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‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. TITLES: King of Neustrie, Austrasie and Aquitaine Occidental 976-815. Emperor governant of the Roman Empire, king of the Francs and of the Lombards, crowned 9 Oct 768 at Noyon. ALTERNATE BIRTH: 2 Apr 742, Aix-La-Chapelle, Austrasia. BURIAL: Buried in the Chapelle Sainte Marie. CONFLICT: Pere Anselme gave Charlemagne's date of birth as 2 Apr 742, Settipani the 2 Apr 748. NOTE: Of German descent. He understood Greek and spoke Latin. He continued the Frankish policy of expansion to include all of the German tribes (with the exception of Scandinavia and Briton). He had a close relation with the Christian Church. His reign and policies established the beginnings of papal power. In the year 781 the Pope crowned Charlemagne's son Pepin King of Italy, and his other son Ludwig (Louis) King of Aquitaine. On Dec. 25, 800 Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at St. Peters, Rome, Italy. Upon the death of his brother Karlomann (4 Dec. 771) he became King of the Franks. Prior to that, the kingdom was divided between the two brothers. He was married to the daughter of Desiderius King of the Lombards (774/5), whom he divorced before he went to Italy where he conquered Pavia, Spoleto and Beneveto and assumed the crown of the Lombards. He then established his rule in Venetia, Isteria, Dalmatia, Corsica and Bavaria. Saxony was not conquered until after a bitter 30 year struggle In 795/6. the Avars on the lower Danube were conquered. Barcelona was taken in 801. A new division of government called Margraves (over several Grafs) was established to govern the various parts of the kingdom. He ruled as Emperor for 14 years and died in Aachen Jan 28, 814. Marriage/ Related to: ‎[Unknown 1st] de Lombard‏‎ Born ‎755 Lombardy, Italy Desiderata (Sibilla Bertha) Empress of the Holy Roman Empire Charlemagne divorced her (770-771)


2nd marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎ Himiltrudis‏‎ Born ‎746 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎after 771‎, at least 25 years Children:
1) ‎ Pépin (the hunchback)‏‎ Born ‎769 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia , died ‎811 Abbaye de Prüm, Trèves, Rhineland, Prussia‎, 41 or 42 years Pépin "the hunchback", Mönch zu Prüm Monk at Prüm CAUSE OF DEATH: Assassinated in 794. CONDITION: He revolted against his father and was held in the abbey of Saint-Gall in 792 and then in a cell of Prum (diocese de Treves) in 794.
2) ‎ Rothais / Rothaide‏‎ Born ‎771 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎24 May 852‎, 80 or 81 years Rothais (Rothaide) of the Holy Roman Empire


3rd marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎ Hildegard‏‎, daughter of Gerold and Emma, Wife, Gerold‏. Born ‎± 758 Schwaben, Germany, died ‎30 Apr 783 Thionville, Moselle, France‎, approximately 25 years, bur. ‎ Abbaye de Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France TITLES: Countess of Vinzgau. KINSHIP: Niece of the duc Alaman Gottfried. NOTE: Hildegard was the granddaughter of the Alamanische Duke Gottfried Children:
1) ‎ Adelaide‏‎ Born ‎Sep 773-Jun 774 Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, died ‎Jul-Aug 774 ‎, -1 or 0 years, bur. ‎ Église Abbatiale Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Adelais des Francs
2) ‎ Gisela / Gisèle des Francs‏‎ Born ‎before May 781 Milano, Lombardy, Italy, baptised ‎May 781 Milan, Lombardy, Italy, died ‎after 814‎, at least 33 years Gisèle Princess of Holy Roman Empire
3) ‎ Hildegard / Hildegardis des Francs‏‎ Born ‎after 8 Jun 782 Thionville, Moselle, France, died ‎1-9 Jun 783‎, at most 1 years, bur. ‎ Église Abbatiale Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Hildegarde Princess of Holy Roman Empire
4) ‎ Charles the Younger‏‎ Born ‎772-773 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎4 Dec 811 Bavaria‎, 37 or 38 years Emperor of The Holy Roman Empire
5) ‎ Rotrud / Rotrude‏‎ Born ‎775 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎6 Jun 810‎, 34 or 35 years
6) ‎ Louis I (the Fair/Pious), King of France‏‎ Born ‎16 Apr-Aug 778 Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Vienne, France King of Aquitaine 781 Crowned at Reims Jul / Aug 816 by Pope Stephen IV Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire ALTERNATE BIRTH PLACE. Chasseneuil en Agenois, Lot-et-Garonne, France. KINSHIP: Twin of Lothaire. TITLES: King of Aquitaine (778); King of France (814-833); Emperor of the Romans (816-840) NOTE: "No daughter named Berthe appears in the work of most authors." See The Henry Project. ALTERNATE BURIAL: Cathédrale d'Aachen, Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia. IDENTITY: Surnamed le Debonnaire (the deborair),
7) ‎ Lothaire des Francs‏‎ Born ‎16 Apr-Aug 778 Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, France, died ‎779-780‎, bur. ‎ Abbaye de Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Lothaire Prince of Holy Roman Empire KINSHIP: Twin of Louis 1st.
8) ‎ Carloman (Pepin), King of Italy‏‎ Born ‎777-778 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, baptised ‎15 Apr 781 Rome, Italy, died ‎8 Jul 810 Milan, Lombardy, Italy‎, 31 or 32 years, bur. ‎Jul 810 San Zeno Maggiore, Véron, Veneto, Italie Corronation in Rome: Apr 781 Coronation name was PEPIN. Installed at Padua. IDENTITY: He was born Carloman but baptised as Pepin in Rome, 15 April 1781. 796 marks his victory over the Avars led by "Cacanus rex", the Khagan. At the partition of the Empire agreed at Thionville in 806, Pepin was designated sovereign of Italy, Bavaria, Carinthia (except Nordgau), and Alemannia south of the Danube. He added Istria and the towns of Dalmatia and Venice.
9) ‎ Bertha /Berthe des Francs‏‎ Born ‎779-780 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎11 Mar 826‎, 45 or 46 years Bertha Princess of the Holy Roman Empire ALTERNATE DEATH: After 14 Jan 823. CONFLICT: Anselm states birth must of been before 775.


