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Charlemagne

748 - 814

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Charlemagne ( SHAR-lə-mayn; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814. He united most of Western and Central Europe, and was the first recognised emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier. Charlemagne's reign was marked by political and social changes that had lasting influence on Europe throughout the Middle Ages. A member of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty, Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charlemagne is the 26th most popular politician (down from 3rd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular German Politician.

Charlemagne was the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is most famous for uniting Western Europe and expanding the Frankish Kingdom into an empire that covered much of Western and Central Europe.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charlemagne ranks 26 out of 19,576. Before him are George VI, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Louis XVI of France, Andrew Jackson, Vladimir Putin, and Charles I of England. After him are George V, James VI and I, Commodus, Edward VI of England, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Huang Xianfan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 748, Charlemagne ranks 1. After him is Abu-l-'Atahiya. Among people deceased in 814, Charlemagne ranks 1. After him are Abu Nuwas, Krum, and Angilbert.

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    Charlemagne

    POLITICIAN

    748 - 814

    HPI: 89.85

    Rank: 1

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    Abu Nuwas

    WRITER

    762 - 814

    HPI: 82.59

    Rank: 2

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    Krum

    POLITICIAN

    710 - 814

    HPI: 73.78

    Rank: 3

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    Angilbert

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    740 - 814

    HPI: 59.11

    Rank: 4

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charlemagne ranks 12 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Marx (1818), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844). After him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Johannes Kepler (1571), George Frideric Handel (1685), Joseph Goebbels (1897), and Otto von Bismarck (1815).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Charlemagne ranks 1. After him are Joseph Goebbels (1897), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Henry Kissinger (1923), Frederick the Great (1712), Angela Merkel (1954), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Hermann Göring (1893), and Christian IX of Denmark (1818).

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