King Charlemagne OF FRANKS 2
- Born: 2 Apr 742, Aachen, Kaln, NW, DEU
- Marriage (1): Himiltrude
- Marriage (2): Desideria OF THE LOMBARDS in 770 1
- Marriage (3): Hildegard of Vinzgouw in 771
- Marriage (4): Fastrada in 784
- Marriage (5): Luitgard in 794
- Died: 28 Jan 814 aged 71 1
 General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
Charles the Great; possibly 742 \endash 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church. Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the European Middle Ages. He is numbered as Charles I in the regnal lists of Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, and France.
Noted events in his life were:
• Title, Jun 774. 1 King of the Lombards
• Title, 25 Dec 800, Rome, , Lazio, ITA. 1 Emperor of the Holy Roman Empi
• Title, 768. 1 King of Austrasia and Neustria
Roughly the country from Brittany to beyond the Rhine, together with the lands lying between the Loire and the Garonne.
Charlemagne married Himiltrude. (Himiltrude was born circa 742 and died circa 780.)
Charlemagne next married Desideria OF THE LOMBARDS in 770.1 The marriage ended in divorce in 770.
Charlemagne next married Hildegard of Vinzgouw, daughter of Gerold of Vinzgau and Emma of Alamannia, in 771. (Hildegard of Vinzgouw was born about 757 and died on 30 Apr 783.)
Charlemagne next married Fastrada in 784. (Fastrada was born in 765 and died in 794.)
Charlemagne next married Luitgard in 794. (Luitgard died on 4 Jun 800.)
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