Charlemagne Emperor Of The West

Charles the Great ruled so many lands that he was called different titles by his many languaged peoples. Carolus Magnus, Karl der Grosse, Charlemagne, Charles the Great. He ruled during the dark ages, a bright star that scholars were inspired by for centuries.

Charles inherited only part of his kingdom from his father, less than half of France and the low countries. Before he died he had conquered half of Europe, Italy, Germany and Spain. He held the title, King of France, from 768 till his death in 814. He held the title King of the Lombards (Italy) from 774 to 800. He gained the title of King of Germany in 785. He was the Frankish Emperor from 800-814. In a Christmas Day ceremony in Rome in the year 800, he was crowned Roman Emperor of the West by Pope Leo III. A very religious man, he was the first to be called the Holy Roman Emperor. He dearly loved his children, and would not even allow his daughters to marry out of court. He built a palace swimming pool and loved to hunt. He valued learning and brought in many artists and scholars as well as opened schools. Most classical literature was preserved during this period thanks to him. (C-571, 1878, 2247)

Charles had four wives and up to five mistresses resulting in 16 children. :(C-1351)

He died on Jan. 28, 813/814 in Aachen, Rhine, Prussia and was buried at the Cathedral of Aachen known as Aix-la-Chapelle in France (now Germany). His palace and home were in Aix-la-Chapelle as well. A traditional story about Charlemagne's gravesite is that in the year 1000, Otto III opened Charlemange's Tomb and found him seated in a marble chair. He removed the marble thrown and it was used for the coronation of the Emperor's for hundreds of years after. (C-1372, 1419) ¹⁷

Charlemagne married HIMILTRUDE about 768.

Charlemagne next married DESIDERIA in 771.¹

Charlemagne next married Hildegarde OF SWABIA, daughter of Geroud I COUNT OF SWABIA and Imma OF ALEMANIA, in 771 in Aachen, Rhine Province, PRU.¹ (Hildegarde OF SWABIA was born in 758 in Aachen, Rhine Province, PRU and died on Apr 30, 783.)

Charlemagne next married FASTRADA in 783. (FASTRADA died in 794 ¹.)

Charlemagne next married LUITGARD about 794.¹ (LUITGARD died in 800 ¹.)

Charlemagne next married Madelgard.

Charlemagne next married Gersvind.

Charlemagne next married Regina.

Charlemagne next married Adalind.

1 Moseley, Daniel Peak Jr, Descendants and Ancestors of Daniel Peak Moseley, Jr. at www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/a/t/Barbara-J-Lanthrop/GENE2-0016.html.

2 Robert Jesse Harry, The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton.

5 James W. Donovan to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Nov. 2, 1995 from jamesd@the-college.iwctx.edu In Dudick Files.

6 James W. Donovan to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Nov. 17, 1995 from jamesd@the-college.iwctx.edu In possession of Linda Coate Dudick (C-641).

9 Steve Pearson to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated Oct. 23, 1997 forwarding lineage provided by Eyelyn Easson at spkphpsp@gte.net (Linda Coate files, C-1346).

10 Tompsett, Brian, Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web at http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/GEDCOM.html.

11 J. Orton Buck, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. III (Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America).

12 Samuel King Hamilton, Hamiltons of Waterborough, York Couty, Maine: Their Ancestors and Descendants as transcribed by Scott R. Scribner (New England History Press, c1986).

13 Winston, Richard and the editors of Horizon Magazine, Charlemagne (New York: American Heritage Pub. Co., Inc., Harper and Row, c1968).

15 Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (Seventh Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co.)

16 John Steele Gordon to Gen-Medieval@rootsweb.com E-mail letter dated Dec. 2, 1997 at kaboodle@worldnet.att.net (C-1372).

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