Emperor Charlemagne^{[1, 2]}

742 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Charlemagne
  Prefix	Emperor
  Born	2 Apr 742	Aix Le Chapelle, France
  Gender	Male
  Note	Carolingians - French dynasty, named after its greatest monarch Carolus Magnus (Charlemagne). About the year 623 Clotaire II, one of the Merovingian kings, gave his son, Dagobert I, the kingdom of Austrasia (approximating to Lorraine and Franconia) with Pepin the Elder as mayor of the Palace. Pepin's grandson, Pepin le Gros made himself master of both Austrasia and Neustria in 687, though he did not assume the royal title. His son, Charles Martel, seized the reins of government on his father's death, and became renowned as a warrior and administrator, but still contented himself with being mayor of the palace to the nominal king. His son, Pepin le Bref, deposed King Childeric III and became king, reigning from 751 to 768. He was succeeded by his son, Charlemagne, one of the greatest monarchs in European history, both as conqueror and ruler. Extending his kingdom across the Pyrenees to the Ebro, eastwards to the Elbe, the Bohemian Mountains, and even to Croatia and Dalmatia, and southward to Naples, he was crowned (800) by Pope Leo III as head of the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne's son, Louis the Pious, shared his domains between his sons, Charles II, the Bald taking France (840). Forty years later Charles III, the Fat reunited the empire but was deposed by Odo of Paris, and though there were other Carolingian monarchs their authority was little more than nominal. The dynasty in France ended with Louis V, who was succeeded by Hugh Capet (987), though in Germany Carolingians ruled as kings until 911. http://www.historybookshop.com/articles/commentary/carolingians.asp
  Sources	Listed on the 1937 Windsor College of Arms Descendancy Chart, certified by A(lfred) T(rego) Butler, Windsor Herald  [2]
  Occupation	Emperor Of The West
  Reference Number	2200
  _UID	42D65E76159E4322AA87E1675E467FBA5AAE
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I2200	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Pepin Le Bref,   d. 760
  Family ID	F1911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Louis I (The Pious), King of France,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F1896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S436] Manuscript, Arthur Orison TAYLOR (Reliability: 3). [S1176] 1937 Windsor Chart, enh, 1937 Windsor Chart, enh; 1937.