Charlemagne 700-1000 AD

Hey everyone!!! I’m still in Europe, and today I went around the city of Aachen, Germany. Since I’ve been in Germany, I have talked to a few people in the east of Aachen, Germany about their community, their culture, and if any well known people have lived here. Towards the end of the day, when nothing really interesting caught my eye, I talked to one last person, he told me his name was Roger. He told me about one man named Charlemagne. He said that Charlemagne was the King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor. Roger also said, Charlemagne was born on April 2, 742 in Liege, Belgium. He was Best known for being the founding father of the French and German Monarchies. Charlemagne, also known as Charles I, is one of the greatest leaders of the Middle Ages. He is known as King of the Franks.

It’s 5:00 am and I’ve been up all night because I’ve been thinking about what Roger told me about Charlemagne. Now it’s 7:00am and I’m going out again to ask for more questions about Charlemagne. This time I went to a different community towards the north of Aachen, Germany. I’m asking people more questions about charlemagne. First I asked one man about how he became king of the franks? The man replied “Charlemagne was son of Pepin the Short, King of the Franks. Pepin had begun the rule of the Carolingian Empire and the golden age of the Franks. When Pepin died he left the empire to his two sons, Charlemagne and Carloman. There would likely have been war between the two brothers eventually, but Carloman died leaving Charlemagne to be King.” Then I went to a different woman that didn’t know a lot about Charlemagne so I just moved on.

Finally, I went to my last destination which was south of Aachen, Germany. There I found lot’s of cool facts about Charlemagne which are that...

-He left his empire to his son Louis the Pious.

-He was crowned Holy Roman Empire on Christmas Day.

-Charlemagne was illiterate, but he believed strongly in education and enabling his people to be able to read and -write.

-He was married to five different women during his lifetime.

-He is nicknamed the "Father of Europe" as the founding father of both the French and the German Monarchies.

I hope you learned a lot from this blog, go check out my other blogs about food, viking invasions, and education in Europe!

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