Charlemagne

Charlemagne (Charles the Great, Charles I, Carolus Magnus) was King of the Franks (768-814), King of the Lombards (774-814), and Holy Roman Emperor (800-814). He was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. After the death of his father on the 24th of September, 768, he divided the Frankish Kingdom between him and his younger brother Carloman.