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

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800 Coronation of Charlemgne as Holy Roman Emperor

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

On 2nd April 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.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In April 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.

Around 774 [his daughter] Adalhaid Carolingian died.

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.

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 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.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

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 30th April 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 Queen of the Franks and 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 Queen of the Franks and 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 [his wife] 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 10th August 794 [his wife] Fastrada Queen of the Franks and 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 25th December 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.

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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 6th June 810 [his daughter] Rotrude Carolingian (age 35) died.

On 8th July 810 [his son] Carloman "Pippin" King Lombardy (age 37) died.

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

On 4th December 811 [his son] Charles "Younger" King Franks (age 39) died at Bavaria.

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

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

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