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Charlemagne
Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800. He united most of Western and Central Europe and was the first recognised emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier. Charlemagne's reign was marked by political and social changes that h…
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politics · Carolingian emperor from 800 to 814 · monarch · sovereign · also Charlemagne, Karolus Magnus, Charles the Great, Emperor Charlemagne, Karl the Great, Carolus Magnus
Born 2 April 0748 · Died 28 January 0814 · Q3044
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It is not lack of self-restraint but care for others which makes me dine in Lent before the hour of evening.
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2026· 4 entries
Irish Independent: West Cork community celebrates link to Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne
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Realtor.com: 4000 Charlemagne Cir, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
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baltic-course.com: Grybauskaite receives Charlemagne Prize - baltic-course.com
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2025· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: Charlemagne in the Francophone World and Occitania
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2021· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: Charlemagne in Medieval German and Dutch Literature
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2020· 1 entry
The American Conservative: Revisiting Charlemagne as Europe Disintegrates
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2019· 1 entry
Washington Post: Searching for the man behind the legend of Charlemagne
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2018· 1 entry
Wall Street Journal: Charlemagne to the Rescue
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2014· 4 entries
CNET: Charlemagne’s 1,200-year-old bones are likely the real deal
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NBC News: Bona Fide Bones: Charlemagne Relics Are Likely Authentic
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NBC News: Charlemagne's Bones Are Likely Authentic, Scientists Say
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Phys.org: German researchers near certain remains are those of Charlemagne
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2013· 1 entry
Swissinfo: Why Charlemagne’s legacy lives on in Zurich
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2010· 1 entry
The Economist: Meet Charlemagne
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1861· 1 entry
By scientists who reconstructed his skeleton and measured it at 1
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1850· 1 entry
“De Litteris Colendis", in Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau De la philosophie scolastique (1850) p. 10; translation from T. H. Huxley Science and Education ( 2007) p. 132; in Latin, Quamvis enim melius sit benefacere quam nosse, prius tamen est nosse quam facere.”
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0814· 20 entries
Died 0814-01-28.
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“Fu Carlo Magno un bel cacca pensieri | e padre di civetti e fottiventi. (Pietro Aretino)”
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“It is not lack of self-restraint but care for others which makes me dine in Lent before the hour of evening.”
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“Fathers and guardians, bishops of our Church, you ought to minister to the poor, or rather to Christ in them, and not to seek after vanities. But now you act quite contrary to this; and are vainglorious and avaricious beyond all other men.”
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“Bishops should despise this world and inspire others by their example to seek after heavenly things. But now you are corrupted by ambition beyond all the rest of mankind; and one of them not content with holding the first episcopal see in Germany has dared without my approval to claim my golden scepter, which I carry to signify my royal will, in order that he might use it as his pastoral staff.”
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“Take care that none of them escapes.”
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“Nothing of that which was gained by fraud can go to the liberation of his soul. Let his wealth be divided among the workmen of this our building, and the poorer servants of our palace.”
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“König der Franken und Römischer Kaiser”
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“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”
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“Missione mia è di difender, aiutante la divina misericordia, e all'esterno colle armi la santa Chiesa di Cristo contro ogni attacco de' pagani ed ogni guasto degli infedeli, e consolidarla nell'interno colla professione della fede cattolica; obbligo vostro [riferito a Papa Leone III] è d'elevar le mani a Dio, come Mosè, e sostener colle vostre preci il mio servizio militare.”
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“Que la paz, la concordia y la unanimidad reinen entre todos los cristianos... porque sin paz no podemos agradar a Dios». [Let peace, concord and unanimity reign among all Christian people... for without peace we cannot please God].”
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“Tener otro idioma es poseer una segunda alma». [To have another language is to possess a second soul].”
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“If only I could have a dozen churchmen as wise and as well taught in all human knowledge as were Jerome and Augustine!”
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“In deine Hände, Vater, befehle ich meinen Geist." - Letzte Worte, 28. Januar 814”
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“Essai sur l'éducation des femmes”
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“D'amor, di fé, di cuor, di lingua schietto | fu Carlo Magno al mondo celebrato; | Carlo e Carlone insieme li fu detto | perch'era grande, grosso e ben formato; | di credulo e corrivo ebbe difetto | per creder troppo a Gano suo cognato; | del resto fu da ben più del bisogno, | tanto da ben ch'a dirlo mi vergogno. (Pietro Aretino)”
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“Dov'è quel Carlo, che d'Europa il pondo | libra e corregge nell'immensa mole, | germe sublime d'arbore fecondo, | e d'Ibera eroina inclita prole: | ne' suoi be' giorni si raddoppia il mondo, | né mai tramonta ov' egli impera il sole, | poiché aggiunti i materni ai patrii regni | lo scettro stende oltre gli Erculei segni. (Angelo Maria Ricci)”
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“Improvvisamente mi sono ricordato il mio Carlo Magno: "Lasciate che i miei eserciti siano le rocce, gli alberi, e i pennuti del cielo." (Indiana Jones e l'ultima crociata)”
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“L'armi io canto e gli Eroi, la pugna accesa | pe' talami e per l'are, e il doppio assalto, | e le gesta de' Regi, onde sospesa | la bilancia di Dio stette dall'alto: | del Longobardo la fatal contesa, | dell'Alpe i campi, e di Pavia lo spalto, | allorché Italia del suo meglio in forse | stette, e Carlo vincendo la soccorse. (Angelo Maria Ricci)”
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“Studiò con grande diligenza le arti liberali; ne venerava i maestri, che riempiva di onori. (Eginardo)”
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0800· 1 entry
Career landmark: Holy Roman Emperor (0800–0814).
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0768· 1 entry
Career landmark: king of Franks (0768–0814).
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0748· 1 entry
Born 0748-04-02.
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