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6 days ago · Charlemagne, king of the Franks (768–814), king of the Lombards (774–814), and first emperor (800–814) of what was later called the Holy Roman Empire. His feats as a ruler, both real and imagined, served as a standard to which many European rulers looked for guidance in defining and discharging their royal functions.
- Pippin III
Pippin III (born c. 714—died September 24, 768, Saint-Denis,...
- Emperor of The Romans
Charlemagne - Emperor, Franks, Holy Roman Empire:...
- Louis I
The Carolingian empire and (inset) divisions after the...
- Saxons
Saxon, member of a Germanic people who in ancient times...
- Charlemagne Summary
With the exception of the British Isles, southern Italy, and...
- Court and Administration
Charlemagne - Emperor, Frankish, Reforms: While responding...
- Childeric III
Effective power in France had long been wielded by the...
- Leo III
Saint Leo III (born, Rome—died June 12, 816, canonized 1673;...
- Pippin III
1 day ago · Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the majority of Western Central Europe, and was the first recognized emperor to rule in the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier. Charlemagne's rule saw a program of political and social changes that had a lasting impact on Europe in the Middle Ages.
- 9 October 768 – 28 January 814
- Bertrada of Laon
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3 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55. Thursday, 27 July 2023. By Vincenzo De Meulenaere.
6 days ago · Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (German: Friedrich I; Italian: Federico I ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152. He was crowned King of Italy on 24 April ...
- 1155 – 10 June 1190
- Lothair III
Apr 4, 2024 · Rudolf II (born July 18, 1552, Vienna, Habsburg domain [now in Austria]—died January 20, 1612, Prague, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1576 to 1612. His ill health and unpopularity prevented him from restraining the religious dissensions that eventually led to the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48).
5 days ago · The latter territories lay within the Holy Roman Empire and its borders, but were formally divided between fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire and French fiefs such as Charles's birthplace of Flanders, the last remnant of the Burgundian State, a powerful player in the Hundred Years' War. Since he was a minor, his aunt Margaret of Austria acted as ...
