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Charlemagne
(s̸här′lə mān′)
742-814; king of the Franks (768-814): emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (800-814)
also called Charles I or Charles the Great
See Charlemagne in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(shärˈlə-mānˌ) 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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