41st Generation (Continued)
Family of Pepin "The Short" King Of France (171) & Berthe (Bertrade) Countess Of Laon

192. Charlemagne (Carl the Great) Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, 37G Grandfather, M. Born on 2 Apr 0742 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia. Charlemagne (Carl the Great) Emperor of the died in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia on 28 Jan 0814, he was 71. Buried in Notre Dame D'aix La Chapelle, Austrasia.

Carl, the son of Pepin, was a most warlike king. When the Saxons refused to send him a tribute of three hundred horses, he entered their country and ravaged it. The war continued for years. It was of Charlemagne's idea that the Saxons become Christians, and Witikind, the Saxon leader, who beheld to god of Odin as the honor of his country. In 785, upon defeat, Wittikind resolved to accept Christ as his conqueror and consented to be baptized. For Easter, Charlemagne traveled to Rome and was met miles away outside of the city by all the chief citizens and scholars. They carried palm branches. Adrain I was pope at this time and upon Charlemagne's ascent of the stairs of St. Peter's church, Adrian I met him saying "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord".
Charlemagne was a Renaissance man. He could calculate the courses of the planets in his head. He had an excellent knowledge of Latin; Saint Augustine's "City of God" was his favorite book - a bible of its time; and he composed several hymns, among them the "Veni Creator Spiritus" - that invocation of the Holy Spirit which is sung at ordinations. He also knew Greek, wrote a Frankish grammar book, and collected the old songs of his people.
In the year 800, on Christmas day, the greatest honor possible was bestowed upon him. He was elected by the Roman people as their emporer.
He had intended his eldest son, Carl, to be emporer, and Pepin and Lodwig to rule Lombardy and Aquitania under him as kings; but Pepin died in 1810, and Carl in 1811, and only Lodwig was left. This last son he had accepted as emporer by all his chief nobles in the church at Aachen, after which he bace the young man take a crown that lay on the altar and put it on his own head. "Blessed be the Lord, who hath granted me to see my son sitting on my throne," he said.
Charlemagne died in the next year, in 814, at the age of 71, and was buried at Aachen, sitting upright, robed and crowned, in his chair, with his sword by his
side.







abt 0772 when Charlemagne (Carl the Great) Emperor of the was 29, he married Hildegard Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, 37G Grandmother, F, daughter of Gerold I Count of Vinzgau, M (0710?-) & Imma Duchess Of Swabia, F (abt 0736-), in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Born abt 0757 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Hildegard Empress of the died in Thionbille, Austrasia on 30 Apr 0783, she was 26. Buried in Abbaye De St Arnoul, Metz, Austrasia.

They had the following children:
i. Rotrude Princess of the, 37G Aunt, F. Born in Aug 0774 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Rotrude Princess of the died on 6 Jun 0810, she was 35.
ii. Charles (Carl) Emperor of the, 37G Uncle, M. Born in 0772 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Charles (Carl) Emperor of the died on 4 Dec 0811, he was 39.
218 iii. Pepin (Carloman) King Of, M (0773-0810)
iv. Adbelahide(Adelheid) Princess of the, 37G Aunt, F. Born in 0774 in Of, Pavie, Lombardy, Italy. Adbelahide(Adelheid) Princess of the died in Aug 0774.
v. Gisaele Princess of, 37G Aunt, F. Born in 0781 in Milano, Lombardy, Italy.
vi. Bertha Princess of the, 37G Aunt, F. Born in 0775 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Bertha Princess of the died on 11 Mar 0826, she was 51.
vii. Lothaire Prince of the, 37G Uncle, M. Born in Aug 0778 in Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France. Lothaire Prince of the died in Aug 0778.
viii. Hildegarde Princess of the, 37G Aunt, F. Born in 0782 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Hildegarde Princess of the died on 9 Jun 0783, she was 1.
219 ix. Louis I (Lodwig) "The Pious", Emperor of the, M (0778-0840)

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