Charlemagne, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire

747 - 814  (66 years)

• Name	Charlemagne
  Suffix	Emperor of the Carolingian Empire
  Birth	2 Apr 747	Francia
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Charles
  Title	Emperor of the Carolingian Empire
  Title	King of the Franks
  Death	28 Jan 814	Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  Burial	Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  Person ID	I946	Trastámara Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Pepin the Short, King of the Franks ,   b. Abt. 714, Jupille, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium d. 24 Sep 768, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	Bertrada of Laon, Queen of the Franks,   b. 710-727, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy-au-Bac, Oise, Picardie, Franc (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	744  [1]
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Himiltrude,   b. Abt. 742   d. Abt. 780 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Children	1. Pepin the Hunchback,   b. Abt. 769   d. 811, Prüm, Bitburg-Prum, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Age ~ 42 years)
  Family ID	F357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Desiderata of Lombardy, Queen of the Franks ,   b. Abt. 754, Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy d. Abt. 776 (Age ~ 22 years)
  Marriage	Abt. 770  [2]
  Family ID	F425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 May 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Hildegard of Anglachgau
  Children	1. Charles the Younger, Duke of Maine ,   b. Abt. 772, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 4 Dec 811 (Age ~ 39 years)   2. Adalhaid of Francia,   b. Abt. 773, Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy d. 774, Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy (Age ~ 1 years) + 3. Rotrude of Francia, Count of Maine,   b. Abt. 775, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 6 Jun 810, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age ~ 35 years) + 4. Pepin of Italy, King of Italy,   b. 777, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 8 Jul 810, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy (Age 33 years) + 5. Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire,   b. 16 Apr 778, Chasseneuil, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 May 2025

  
  

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  Charlemagne, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire

  
  

• Sources

  [S103] "Pepin the Short," Wikipedia, last modified 9 Apr 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short. [S109] "Desiderata of the Lombards," Wikipedia, last modified 20 Jan 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata_of_the_Lombards.