 742 - 814 (71 years)
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| Name |
Karl der Große |
| Title |
König der Franken und Langobarden Römischer Kaiser |
| Birth |
2 Apr 742 |
Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Christening |
Saint-Denis, Réunion, France |
| Gender |
Male |
| Title of Nobility |
From 768 to 814 |
| King of the Franks |
| Title of Nobility |
Aft 768 |
| Emperor of the West |
| Military Service |
7 Jan 772 |
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| Physical Description |
Charlemagne's personal appearance is known from a good description by a personal associate, Einhard, author after his death of the biography Vita Karoli Magni. Einhard tells in his twenty-second chapter:[72] |
| Religious Affiliation |
(Roman) Catholic |
| Religious Affiliation |
Roman Catholic |
| Title of Nobility |
Karolus (Carolus) Magnus, Rex Francorum, imperatori Romanorum |
| Title of Nobility |
Roman Kaiser |
| Title of Nobility |
From 774 to 814 |
| King of the Lombards |
| Title of Nobility |
From 800 to 814 |
| Emperor of the Carolingian Empire |
| Title of Nobility |
From 25 December 0800 to 28 January 0814 |
Roma, Lazio, Italy |
| Emperor of the Romans |
| Tribe Name |
Franks |
| unknown |
28 Jan 814 |
Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Cause of Death |
| Residence |
Aachen, Kreis Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Palace of Aachen |
| _FSFTID |
LZ62-TSV |
| Death |
28 Jan 814 |
Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Burial |
28 Jan 814 |
Reich, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Person ID |
I45613 |
My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Father |
König der Franken Pippin 'der Kleine', b. 714, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany d. 24 Sep 768, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France (Age 54 years) |
| Mother |
Königin der Franken Bertrada de Laon, b. 720, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
741 |
France |
| Family ID |
F20164 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Königin der Franken Hildegard, b. 758, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Moselle, France (Age 25 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 30 Apr 771 |
Aix-La-Chapelle |
| Children |
| | 1. König der Franken Karl, b. 772, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 4 Dec 811, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (Age 39 years) |
| | 2. Adelhaid, b. Abt Sep 773, Lombard, Landes, Aquitaine, France d. Aug 774, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Rotrud, b. 775, Aachen Fränkisches Reich d. 6 Jun 810, Maine, France (Age 35 years) |
| | 4. König von Italien Pépin, b. 12 Apr 777, Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 8 Jul 810, Milan, Lombardy, Italy (Age 33 years) |
| | 5. König der Franken, Römischer Kaiser Ludwig der Fromme,, b. 16 Apr 778, Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France d. 20 Jun 840, Ingelheim, Daxweiler, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Age 62 years) |
| | 6. Lothaire, b. Apr 778, Pfalz Chasseneuil, Poitiers, Royaumes France d. 779, Poitiers 7e Canton, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 0 years) |
| | 7. Bertha, b. Abt 779, Eich, Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 14 Jan 823, Thézillieu, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 44 years) |
| | 8. Gisela, b. 781, Milan, Lombardy, Italy d. 808 (Age 27 years) |
| | 9. Hildegarde, b. Bef 30 Apr 783 d. Abt 9 Jun 783, Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age > 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F19281 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
| Family 3 |
Regina d. DECEASED |
| Marriage |
800 |
| Type: Unmarried |
| Children |
| | 1. Drogo von Metz, b. 17 Jun 801, Austrasia d. 8 Dec 855, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France (Age 54 years) |
| | 2. Hugo de Saint-Quentin, b. 802, Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 14 Jun 844, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age 42 years) |
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| Family ID |
F20120 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
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