The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Vol. 5 of 10 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Vol. 5 of 10 In the long catalogue of French monarchs no name shines out with a splendor equal to that of Charlemagne. If history is to be believed he possessed every virtue desirable in man and finally achieved canonization as a saint at the hands of Pope Pascal III. Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, the "most illustrious monarch of the Middle Ages," King of the Franks and Roman Emperor, was born April 2, 742. Aix-la-Chapelle is usually, but not certainly, regarded as his birthplace. His grandfather was Charles Martel (mayor of the palace under the enervated Merovingians), and his father Pepin the Short (the first Carlovingian King of the Franks), whom, on his death in 768, Charlemagne and his brother Carloman jointly succeeded, the Frankish Kingdom having been divided between them. But Carloman dying in 771, and his sons being both excluded from the throne, Charlemagne was proclaimed sole ruler. His monarchy was a very extensive one; the Frankish territory stretched from the Loire to the Rhine; besides, there were Burgundy and Allemania, while Aquitaine, Brittany, Prisia, Thuringia and Bavaria were more or less closely subjected to him. The young king, who had spent his early life in warfare, and had already won distinction by his talents, handsome bearing and physical strength, soon began to bend all his energies towards the accomplishment of the object which was to form the characteristic feature of his reign; the extension of his dominions, which formed the bulwark of western Christianity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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