Charlemagne

[ shahr-luh-meyn; French shar-luh-man-yuh ]

noun

1. Charles the Great, a.d. 742–814, king of the Franks 768–814; as Charles I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800–814.

Charlemagne

/ ˈʃɑːləˌmeɪn /

noun

1. Charlemagne?742814MFrankishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?742–814 ad , king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning

Charlemagne

1. The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire ; his name means “Charles the Great.” Charlemagne was king of France in the late eighth and early ninth centuries and was crowned emperor in 800. He is especially remembered for his encouragement of education.

Notes

Throughout the Middle Ages , Charlemagne was considered a model for Christian rulers.

Example Sentences

The period under review is 800 to 1600 — the long Middle Ages, a stretch that roughly spans the death of Emperor Charlemagne and the end of the Renaissance.

From Los Angeles Times

Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe's revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne's Francia a century later, new tests reveal.

From Science Daily

His ideas faced stiff opposition in the UK from Margaret Thatcher, John Major and the British press - which saw him as a modern-day Charlemagne, bent on the political union of Europe.

From BBC

In the western German city of Aachen, Zelenskyy also received the prestigious International Charlemagne Prize, awarded to him and the people of Ukraine.

From Seattle Times

Aachen was the residence of the Emperor Charlemagne, often called the “father of Europe”, who managed to unite much of western Europe in the early ninth century.

From Reuters