Antique illustration of a portrait of Charles the Great, King of the Franks from 768 to 814. He is regarded as founder of both French and German monar

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Antique illustration of a portrait of Charles the Great, King of the Franks from 768 to 814. He is regarded as founder of both French and German monarchies. Charles I was born on April 2, 742 in Liege, Belgium and died on January 28, 814 in Aachen, Germany. Engraving published in Bilder-Atlas zur Weltgeschichte nach Kunstwerken alter und neuer Zeit (Stuttgart, Verlag Paul Neff, 1882).

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Size: 5000px × 7987px
Location: Berlin
Photo credit: © Les Archives Digitales / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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