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Carolingian dynasty. Charles the Younger ( c. 772 – 4 December 811) was the son of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne and his wife Queen Hildegard. Charlemagne's second son, Charles gained favour over his older, possibly illegitimate half brother Pepin. Charles was entrusted with lands and important military commands by his father.
- 790–811
- Hildegard
Apr 19, 2001 · Charles the Younger (ca. 772 – 4 December 811), was the second son of Charlemagne and the first by his second wife, Hildegard of Swabia. [1] When Charlemagne divided his empire among his sons, his son Charles was designated King of the Franks. His elder brother, Pippin the Hunchback, was disinherited, and his younger brothers Carloman ...
- Ermengarde de Roussillon, Juliana de Chelles
- December 04, 811 (34-43)Bavaria (Stroke)
- circa 772
- Aachen, Germany
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May 19, 2021 · From 876, Charles reigned as co-king of East Francia with his brother, Louis III the Younger, and as the sole king from the latter’s death in 882. He inherited Italy in 879 after the abdication of his eldest brother Carloman of Bavaria and, in 880, defended the Papal States against an invasion by Guy III of Spoleto (r. 872-882), a distant ...
- Michael Griffith
Classen - this 'remarkable event . . . the first and only king of the Franks to receive his dignity in Rome'.3 But we have the younger Charles' coronation that same Christmas Day on the very best of authority. In the Liber Pontificalis , the 'Life' of Pope Leo III (795-816) tells us that on
Mar 13, 2023 · Definition. The Merovingian Dynasty was the ruling family of the Franks from roughly 481 when Clovis I ascended the throne of the Salian Franks until 751 when Childeric III was deposed and the Merovingians were supplanted by the Carolingian Dynasty as kings of Francia. The Merovingians established the largest and most powerful realm in western ...
Mar 30, 2016 · Print. Charlemagne (known also as Charles the Great, as well as Charles I) was a King of the Franks, the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (though the term ‘Holy Roman Empire’ would only be coined after Charlemagne’s death), and one of the most important figures in the history of early Medieval Europe. As King of the Franks, he sought ...
Charles the Younger. Charles the Younger (c. 772 – 4 December 811) was the son of the Frankish ruler Charlemagne and his wife Queen Hildegard. Charlemagne's second son, Charles gained favour over his older, possibly illegitimate half brother Pepin. Charles was entrusted with lands and important military commands by his father.
