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'''Charlemagne''' (Charles the Great) was the second leader of the [[Carolingian Dynasty]] and ruled the [[Franks]] from AD 768 to 814. He was a [[Christian]] and did much to expand both his kingdom and Christianity. Though illiterate himself, he promoted education, starting palace schools, and attempted to reestablish the Roman Empire. He was crowned by the [[Pope]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in 800 AD, which marked the beginning of [[Holy Roman Empire]].
'''Charlemagne''' (Charles the Great) (742 - 814) was the second leader of the [[Carolingian Dynasty]] and ruled the [[Franks]] from AD 768 to 814. He was a [[Christian]] and did much to expand both his kingdom and Christianity. Though illiterate himself, he promoted education, starting palace schools, and attempted to reestablish the Roman Empire. He was crowned by the [[Pope]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in 800 AD, which marked the beginning of [[Holy Roman Empire]].
==Early life==
==Early life==
He was the grandson of [[Charles Martel]] the powerful Mayor of the Palace. When King [[Childeric III]] was deposed at Soissons and replaced with his father he became the Heir Apparent to the Frankish throne. He was included by his father in much of the day to day duties to properly educate him to take the reins.
He was the grandson of [[Charles Martel]] the powerful Mayor of the Palace. When King [[Childeric III]] was deposed at Soissons and replaced with his father he became the Heir Apparent to the Frankish throne. He was included by his father in much of the day to day duties to properly educate him to take the reins.
==Reign==
In 771, with the death of his brother, Charlemagne became sole ruler of the Frankish kingdom and began to expand its borders. Responding to an appeal by [[Pope Adrian I]], Charlemagne waged a successful campaign against the [[Lombardy]] in 773 to 774. He went on to annex Bavaria in 788 and Saxons and the Avars along the Danube river were subjugated after a conflict with the Franks that lasted for 30 years. They went on to accept Christianity.
Charlemagne's rule culminated when he was crowned by the Pope in 800 as the first Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne not only oversaw an efficient administrative system, but fostered the [[Carolingian Renaissance]] which spread throughout western Europe.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> The discipline of his military was unseen in that part of the world since the times of the [[Roman Empire]] and included a resurgence in archery.
His empire did not achieve longlasting greatness as much of the cohesion and strides that he had made during his life fell apart with his death and the dividing of his kingdom among multiple heirs who fought amongst themselves.
==Song of Roland Depiction==
==Song of Roland Depiction==