1. King Charlemagne was born on 2 Apr 742 in
Ingelheim, Austrasia.(1) He died on 28
Jan 813 in Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany. He died on 28 Jan 813/14 in Aix la Chapelle,
Austrasia. He was the King of France. Known also as Karl der Grosse and as Charles
the Great.
From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article entitled Charlemagne:
"As king of the Franks, Charlemagne conquered the Lombard kingdom in Italy,
subdued the Saxons, annexed Bavaria to his kingdom, fought campaigns in Spain
and Hungary, and, with the exception of the Kingdom of Asturias in Spain, southern
Italy, and the British Isles, united in one superstate practically all the Christian
lands of western Europe. In 800 he assumed the title of emperor. (He is reckoned
as Charles I of the Holy Roman Empire, as well as Charles I of France.) Besides
expanding its political power, he also brought about a cultural renaissance in
his empire. Although this imperium survived its founder by only one generation,
the medieval kingdoms of France and Germany derived all their constitutional
traditions from Charles's monarchy. Throughout medieval Europe, the person
of Charles was considered the prototype of a Christian king and emperor."
He was married to Queen Hildegarde de Vinzgau (daughter of
Duke Gerold Childebrand I and Imma de Allemania) in
771.(2) Queen
Hildegarde de Vinzgau was born in 758 in Savoy. She died on 30 Apr 783 in
Thionville, Moselle, France. King Charlemagne and Queen Hildegarde de Vinzgau
had the following children:
+2 i.
King Pepin I.
+3 ii.
Emperor Louis "The Pious" I.
+4 iii.
Aupals (Alpais).
+5 iv.
King Charles.
6 v.
Bertha was born in 779. She died after 823.
7 vi.
Rotrud was born about 775. She died after 839.
8 vii.
Adelaide was born in 774. She died in 774.
9 viii.
Lothar was born in 778. He died in 779.
10 ix.
Gisela died in 814.
11 x.
Hildegarde died in 783.
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