 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 LombardBORN_SHORT 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: HimiltrudisBORN_SHORT 746 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT after 771, at least 25 years Children: | |||
1) Pépin (the hunchback)BORN_SHORT 769 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia , DIED_SHORT 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 / RothaideBORN_SHORT 771 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 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_SHORT ± 758 Schwaben, Germany, DIED_SHORT 30 apr 783 Thionville, Moselle, France, approximately 25 years, BURIED_SHORT 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) AdelaideBORN_SHORT sep 773-jun 774 Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, DIED_SHORT jul-aug 774 , under 1 year old, BURIED_SHORT Église Abbatiale Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Adelais des Francs | |||
2) Gisela / Gisèle des FrancsBORN_SHORT before may 781 Milano, Lombardy, Italy, baptised may 781 Milan, Lombardy, Italy, DIED_SHORT after 814, at least 33 years Gisèle Princess of Holy Roman Empire | |||
3) Hildegard / Hildegardis des FrancsBORN_SHORT after 8 jun 782 Thionville, Moselle, France, DIED_SHORT 1-9 jun 783, at most 1 years, BURIED_SHORT Église Abbatiale Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Hildegarde Princess of Holy Roman Empire | |||
4) Charles the YoungerBORN_SHORT 772-773 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 4 dec 811 Bavaria, 37 or 38 years Emperor of The Holy Roman Empire | |||
5) Rotrud / RotrudeBORN_SHORT 775 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 6 jun 810, 34 or 35 years | |||
6) Louis I (the Fair/Pious), King of FranceBORN_SHORT 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 FrancsBORN_SHORT 16 apr-aug 778 Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, France, DIED_SHORT 779-780, BURIED_SHORT Abbaye de Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Lothaire Prince of Holy Roman Empire KINSHIP: Twin of Louis 1st. | |||
8) Carloman (Pepin), King of ItalyBORN_SHORT 777-778 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, baptised 15 apr 781 Rome, Italy, DIED_SHORT 8 jul 810 Milan, Lombardy, Italy, 31 or 32 years, BURIED_SHORT 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 FrancsBORN_SHORT 779-780 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 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: FastradeBORN_SHORT 763, DIED_SHORT 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 ArgenteuilBORN_SHORT 785 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 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) HiltrudeBORN_SHORT 787 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 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 EmpireBORN_SHORT 774 Alemania, Germany , DIED_SHORT 4 jun 800 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, 25 or 26 years, BURIED_SHORT 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: MadelgardBORN_SHORT 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 FarmoutierBORN_SHORT 788 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 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: GerswindisBORN_SHORT 768 Saxony, Germany Gerswind (Concubine) of the Holy Roman Empire Child: | |||
1) Adalthrud, Prinzesin des Heiligen Römischen ReicheBORN_SHORT 790 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, BURIED_SHORT 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 / ReginopycrhaBORN_SHORT 770 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Regina (Reginopycrha) (Concubine) of the Holy Roman Empire Children: | |||
1) AdalindeBORN_SHORT 796 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Adélinda of the Holy Roman Empire | |||
2) Drogo, Bishop of MetzBORN_SHORT 17 jun 801 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 8 dec 855 Himeriacum, Bourgogne, France, 54 years, BURIED_SHORT Abbaye de Saint-Arnoul, Metz, Moselle, France Erzbischof (Archbishop) und Erzkapellan (Archchaplain) | |||
3) Hugo des Francs, Abbott de Saint-QuentinBORN_SHORT 802-806 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 14 jun 844 Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France, 37 or 38 years, BURIED_SHORT 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_SHORT 760 Mrs-Charlemagne (Concubine) of the Holy Roman Empire Children: | |||
1) Sainte Eufraise, Abbesse du Monastère de BourgesAbbesse 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 EmpireBORN_SHORT 784-800, DIED_SHORT ± 814 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Gertrude of the Holy Roman Empire | |||
3) HruodhaidBORN_SHORT 787 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT 800-814 | |||
| 10th marriage/ relation Charlemagne, son of Pepin III and Bertrand II of Leon.Marriage/ Related to: AdelindisBORN_SHORT 785 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia Adalind von Aachen Child: | |||
1) Thierry des FrancsBORN_SHORT 807 Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia, DIED_SHORT after 818, at least 11 years Thierry "The Monk" of Holy Roman Empire Thierry des Francs, Prinz des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Monk 818 | |||
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