Charlemagne
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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 th
Sketch believed to be of Charlemagne, c. 800
Pope Adrian receiving Charlemagne in Rome, painted in 1493
Adrian crowning Louis, as Charlemagne looks on
Pepin the Short
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Pepin the Short was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king.
Pepin the Younger, miniature, Anonymi chronica imperatorum, c. 1112–1114
Coronation in 751 of Pepin by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz
Arab and Berber Muslim troops retreating from Narbonne after the Frankish conquest of Septimania in 759. Illustration by Émile Bayard, 1880.
Allegoric depiction of Pepin