4th marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎ Fastrade‏‎ Born ‎763, died ‎10 Apr 794 Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Germany‎, 30 or 31 years Fastrade Empress of the Holy Roman Empire TITLES: Countess Of France. CITIZENSHIP de la race des Francs orientaux. Children:
1) ‎ Théodrada, Abbess of Argenteuil‏‎ Born ‎785 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎9 Jan 844 and 853 Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, France ‎, 67 or 68 years 785 of the Kloster Schwarzach am Main CHURCH: Abbess at the Monastery of Argenteuil.
2) ‎ Hiltrude‏‎ Born ‎787 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎800-814‎ Hiltrude Princess of the Holy Roman Empirer CHURCH: Abbess of Faremontier.


5th marriage ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Married ‎± Oct 796 (approximately 4 years married) to: ‎ Liutgardis, Empress of The Holy Roman Empire‏‎ Born ‎774 Alemania, Germany , died ‎4 Jun 800 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France‎, 25 or 26 years, bur. ‎ Église Saint Martin, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France TITLES: Queen Of France. RESIDENCE: The term Swabia was often used interchangeably with Alemannia in the 10th to 13th centuries. This couple had no children.


6th marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎ Madelgard‏‎ Born ‎766 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Maldegarde (Hathalgard)(Concubine of the Holy Roman Empire. KINSHIP: Possibly of the family of Vincent Madelgaire. Child:
1) ‎ Rotrude, Abbess of Farmoutier‏‎ Born ‎788 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎22 OR 24 Mar 852 Faremoutiers, Seine-et-Marne, France‎, 63 or 64 years Rothais (Rothaide) of the Holy Roman Empire. CHURCH: Nun of Faremoutiers.


7th marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎ Gerswindis‏‎ Born ‎768 Saxony, Germany Gerswind (Concubine) of the Holy Roman Empire Child:
1) ‎ Adalthrud, Prinzesin des Heiligen Römischen Reiche‏‎ Born ‎790 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, bur. ‎ Abbaye de Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Adeltrude Of the Holy Roman Empire


8th marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎ Regina / Reginopycrha‏‎ Born ‎770 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Regina (Reginopycrha) (Concubine) of the Holy Roman Empire Children:
1) ‎ Adalinde‏‎ Born ‎796 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Adélinda of the Holy Roman Empire
2) ‎ Drogo, Bishop of Metz‏‎ Born ‎17 Jun 801 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎8 Dec 855 Himeriacum, Bourgogne, France‎, 54 years, bur. ‎ Abbaye de Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Erzbischof (Archbishop) und Erzkapellan (Archchaplain)
3) ‎ Hugo des Francs, Abbott de Saint-Quentin‏‎ Born ‎802-806 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎14 Jun 844 Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France‎, 37 or 38 years, bur. ‎ Abbaye de Charroux, Charroux, Vienne, France Erzkanzler (Arch Chancelor) von Kaiser Ludwig I "dem Frommen" (of Emperor Ludwig I "the Pious" Cause: Died in combat.


9th marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎[Unknown 2nd] ‏‎ Born ‎760 Mrs-Charlemagne (Concubine) of the Holy Roman Empire Children:
1) ‎ Sainte Eufraise, Abbesse du Monastère de Bourges‏‎ Abbesse du Monastère de Bourges CHURCH: First abbesse of the monastery Saint-Laurent de Bourges. INVESTIGATE: Anselme vol. 1 p. 31 states that some authers say that she was a natural daughter of Charlemagne.
2) ‎ Rothais, Princess of The Holy Roman Empire‏‎ Born ‎784-800, died ‎± 814‎ Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Gertrude of the Holy Roman Empire
3) ‎ Hruodhaid‏‎ Born ‎787 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎800-814‎


10th marriage/ relation ‎ Charlemagne‏‎, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon‏. Marriage/ Related to: ‎ Adelindis‏‎ Born ‎785 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Adalind von Aachen Child:
1) ‎Thierry des Francs‏‎ Born ‎807 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, died ‎after 818‎, at least 11 years Thierry "The Monk" of Holy Roman Empire Thierry des Francs, Prinz des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Monk 818