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Charles Martel ( c. 688 – 22 October 741), [3] Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death. [4] [5] [6] He was a son of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal ...
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Charles Martel (c. 688–741) was a Frankish military and...
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He noted that Charles Martel had three wives and that Wido...
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Subsequently, Martel recovered much of the ransom paid by...
- Theudoald
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- Carloman
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- Battle of Tours
Apr 27, 2019 · Charles Martel (8 September 1271 – 12 August 1295) of the Angevin dynasty, also known as Charles I Martel, (French: Charles Martel d'Anjou, Italian: Carlo Martello, Hungarian: Martell Károly) was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary, the daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary.
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CHARLES OF ANJOU, ä N ′zhōō ′, Count of Provence and King of Naples and Sicily (1226-85). He was the seventh son of Louis VIII. of France, and wedded Beatrice, heiress of Provence. In 1248 he went on a crusade in company with his brother, Louis IX., suffered captivity in Egypt with him, and returned to Provence in 1250.
The Anjou Bible was likely commissioned by Robert I of Anjou as a gift for his granddaughter, Joanna, and Andreas of Hungary on the occasion of their marriage in 1342. Andreas of Hungary was a grandson of Robert's brother, Charles Martel of Anjou. Genealogy of the dynasty of the Anjou in Naples, right panel of the opening diptych of the Anjou ...
Charles attempted to convert Saxony and Frisia to Christianity and gave aid to Saint Boniface (q.v.) in his missions. He died on October 22, 741, at Quiercy on the Oise, leaving the government of the kingdom to be divided between his two sons, Carloman and Pepin the Short.
Charles I 1226/1227–1266–1285: Philip III of France 1245–1285: Charles II 1254–1285–1309: House of Barcelona: Charles, Count of Valois 1270–1325: Margaret, Countess of Anjou 1273–1299: Charles Martel of Anjou 1271–1295: Saint Louis of Toulouse 1274–1297: Robert 1277–1309–1343: Philip I, Prince of Taranto 1278–1332 ...
See also the Project Disclaimer. CHARLES MARTEL (about 689-741), was an illegitimate son of Pepin d'Heristal, duke of Austrasia and mayor of the palace of the Merovingian kings of France. The wildness of Charles s youth, and most of all the suspicion that he was concerned in the murder of his brother, totally estranged the affection of his ...
