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Charles The Great, King of the Franks

Male 742 - 814  (71 years)


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  • Name , Charles 
    Suffix The Great, King of the Franks 
    Birth 2 Apr 742  Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening St. Denis, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name Charlemagne 
    _COLOR 3 
    Death 28 Jan 814  Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I461  Puffer 062124
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2023 

    Father Pepin the Short, King of France,   b. 715, Austrasia, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 768, St. Denis, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother LAON, Bertrada,   b. Abt 720, Laon, Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 783, Choiseau, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Abt 740 
    Family ID F2083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Liutgard 
    Marriage 796 
    Family ID F3987  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 2 Desiderata   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 770 
    Family ID F3988  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 3 SAVOY, Hildegard of Empress of the Holy Roman Empire,   b. Apr 757, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage Abt 772  Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. 772, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 811 (Age 39 years)
     2. Pepin Carloman King of Italy,   b. Apr 773, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 810, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     3. Adelaide Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. 774, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 774 (Age 0 years)
     4. Rotrud Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. Aug 774, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 810 (Age 35 years)
     5. Bertha Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. 775, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 826 (Age 51 years)
     6. Louis I Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. Aug 778, Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 840, Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     7. Lothaire Prince Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. Aug 778, Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 778 (Age 0 years)
     8. Gisaele Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. 781, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Hildegarde Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. 782, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 783 (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F3989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 4 Fastrada Queen Consort of East Francia,   b. 765, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 794, Frankfurt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage Abt 783 
    Children 
     1. Theodrada Abbess of Argenteuil,   b. Abt 785   d. Aft 844 (Age > 60 years)
    Family ID F3990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 5 Gersvind 
    Family ID F3991  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 6 LOMMOIS, Madelgarde de,   b. CA 760, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Ruothild Abbess of Faremoutiers,   b. CA 790   d. 852 (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F3992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 7 Adalind   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Richbod,   b. Between 800 and 805   d. 844 (Age 44 years)
     2. Theodoric,   b. 807   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F3993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 8 Regina,   b. 770, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 844, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Children 
     1. Hugh,   b. Between 802 and 806   d. 844 (Age 42 years)
     2. Drogo,   b. 805   d. 855 (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F3994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 9 Himiltrud,   b. CA 742   d. CA 780 (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 768 
    Children 
     1. Pepin Prince Of The Holy Roman Empire,   b. Abt 769   d. 811 (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F3995  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

  • Notes 
    • He was called "Charles the Great" as Emperor of the West 800-814
      King of the Franks 768-814. Franks were German tribes who encompassed the Frankish Empire which later became the medieval kingdoms of France, Germany, and Italy in the 8th Century.

      LDS-Charlemagne began his career as King of the Franks but ended it as Emperor of the entire Roman Empire of the West. As king of France, he gained victory over the Lombards of Italy, the Saxons of Northwestern Germany, and a number of other neighbors. He followed a policy of friendship and cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church and was crowned Emperor by the pope on Christmas Day of 800. Charlemagne's views were liberal and enlightened. Although he reigned supreme, he recognized civil rights for his subjects and a limitation onmonarchic power. He possessed an unusual amount of learning and vigorously promoted education. He invited learned men to his court and established a Palace School where noble's sons and clergy were educated. His great dream was the union of all the nations he had conquered into one great empire where the power and learning of Rome could be united with the religion of Christ. His motivation for war seemed to be the conversion of the heathens to Christianity. His last words were, "Now, Lord, into thy hand I commit my spirit."

      !Source: The Plantagenet Ancestry; by Lt.-Col. W.H. Turton, D.S.O.;Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1984; pp 12, 19, 1 71.The Plantagenet Ancestry Of King Edward III And Queen Philippa; by George Andrews Moriarty;Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 1985; p5R oyal Ancestors Of Some American Families; by Michel L. Call; Salt Lake City,1989; chart 11602.Pedigrees of Some of The Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume II;compiled by Aileen Lewers Langston & J. Orton Buck , Jr.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1986.Descents From Antiquity; The Augustan Society, Inc., Torrance, CA, 1986;chart W.Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England between 1623 and 1 650, Sixth Edition; by Frederick Lewis Weis; Genealogical Publishing Co .,Inc., Baltimore, 1988; line 190-13.Charlemagne (Charles "The Great") King of Franks. Crowned Holy Roman Emperor 25Dec 800, King of France 768 -814.Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal Ancestry by Joseph Foster p178 1884 Edition.


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