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19 hours ago · Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding all these titles until his death in 814. Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the ...
- 9 October 768 – 28 January 814
- Bertrada of Laon
Apr 22, 2024 · 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.
Apr 12, 2024 · He had about 20 children who went on to establish Europe’s royal houses, and nearly all Europeans today can trace their lineages back to Charlemagne. Pepin the Hunchback (769-811) Charles the ...
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May 1, 2024 · Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, then gave the duchy to Kuno, Count of Zütphen, in 1049. Kuno was deposed in 1053. Henry VIII: Duke of Bavaria: 1053: 1054: Salian: Son of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. During his reign in Bavaria Henry VIII was a minor (born 1050). In 1056 he became King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor as Henry IV in 1084 ...
May 3, 2024 · Holy Roman Emperor r. 1084–1105: Eupraxia of Kiev 1067/1070–1109: Conrad II 1052–1055 Duke of Bavaria: Solomon 1053–1087 King of Hungary: Judith of Swabia 1054–c. 1105: Władysław I 1044–1102 Duke of Poland Supplinburger: Lothair II 1075–1137 King of Germany r. 1125–1137 Holy Roman Emperor r. 1133–1137: Richenza of Northeim c ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Lambert Simnel’s army led by the Earl of Lincoln, John de la Pole, attacked a royalist army led by the Earl of Oxford at Stoke Field near Newark. The rebels were defeated and the Earl of Lincoln was killed. Lambert Simnel was captured. Henry VII realised that Simnel had been used and set him to work in the royal kitchens.
2 days ago · Real people are strangely absent. One of the real achievements of recent scholarship has been to populate the Frankish court, and the 'small worlds' that made up Charlemagne's Empire. Even those articulate, evidence-producing, intellectual advisors who have always loomed large in the historiography of the reign are elusive.
