Charles Martel

[ mahr-tel; French mar-tel ]

noun

1. a.d. 690?–741, ruler of the Franks 714–741 (grandfather of Charlemagne).

Charles Martel

/ mɑːˈtɛl /

noun

1. Charles Martel?688741MFrankishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad , Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)

Example Sentences

They rode as far as Tours on the Loire until stopped by the French cavalry of Charles Martel.

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Charles Martel, on the contrary, was damned—body and soul—for having rewarded his captains by giving them abbeys.

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He died in 755, two or three years after the victory of Charles Martel over the Saracens.

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One of the galleries of the palace was consecrated wholly to the battles of Charles Martel.

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I took a Frankish name and claimed to be of that race in order to secure the protection of Charles Martel.

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His physiognomy, of an open cast and instinct with joviality, recalled the features of his grandfather, Charles Martel.

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