Puffer Genealogy
Charles The Great, King of the Franks
742 - 814 (71 years)-
Name , Charles Suffix The Great, King of the Franks Birth 2 Apr 742 Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen 
Christening St. Denis, France Gender Male Name Charlemagne _COLOR 3 Death 28 Jan 814 Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen Burial Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen Person ID I461 Puffers Last Modified 8 Jul 2023
Father Pepin the Short, King of France, b. 715, Austrasia, France d. 24 Sep 768, St. Denis, France (Age 53 years) Mother LAON, Bertrada, b. Abt 720, Laon, Austrasia d. 12 Jul 783, Choiseau, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France (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 21 Apr 2024
Family 2 Desiderata d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 770 Family ID F3988 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2024
Family 3 SAVOY, Hildegard of Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, b. Apr 757, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Austrasia (Age 26 years) Marriage Abt 772 Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Children 1. Charles Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. 772, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 4 Dec 811 (Age 39 years)2. Pepin Carloman King of Italy, b. Apr 773, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 8 Jul 810, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy (Age 37 years)3. Adelaide Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. 774, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy d. Aug 774 (Age 0 years)4. Rotrud Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. Aug 774, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 6 Jun 810 (Age 35 years)5. Bertha Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. 775, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 11 Mar 826 (Age 51 years)6. Louis I Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. Aug 778, Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France d. 20 Jun 840, Ingelheim, Rhinehessen, Hesse (Age 61 years)7. Lothaire Prince Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. Aug 778, Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France d. Aug 778 (Age 0 years)8. Gisaele Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. 781, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy d. Yes, date unknown9. Hildegarde Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire, b. 782, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 9 Jun 783 (Age 1 year)Family ID F3989 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2024
Family 4 Fastrada Queen Consort of East Francia, b. 765, France d. 10 Aug 794, Frankfurt, Germany (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 21 Apr 2024
Family 5 Gersvind Family ID F3991 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2024
Family 6 LOMMOIS, Madelgarde de, b. CA 760, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 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 21 Apr 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 21 Apr 2024
Family 8 Regina, b. 770, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. 7 Jun 844, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia (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 21 Apr 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 21 Apr 2024
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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."
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- He was called "Charles the Great" as Emperor of the West 800-814