MILITARY PERSONNEL

Charles Martel

688 - 741

Charles Martel

Charles Martel (; c. 688 – 22 October 741), Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and a noblewoman named Alpaida. Charles successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics. Continuing and building on his father's work, he restored centralized government in Francia and began the series of military campaigns that re-established the Franks as the undisputed masters of all Gaul. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Martel is the 15th most popular military personnel (down from 8th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Military Personnel.

Charles Martel is most famous for his victory over the Muslims at the Battle of Tours in 732.

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Among military personnels, Charles Martel ranks 15 out of 2,058. Before him are Adolf Eichmann, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Oda Nobunaga, Erwin Rommel, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Khalid ibn al-Walid. After him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Spartacus, Vasily Zaitsev, Romulus Augustulus, and Flavius Aetius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 688, Charles Martel ranks 1. After him are Roderic, Marwan II, and Jianzhen. Among people deceased in 741, Charles Martel ranks 1. After him are Pope Gregory III, Leo III the Isaurian, and Theudoald.