Cathedral Emperor Charles the Great Palatine Chapel 792 Aachen Germany Charlemagne 742-814, Karl and Charles the Great, medieval emperor.

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Charlemagne (), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany.

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