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3 days ago · The Hammer Falls. As Mayor of the Palace, Charles Martel wielded power on a scale that dwarfed the Merovingian kings he nominally served. A warrior to the core, he spent much of his reign in the saddle, leading his armies on campaign after campaign to extend Frankish power and secure his borders.
23 hours ago · Pepin was eventually succeeded by his son Charles, later known as Charles Martel. Charles did not support a Merovingian successor upon the death of King Theuderic IV in 737, leaving the throne vacant. Charles made plans to divide the kingdom between his sons Carloman and Pepin the Short, who succeeded upon his death in 741.
1 day ago · Philip of Cognac (ill.) Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion ( Norman French: Quor de Lion) [1] [2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [3] [4] [5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine ...
4 days ago · Klementia (ca. 1262–after 7 February 1293), married 1281 in Vienna to Charles Martel of Anjou, the Papal claimant to the throne of Hungary and mother of king Charles I of Hungary, as well as of queen Clementia of France, herself the mother of the baby king John I of France.
3 days ago · Son of Charles Martel of Anjou and Clemence of Habsburg: 1st marriage Maria of Galicia
4 days ago · I moved from Charlemagne’s generation to his parent’s generation and finally found it in the wake of Charles Martel’s death (Charlemagne’s grandfather). Martel’s daughter, Hiltrude, fled his court in the middle of the night to seek out an enemy’s love. She crossed half a continent to reach him.
5 days ago · Global in scope, wide-ranging in its inclusion of topics, and edited by an international team of the world’s best scholars, this is the definitive resource for the field. Provides access to Grove Art Online, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
