Charlemagne

=__History of Charlemagne__= =Charlemagne was the king of franks from the franks from April 2, 742 until 28 January 814. He was the king of the franks and ruled a lot of Western Europe. The Charlemagne kingdom became bigger and bigger until it finally became the Frankish empire . When he concurred Italy he became imperator Augustus by Pope Leo the |||. Charlemagne Empire was huge. It incorporated much of western and central Europe. = = He is not only as the founder of both   French   and   German but also as   the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans, and the Carolingian renaissance encouraged the formation of a common European identity. = = Charlemagne's   native language was probably one with a Germanic dialect of the riparian franks  = = Charlemagne is believed to have been born in 742; however, several factors have led to a reconsideration of this date. First, the year 742 was calculated from his age given at death, rather than from attestation in primary sources = = Charlemagne helped define both   Western Europe   and the middle Ages. He is numbered as  Charles I   in the regnal lists of   France,   Germany   where he is known as   Karl der Große. = =When Charlemagne passed away his son Louis the pious took over the kingdom of the franks and was also the king of the Aquitaine from 781. Louis was the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne. He became the sole ruler of the franks after his death in 814. One day when Louis was crossing a wooden gallery from the cathedral to the place in Aachen. When the gallery collapsed and he was very close to death he decided to split his empire into three so his three sons could take it over.= =__ The Three Sons __= =Lothair 1= =Louis sons took over the three parts of Louis Empire. was a post- [|Roman] [|king of Italy]  818 – 855 and crowned  [|Carolingian]  King of Northern Italy, Emperor of the Romans and (nominally) was  [|Emperor of the Franks]  840 – 855. = =Louis the German= = Was a grandson of  [|Charlemagne]  and the third son of the succeeding  [|Frankish Emperor] [|Louis the Pious]. Louis II was made the King of [|Bavaria] from 817 following the Emperor Charlemagne's practice of bestowing a local kingdom on a family member who then served as one of his lieutenants and the local governor. When his father, Louis I (called the pious), partitioned the empire toward the end of his reign in 843, he was made King of [|East Francia], a region that spanned the [|Elbe] drainage basin from [|Jutland] southeasterly through the [|Thuringerwald] into modern Bavaria from the [|Treaty of Verdun] in 843 until his death.= =Charles the Bald= = Charles the Bald  [|[1]]  (13 June 823 – 6 October 877),  [|Holy Roman Emperor]  (875–877, as   Charles II and King of  [|West Francia]  (840–877, as   Charles II, with the borders of his land defined by the Treaty of Verdun, 843), was the youngest son of the Emperor  [|Louis the Pious]  .   =  ** Reign ** ||  768 – 814 || **  [|Coronation]  ** ||  25 December 800 || ** Predecessor ** ||   [|Pippin the Short]  || ** Successor ** ||   [|Louis the Pious]  || ** Father ** ||   [|Pippin the Short]  || ** Mother ** || [|Bertrada of Laon] || ** Born ** || 2 April 742 [|Liège] || ** Died ** || 28 January 814 (aged 71) [|Aachen] || ** Burial ** || [|Aachen Cathedral]   ||