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 ...

Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, fathered at least 18 children during his lifetime, from which all Europeans are descended, according to experts.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Charlemagne (748 – 814) ruled over a huge empire in the 8th century, uniting most of Western and Central Europe, and was the first recognised emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Roman ...