Biography of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor 742-814

Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian

800 Coronation of Charlemgne as Holy Roman Emperor

814 Death of Charlemagne

Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor succeeded King of the Franks, King Lombardy, Holy Roman Emperor.

On 02 Apr 742 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor was born.

Around 768 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 25) and Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.

Around 769 [his son] Pippin "Hunchback" Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) and [his wife] Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 15).

Around 770 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 27) and Desiderata Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.

Around 771 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 28) and Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.

Around 772 [his son] Charles "Younger" King Franks was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 29) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In Apr 773 [his son] Carloman "Pippin" King Lombardy was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 774 [his daughter] Adalhaid Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 774 [his illegitimate son] Adaltrude Carolingian was born illegitimately to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) and Gersuinda Unknown.

Around 774 [his daughter] Adalhaid Carolingian died.

In 775 [his illegitimate daughter] Ruodhaid Carolingian was born illegitimately to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 32) and Madelgard Unknown.

In 775 [his daughter] Rotrude Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 32) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 778 [his son] Lothair Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 35) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 778 [his son] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 35) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 779 [his daughter] Bertha Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 36) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 780 [his son] Lothair Carolingian (age 2) died.

In 781 [his daughter] Gisela Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 781 [his son] Carloman "Pippin" King Lombardy (age 7) was created King Lombardy.

In 782 [his daughter] Hildegarde Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 39) and [his wife] Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 783 [his daughter] Hildegarde Carolingian (age 1) died.

On 30 Apr 783 [his wife] Himiltrude Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died.

In 784 [his illegitimate daughter] Theodrada Carolingian Abbess Argenteuil was born illegitimately to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 41) and Madelgard Unknown.

In 784 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 41) and Fastrada Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

In 787 [his daughter] Hiltrude Carolingian was born to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 44) and [his wife] Fastrada Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 22).

Around 794 [his son] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Ermengarde Hesbaye Queen Consort Aquitaine (age 16) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine. He the son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 51) and Hildegard Vinzgouw Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress.

In 794 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 51) and Luitgarde Alamannian Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Queen of the Franks, Queen Lombardy, Holy Roman Empress.

On 10 Aug 794 [his wife] Fastrada Unknown Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress (age 29) died in Frankfurt. She was buried in St Alban's Abbey Mainz.

In 800 [his wife] Luitgarde Alamannian Queen Franks Queen Lombardy Holy Roman Empress died.

Coronation of Charlemgne as Holy Roman Emperor

On 25 Dec 800 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 58) was crowned Holy Roman Emperor at St Peter's Basilica by Pope Leo III.

In 801 [his illegitimate daughter] Drogo Carolingian Bishop Metz was born illegitimately to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 58) and Regina Unknown.

In 802 [his illegitimate daughter] Hugh Carolingian was born illegitimately to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 59) and Regina Unknown.

In 805 [his illegitimate son] Richbod Carolingian Abbot Saint Riquier was born illegitimately to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 62) and Ethelind Unknown.

In 807 [his illegitimate son] Theodoric Carolingian was born illegitimately to Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 64) and Ethelind Unknown.

In 808 [his daughter] Gisela Carolingian (age 27) died.

In 810 [his illegitimate daughter] Ruodhaid Carolingian (age 35) died.

On 06 Jun 810 [his daughter] Rotrude Carolingian (age 35) died.

On 08 Jul 810 [his son] Carloman "Pippin" King Lombardy (age 37) died.

In 811 [his son] Pippin "Hunchback" Carolingian (age 42) died.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 812. This year died the Emperor Charlemagne (age 69), after a reign of five and forty winters; and Archbishop Wulfred, accompanied by Wigbert, Bishop of Wessex, undertook a journey to Rome.

Death of Charlemagne

On 28 Jan 814 Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor (age 71) died. His son [his son] Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks (age 36) succeeded King of the Franks.

Royal Ancestors of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor 742-814

Kings Franks: Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor 742-814

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 74

Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany x 4

Guy Ivrea x 1

Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France x 1

Charles "Younger" King Franks x 1

Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks x 1

Hugh I King France x 1

King William "Conqueror" I of England x 1

Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England x 1

Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile x 1

Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France x 1

Baldwin I King Jerusalem x 1

Adela Flanders Queen Consort Denmark x 1

Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona x 2

Maud Queen Consort Scotland x 2

Henry V Holy Roman Emperor x 1

Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem x 1

Judith Welf Holy Roman Empress x 2

Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon x 2

Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon x 1

Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England x 2

Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal x 1

King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England x 1

Malcolm IV King Scotland x 1

William "Lion" I King Scotland x 1

Beatrice Ivrea Holy Roman Empress x 1

King Philip II of France x 2

Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France x 4

Otto Welf IV Holy Roman Emperor x 2

Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England x 1

Theobald IV King Navarre x 2

Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal x 6

Marie Coucy x 1

Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon x 2

Margaret Provence Queen Consort France x 1

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Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany x 1

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John "Empty Coat" I King Scotland x 1

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Charles II King Naples x 1

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Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland x 4

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Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor x 2

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Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France x 8

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