WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Charlemagne was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. He was born before their canonical marriage. He became king of the Franks in 768 following his father’s death, and was initially co-ruler with his brother Carloman I until the latter’s death in 771.

Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction to Charlemagne Born around the year 742, he began as Frankish King, then became the first Holy Roman Emperor. He was a man of influence and power, who pulled a continent from chaos, and resurrected the concept of a king’s divine right to rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the late 5th and early 6th centuries, Clovis (c. 466–511), the warrior-leader of one of the groups of peoples collectively known as the Franks, established a strong independent monarchy in what are now the northern part of France and the southwestern part of Belgium.

Detailed explanation-5: -Clovis I, (born c. 466-died November 27, 511, Paris, France), king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe. His dynasty, the Merovingians, survived more than 200 years, until the rise of the Carolingians in the 8th century.

Detailed explanation-6: -The greatest ruler of the Carolingian Empire and the Franks was Charlemagne who ruled from 742 to 814. Charlemagne expanded the Frankish Empire to rule a large portion of Europe.