Charlemagne’s devotion to Christianity—and his protection of the popes—was recognized on Christmas Day 800, when Pope Leo III crowned him Emperor of the Romans at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, ruled over the vast Carolingian empire that spanned Europe during the Dark Ages. He became king of the Franks in A.D. 768 and conquered much of Europe during his ...

Charlemagne, the 7th-century king of the Franks, had about 20 children who went on to establish Europe’s royal houses and populate most of Europe.

Charlemagne (748–814) ruled a vast empire in the 8th century, uniting most of Western and Central Europe. He became a ...

Some of Charlemagne’s kit in Civilization 7 is based on his later life as well – and explains how he acquired the dadbod. His Agenda, The Golden Shepherd, increases his relationship with the ...

THE opening of Charlemagne's tomb the other day by the order of the Kaiser recalls an episode in the latter's early imperial career. Wilhelm von Hohenzollern is not the Emperor of Germany, (der ...

Rescuing stolen art and antiquities 08:30. French police are investigating the disappearance of Durandal, a sword linked to mythology akin to the fabled British King Arthur's Excalibur, after it ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy collected the prestigious Charlemagne Prize on behalf of the Ukrainian people on Sunday in honour of services to Europe, capping a visit to Germany in which he ...

Charlemagne reigned as the King of Franks, current-day France, from 768 AD until his death in 814. Under this rule, Charlemagne shaped medieval Europe, conquered Saxony, ...

It is Emperor Charlemagne´s own Palatine Chapel, which constitutes the nucleus of the Cathedral of Aachen, located in western Germany. The construction of the chapel between 793 and 813 symbolises the ...