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Charlemagne

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Char·le·magne  (shärl-mn) Also called Charles I or "Charles the Great." 742?-814.
King of the Franks (768-814) and founder of the first empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome. His court at Aix-la-Chapelle became the center of the Carolingian Renaissance.
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Noun1.CharlemagneCharlemagne - king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
Carolus, Charles the Great, Charles I, Charles


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Charlemagne and his immediate descendants possessed the reality, as well as the ensigns and dignity of imperial power.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
So a great Frankish victory or defeat was gained or avoided; and in order to commemorate the episode, Charlemagne commanded a city to be built there, which he named Frankfort--the ford of the Franks.
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And the song he sang was of Roland, the great champion of Charlemagne.
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