Charlemagne coronation

Charlemagne

Charlemagne (/ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn/; 2 April 742/747/748 – 28 January 814), also known as Charles the Great (Latin: Carolus or Karolus Magnus, French: Charles Le Grand or Charlemagne, German: Karl der Große,^[2] Italian: Carlo Magno or Carlomagno) or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expanded Frankish state he founded is called the Carolingian Empire.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
• Page 786 - Steves, R., 2014, Best of Europe 2015: Perseus Books Group, Berkeley, 1385p.