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Charlemagne

Charlemagne. By Jesse Redd. Charlemagne. House Carolingian Father Pepin the Short Mother Bertrada of Laon Born 2 April 742 Died 28 January 814(814-01-28) (aged 71).

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Charlemagne

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  1. Charlemagne By Jesse Redd

  2. Charlemagne HouseCarolingian Father Pepin the Short Mother Bertrada of Laon Born 2 April 742 Died 28 January 814(814-01-28) (aged 71)

  3. Known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany.

  4. WAR Charlemagne spent the early part of his reign on several military campaigns to expand his kingdom.

  5. Charlemagne inherited great wealth and a strong military organization from his father and brother. He used these assets to double the territory under Carolingian control. In 772 he opened his offensive against the Saxons, and for more than three decades he pursued a ruthless policy aimed at subjugating them and converting them to Christianity. Almost every year Charlemagne attacked one or another region of Saxon territory. Mass executions-- 4,500 Saxons were executed on a single day in 782--and deportations were used to discourage the stubborn.

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