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Charlemagne was born to his father Pepin the Short, and his mother Bertrada, he was born in what is now today Belgium.
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Charlemagne's father, Pepin, is declared king of the Franks, starting the Carolingian dynasty.
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Peping invades, and dethrones the last Merovingian king, and takes the throne for himself.
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Charlemagne marries Desiderata, who is daughter of the Lombard King. The Lombards were a slight threat to the Frankish empire.The marriage worried the Pope and Charlemagne's brother. The marrige dissovled in the next year.
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When Carloman suddenly dies of unexplaned circumstances, it left Charlemagne as the true ruler of the Franks. Most people belive that this was beter off for the fate of the kingdom.
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Charlemagne makes his first raid on the Saxons, which lasted for almost thirty years this was the beginning of a fight to convert pagan tribes to christianity.
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Charlemagne invades Lombard, quickly defating them. He then got the position of King of the Lombards.
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Construction on a palace in Aachen begins.
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Charlemagne travels to Rome, where he meets Alcuin, who joins Charlemagne's court. Here he also makes his son Peppin king of Italy
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Charlemagne's newly weaded wife, Hildegarde dies in childbirth.
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Three months after Hildegarde's death, Charlemagne's mother, Bertrada dies to unknow reasons.
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Charlemagne invaded Bavaria, and within a short time span, had them conquerd.
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Pope Leo III gets attacked in the streets of the Roman Empire. He fleed to Charlemagne for help, and healing.
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After a little over thirty years the war with Saxon is finnaly over, giving Charlemagne an even larger Empire
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Construction on the cathedral in Aachen begins.
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When Pepin died, his kingdom was given to his sons, Charlemagne and Carloman. Charlemagne and Carloman shared the kingdom, with dual kings.
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After helping Pope Leo the third, the counci of Rome thought well of him, and offered him the role of the Emperor. He accepted it and was crowned on Christmas Day in 800.
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Charlemagne dedligates power to his only living son Luis.
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Charlemagne dies of natrual causes at what was a very old age for the time.
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Pope Hadrian dies and then Leo the Third is named the new Pope.
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After a five year struggle, Charlemagne finnaly defeats the empire of Avars.
