Charles The Great or Charlemagne
747-814
Charles, later called Charlemagne or Carolus Magnus (Charles the Great), was the first Germanic emperor, who re-established the Roman tradition through his military, political, administrative, and cultural successes, uniting a vast swath of lands in western, southern, and central Europe, and laying the foundation for the further development of France and Germany.
Under his rule, the Frankish world experienced a dramatic intellectual, religious, and artistic reinvigoration, often identified as the Carolingian Renaissance. During his reign, the Frank kingdom more than doubled its former territory
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