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2 days 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.
- 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
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- Great Schism of 1054
Emperor Michael's attempts to resolve the schism ended when...
- Hildegard of Vinzgouw
Hildegard (c. 757/758 – 30 April 783) was a Frankish queen...
- Charles The Younger
Charles the Younger (c. 772 – 4 December 811) was the son of...
- Massacre of Verden
Several historians have attempted to lessen Charles's...
- Bertrada of Laon
Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783),...
- Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the...
- Bust of Charlemagne
3 days ago · Al-Andalus [a] ( Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and Southern France. The name describes the different Muslim [1] [2] states that controlled these territories at various times between ...
2 days ago · Marseille [a] ( Occitan: Marsiho or Marselha ), formerly spelled in English as Marseilles, is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near ...
- 240.62 km² (92.90 sq mi)
- Bouches-du-Rhône
6 days ago · How was Charles Martel able to defeat Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi in the battle of the martyrs' court?
4 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.
5 days ago · The life-size Terra-cotta warriors and horses of theQin Dynasty(221-206BC) unearthed in Lintong District ofXi'anin Northwest China'sShaanxi Provincerevealed that there were still stirrups at that time though other harnesses were complete. The stirrup is considered one of the basic tools used to create and spread modern civilization.
4 days ago · Charles-Marie Widor (born Feb. 21, 1844, Lyon, France—died March 12, 1937, Paris) was a French organist, composer, and teacher. The son and grandson of organ builders, Widor began his studies under his father and at the age of 11 became organist at the secondary school of Lyon. After studies in organ and composition in Brussels, he returned ...
