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This was a great victory for Charles Martel(father of Pepin the Short first Carolingian King) over Muslims attempting to push into western Europe from the Iberian peninsula, made Charles and his family popular
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With the power of the people and the Pope, Pepin took the throne and became the first of the Carolingian monarchs
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The empire did not end with Charlemagnes death but it split into 3 regions
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Pepin died in battle in the year 768 at the age of 54 leaving his empire to two of his sons Charles and Carloman
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With the death of his father, he took over Carloman's part and set out to conquer the neighboring lands such as Italy, Bavaria, and Saxonia and convert them to Christianity
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These wars were fought by Charlemagne against the Saxon for around 30 years and in which Charlemagne forced the Saxons to converts to christanity
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Charlemagne defeats the Lombard Kingdom which consisted of most of Italy which is a huge expansion to his kingdom and will later be given to the Pope
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On Christmas day of the year 800, Charlemagne was crowned by Pope Leo III and was proclaimed emperor of Rome
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Charlemagne died in 814 leaving his vast empire to his grandsons, these would eventually become modern france and Germany
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