Battle of Roncevaux Pass
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The Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Sp
15th-century anonymous painting of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass
Roland à Roncevaux (c. 1877), painting by Gustave Doré depicting an idealized vision of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass
Ibaneta (Roncevaux) pass
The death of Roland and his men
Louis the Pious
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Louis the Pious, also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving son
Charlemagne crowns Louis the Pious
Denarius of Louis
Louis the Pious doing penance at Attigny in 833