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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 ...
- Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers and...
- Charles Martel (Disambiguation)
Charles Martel (c. 688–741) was a Frankish military and...
- Rotrude of Hesbaye
He noted that Charles Martel had three wives and that Wido...
- Hieronymus
Hieronymus (Jerome) (c. 722 - after 782), was the son of...
- Bernard
Under this, the bulk of the Frankish territory went to...
- Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah Al-Ghafiqi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن...
- Battle of Amblève
The mayor of the palace of Austrasia, Charles Martel,...
- Theudoald
Theudoald died, probably killed, around 741, after the death...
- Carloman
Carloman (between 706 and 716 – 17 August 754) was the...
- 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. The 18-year-old Charles Martel was set ...
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- Clementia Habsburg Van Oosten
Charles Martel of the Capetian dynasty was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary, the daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary. The 18-year-old Charles Martel was set up by Pope Nicholas IV and the ecclesiastical party as the titular King of Hungary (1290–1295) as the successor of his maternal uncle, the childless Ladislaus IV of Hungary against whom the Pope had ...
One of these officials, Charles Martel (the Hammer), reunited the Frankish lands and repulsed a powerful Muslim raid from Spain in 732 at Tours. He died in 741, and his son, Pepin the Short, who has succeeded him as Mayor of the Palace, will depose the last of the old line of kings in 751 and have himself elected king by the Frankish nobles.
The Duchy of Aquitaine (Occitan: Ducat d'Aquitània, IPA: [dyˈkad dakiˈtaɲɔ]; French: Duché d'Aquitaine, IPA: [dyʃe dakitɛn]) was a historical fiefdom in western, central, and southern areas of present-day France to the south of the river Loire, although its extent, as well as its name, fluctuated greatly over the centuries, at times comprising much of what is now southwestern France ...
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Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Charles Martel . Charles Martel , Latin Carolus Martellus (“Charles the Hammer”), (born c. 688—died Oct. 22, 741, Quierzy-sur-Oise, Fr.), Carolingian mayor of the palace (715–41). He was a child born out of wedlock to Pippin of Herstal, mayor of the palace and virtual ruler of the ...
House of Anjou-Taranto. The Capetian House of Anjou, or House of Anjou-Sicily, or House of Anjou-Naples was a royal house and cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. It is one of three separate royal houses referred to as Angevin, meaning "from Anjou" in France. Founded by Charles I of Anjou, the youngest son of Louis VIII of France, the Capetian ...
