Carlos Magno Imperador do Ocidente * ®

  Notas gerais

DATE BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Key Events: Charlemagne
742 Born April 2, probably in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), the son of Pepin the Short, King of the Franks.
755 onwards Charlemagne accompanies his father on numerous military campaigns, including the conquest of Aquitaine and the invasion of Italy in the support of the Pope against the Lombards.
768 On the death of his father, the kingdom is split between Charlemagne, who becomes King of Nestrie, Austrasie, and western Aquitaine, and his brother Carloman, who rules Bourgogne, Provence and eastern Aquitaine.
770 Marries the daughter of Desiderius, King of the Lombards.
771 Unexpectedly Carloman dies. Charlemagne becomes king of his domains.
772 The Pope appeals to Charlemagne for help against the Lombards.
774 Charlemagne defeats Desiderius and becomes King of the Lombards. The Pope declares Charlemagne “the Protector of Rome”.
775-777 Charlemagne leads a campaign to conquer and Christianize the Saxons. Mass baptisms and declarations of allegiance follow, culminating in the Diet of Paderborn (777).
778 Invades Spain to fight the Arabs, but has to retreat. Establishes the Spanish March, a buffer state on the Pyrenees.
796 Conquers the empire of the Avars (roughly modern Hungary and Austria). Makes Aachen the capital of his empire and seat of his court.
800 Crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in Rome.
804-805 Saxon revolts crushed
812 The Byzantine Emperor, Michael I, recognizes Charlemagne as Emperor of the West. Charlemagne designates his son, Louis, as his successor by placing the crown on his head.
814 Dies, January 28, and is interred in the cathedral at Aachen.

  Eventos e factos importantes em sua vida

• Foto início 3ª idade.

Carlos casou-se com Hildegarda de VINTSCHGAU *, daughter of Geraldo de ANGLACHGAU * and Ema da ALEMANIA *, in 771. (Hildegarda de VINTSCHGAU * was born in 758 and died on 30 Apr 0783 ¹.)