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Charles I, King of France & Italy
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Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherPepin, King of the Franks (714-768) [S756] [S2725] [S2861] [S3246:XXII]
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MotherBertha (~720-783) [S756] [S2725] [S2861]
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Spouse 2ndHildegarde (~758-783) 
Child +Pépin I, King of Italy (777-810) [S756] [S2725] [S2861]
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Child +Louis I, Holy Roman Emperor (~778-840) [S756] [S2861]
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Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameCharles 'Charlemagne' I, King of the Franks [S1357]
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NameCharlemagne [S756] [S3245:XXII]
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NameEmperor Charlemagne [S756]
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NameCharles I, King of Franks [S899]
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NameCharles I 'Charlemagne' Emperor of the Romans [S899] [S2861]
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NameCharles I, King of the Franks [S2725]
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NameEmperor Charles I [S2725]
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NameEmperor Chralemagne [S2725]
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NameCharles I Joint-king of the Franks [S2861]
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NameCharles the Great [S3245:XXII]
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NameCharles I, King of France & Italy
Nickname: Charlemagne
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FatherPepin, King of the Franks (714-768) [S756] [S2725] [S2861] [S3246:XXII]
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MotherBertha (~720-783) [S756] [S2725] [S2861]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birth747/48Aix La Chapelle, France [S756] [S899] [S2725] [S2861]
April 2
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TitleOct 9, 768Joint-king of France [S756] [S899] [S2861]
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Marriage 1st 769 to 771 [S2861]
dau of Desiderius, King of the Lombards and Ansa
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Married771Aix La Chapelle, France [S756] [S899] [S2861]
she was only 13y
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TitleDec 4, 771King of France [S2861]
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TitleJun 5, 774King of Italy [S2725]
adopted the title after conquering their kingdom in 773
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Marriage 3rdOct 783 [S2861]
Fastrada, dau of Graf Radulf
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Marriage 4th 794 - 796 [S2861]
Fastrada, dau of Graf Radulf
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TitleDec 25, 800Holy Roman Emperor [S756] [S899] [S2725] [S2861]
Emperor of the West
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DeathJan 28, 813/14Aix La Chapelle, France [S756] [S899] [S2725] [S2861]
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Sources
IndexTitle
[S756] Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S899] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Swabian Nobility)" (2006-7 (v1.2 Updated 29 January 2007)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN NOBILITY.htm).
[S1357] Baldwin, Stewart, "The Henry Project - Charlemagne" (October 17, 2009) (https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/charl000.htm).
[S2725] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Italy, Emperors & Kings)" (v4.0 Updated 28 February 2019).
[S2861] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Carolinginians)" (v4.1 Updated 26 July 2020) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm).
[S3245] J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (trans.), "The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations (Book IV)" (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1960) (https://web.archive.org/web/20060203233532/http://www.bu.edu/english/levine/grch4+5.htm).
[S3246] J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (trans.), "The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations (Book V)" (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1960) (https://web.archive.org/web/20060203233532/http://www.bu.edu/english/levine/grch4+5.htm).
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