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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 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 ...
Luitgard (born around 776, died 4 June 800) was the last wife of Charlemagne. [1] Luitgard was the daughter of Luitfrid II of Sundgau, an Alamannian count, and Hiltrude of Wormsgau. [2] She married Charlemagne in 794, when he was around 50 years old.
Desiderata (fl. 771) was a queen consort of the Franks. She was one of four daughters of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and his wife Ansa, Queen of the Lombards. Desiderata was married to Charlemagne in 770 in effort to create a bond between Francia and the Kingdom of the Lombards.
By June, Charlemagne conquered the city, deposed Desiderius and his wife Ansa, and named himself king of the Lombards. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Charlemagne and Hildegard likely went through a ritual installation as the new king and queen in Pavia (though no direct source exists), [ 18 ] and a charter issued in Lombardy in July was a grant of Lombard land ...
1. unknown wife: 1 son 2. Clotilde, 493: 4 children 27 November 511 Aged 44/45 Paris: King of the Salian Franks since 481; united all Franks under his rule by 509 Theuderic I [1] [2] 27 November 511 – Early 534 c. 487 Paris Son of Clovis I and an earlier wife: Evochildis of Cologne 1. Suavegotha, 510s: childless 2. Several concubines: at ...
Fastrada was born circa 765 at Ingelheim, the daughter of the powerful East Frankish Count Rudolph (also called Eadolf), and his wife, Aeda. Fastrada became the third wife of Charlemagne, [3] marrying him in October 783 at Worms, Germany, a few months after Queen Hildegard's death. [4]
Bertrada recommended that Charlemagne set aside his legal wife, Himiltrude, and marry Desiderata, a daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius, but Charlemagne soon divorced Desiderata. Einhard claims this was the only episode that ever strained relations between mother and son.
Charlemagne's biographer Einhard calls her a "concubine" [4] and Paulus Diaconus speaks of Pepin's birth "before legal marriage". [1] A letter by Pope Stephen III seemingly referring to Charlemagne and his brother Carloman as being already married (to Himiltrude and Gerberga ), and advising them not to dismiss their wives, has led many ...