Char·le·magne (shär l -m n ) 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. |
Charlemagne [ˈʃɑːləˌmeɪn]
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(Biographies / Charlemagne (?742-814) M, Frankish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) ?742-814 ad, king of the Franks (768-814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800-814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772-804), and the Avars (791-799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
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| Noun | 1. |  Charlemagne - king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814) |
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