Charlemagne and the Carolingian Dynasty

[Marengo]

This thread is about Charlemagne and the Carolingian dynasty

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Charles II the Bald, 823-877, and his brother Louis the German made a treaty at Strasbourg in 842.
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-charles-the-bald-and-louis-the-german-make-treaty-10331144.html.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day 800.
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M005263

 

[Blog Real]

Charlemagne (2 April 748[a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 800, all until his death in 814. Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the majority of Western Central Europe, and he was the first recognized emperor to rule in the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier. Charlemagne's rule saw a program of political and societal changes that had a lasting impact on Europe in the Middle Ages.

More information: Charlemagne - Wikipedia

20th-century painting of Charlemagne's coronation at Noyon in 768.