Crowned emperor on Christmas Day 800
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor in St Peter's in Rome on Christmas Day 800. Einhard, his biographer, claims Charlemagne would not have gone into the church had he known what the pope planned.
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Charlemagne
742–814 · Carolingians
King of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor (747–814). Born at Franciaf. Died at Aachen.
See Charlemagne on the tree On the map Thrones
Reigned
| 768–814 | King of Franks |
| 800–814 | Holy Roman Emperor |
Also held: King of Lombards
Charlemagne's elephant
In 802 an Asian elephant named Abul-Abbas reached Aachen, a gift to Charlemagne from the caliph Harun al-Rashid. It died in 810, reportedly while on campaign with the army against the Danes.
Family
- Father
- Pepin the Short
- Mother
- Bertrada of Laon
- Married
- Desiderata of the Lombards 770
Hildegard of Vinzgouw 771
Fastrada 783
Luitgard 794
Himiltrude - Children (10)
- Bertha
Hugh
Pepin the Hunchback 770
Charles the Younger 772
Rotrude 775
Pepin of Italy 777
Louis the Pious 778
Gisela 781
Theodrada 785
Drogo 801 - Siblings (2)
- Carloman I 751
Gisela, Abbess of Chelles 757
Related to
- Charlemagne was the 28× great-grandfather of Victoria.
- Charlemagne was the 24× great-grandfather of Louis XIV of France.