19th-century illustration of the coronation of Charlemangne in 25 December 800 by Pope Leo III. Charlemagne (742/747/748 – 814), also known as Charles
19th-century illustration of the coronation of Charlemangne in 25 December 800 by Pope Leo III. Charlemagne (742/747/748 – 814), also known as Charles the Great, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expanded Frankish state he founded is called the Carolingian Empire. Called the "Father of Europe", Charlemagne united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. His rule spurred the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of cultural and intellectual activity within the Catholic Church. Both the French and German monarchies considered their kingdoms to be descendants of Charlemagne's empire. Original artwork published in "A pictorial history of the world's great nations: from the earliest dates to the present time" by Charlotte M. Yonge (Selmar Hess, New York, 1882).
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