Charlemagne

1
Charlemagne
2
Location

• Charlemagne conquered vast territories and
  combined large portions of western Europe into a
  single unit.
• In 800 A.D. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne
  Emperor of the West, a region later known as the
  Holy Roman Empire.
• The map shows the lands that Charlemagne
  controlled when he was crowned Emperor of Rome.

3
Background
Charlemagne and the Pope

• Charlemagne learned on the battlefield at an
  early age the importance of strong leadership.
• Charlemagne also learned the importance of close
  links between secular power and the Roman
  Catholic Church.
• Charlemagne is also known as Charles the Great.
• Charlemagne was among the greatest military
  leaders of the Middle Ages.

4
Accomplishments
Charlemagne being crowned king of the Lombards.

• Charlemagne made a series of military campaigns
  to expand the power of the Franks.
• Charlemagne had to conduct several fierce
  campaigns and capture a Saxon chieftain before he
  could impose his rule.
• He defeated a Lombard king and became ruler of
  the Kingdom of the Lombards, which included the
  northern half of Italy.
• Charlemagne's Empire united all Christian lands
  of western Europe and increased the power of the
  Catholic Church.

5
Charlemagnes Death
Statue of Charlemagne
Charlemagnes signature

• Charlemagne contracted a lung infection and
  developed a high fever.
• He tried to cure himself by taking only liquids
  but after an illness of seven days he died.
• The year was 814 A.D. and he was seventy-two
  years old.
• He is buried under the Dome of the Cathedral at
  Aachen, dressed in imperial robes.

6
The End
Special Thanks to

• Encarta Encyclopedia 99
• http//www.chronique.com/Library/MedHistory/charle
  magne.htm
• http//en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
• http//www.google.com