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1 day ago · The East Francian king Otto the Great conquered Italy and was crowned emperor in 962, founding the Holy Roman Empire which would last as an institution until its dissolution in 1806. According to historian Jennifer Davis, Charlemagne "invented medieval rulership" and his influence can be seen at least into the nineteenth century.
- Bust of Charlemagne
Charity stamp of Deutsche Bundespost, 1988. The Bust of...
- Pepin The Short
Pepin the Short (Latin: Pipinus; French: Pépin le Bref; c....
- Charlemagne (Disambiguation)
People. Peter II, Count of Savoy (1203–1268), called "the...
- Desiderata
Desiderata was married to Charlemagne in 770 in effort to...
- Great Schism of 1054
The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the...
- Charles The Younger
(East Francia; Charles the Younger (c. 772 – 4 December 811)...
- Massacre of Verden
When he had finished this business, the Lord King returned...
- Bertrada of Laon
Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783),...
- Bust of Charlemagne
5 days ago · He turned against East Francia and supported the rebellion of Radbod, the deposed prefect of the March of Pannonia, against Louis the German in 853. The Frankish monarch retaliated by invading Moravia in 855.
May 20, 2024 · Alsace ( / ælˈsæs /, [5] US also / ælˈseɪs, ˈælsæs /; [6] [7] French: [alzas] ⓘ; Low Alemannic German / Alsatian: Elsàss [ˈɛlsɑs]; German: Elsass ( German spelling before 1996: Elsaß .) [ˈɛlzas] ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switze...
19 hours ago · France, country of northwestern Europe. Historically and culturally among the most important nations in the Western world, France has also played a highly significant role in international affairs, with former colonies in every corner of the globe. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Alps and the Pyrenees, France has ...
May 5, 2024 · Otto II (955 – December 7, 983), called the Red, was King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Emperor Otto I the Great, King of East Francia and Adelaide of Italy.
May 7, 2024 · Called West Francia at the time, it was the westernmost part of Charlemagne’s empire that was broken up in 843 to end a war among his grandsons. Nominally, West Francia was under the imperial authority of the Ottonian dynasty, which had replaced Charlemagne’s dynasty in East Francia.
May 8, 2024 · Louis the German was King of East Francia for nearly three decades in the 9th Century. A grandson of the famous Charlemagne, he lived his life mostly as a conqueror. The Kingdom of East Francia. Beginning with Louis the German and ending with Otto the Great, this kingdom dominated Central Europe for a short period of time.
