Charlemagne and Hildegard: 4 December 811 Aged about 39 Second son and main heir of Charlemagne Louis I The Pious 28 January 814 – 20 June 840 16 April 778 Casseuil Son of Charles I and Hildegard (1) Ermengarde of Hesbaye 794 6 children (2) Judith of Bavaria 819 2 children 20 June 840 Aged 62 Ingelheim am Rhein: Second son of Charles I
In 806, Charlemagne planned to divide his empire between his sons. Louis received Provence and Burgundy as additions to his kingdom. When Louis succeeded Charlemagne as emperor in 814, he granted Aquitaine to his son Pepin I, after whose death in 838 the nobility of Aquitaine chose his son Pepin II of Aquitaine (d. 865) as their
Charles's nomenclature as Holy Roman Emperor was Charles V (also Karl V and Carolus V), though earlier in his life he was known by the names of Charles of Ghent (after his birthplace in Flanders), Charles II as Duke of Burgundy, and Charles I as King of Spain (Carlos I) and Archduke of Austria (Karl I).
Charlemagne aimed to convert all those in the Frankish kingdom to Christianity and to expand both his empire and the reach of Christianity. The 789 Admonitio Generalis pronounced Charlemagne responsible for the salvation of his subjects and set out standards of education for the clergy, who previously had been mostly illiterate.
Heir apparent and son of Emperor Bokassa I (1976–1979). [af 2] 1979: Egypt: Fuad II: 18 June 1953 [af 3] Muhammad Ali: Last reigning King (1952–1953). 1953: Ethiopia: Zera Yacob Amha Selassie [af 4] 7 February 1997: Solomon [af 5] Grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie (1930–1974). Hereditary [af 6] 1975: Girma Yohannes Iyasu [af 7] 1977 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. King of the Franks, first Holy Roman Emperor For other uses, see Charlemagne (disambiguation). Charlemagne A denarius of Charlemagne dated c. 812–814 with the inscription KAROLVS IMP AVG (Karolus Imperator Augustus) King of the Franks Reign 9 October 768 – 28 January 814 Coronation 9 ...
In 774, as Charlemagne was besieging Pavia, capital of the Lombard Kingdom, he sent for Hildegard and his sons to join the army at the camp outside the city. [1] Charlemagne conquered the city by June 774, becoming king of the Lombards in addition to being king of the Franks. [2] Charlemagne and his family returned north to Francia by July or ...
The Carolingian dynasty (/ ˌ k ær ə ˈ l ɪ n dʒ i ə n / KARR-ə-LIN-jee-ən; [1] known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. [2]