Hunroch, Margrave of Friuli

Family/Spouse: Engeltrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eberhard, Margrave of Friuli died on 16 Dec 862; was buried in Cysoing, Hauts-de-France, France.
2. Amadeus, Count of Burgundy died after 827.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. daughter

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was an East Frank.

Berenger married Engeltron. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Offices Held: 776

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Offices Held:
Bègue served as the Chamberlain of Louis of Aquitaine.

Bègue married Alpais, Abbess of St. Peter's, Rheims. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Her name was also spelt Aupals.

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• Title(s): 743

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Title(s):
He became the Count of Paris.

Girard married Rotrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 767 to 814; King of the Franks (Carolingian dynasty)
• Land/House: 768
• Reign: From 800 to 814; Holy Roman Emperor

Notes:

Death: Weis (1982) gives his death place as Aix la Chapelle.

Name:


More is known about Charlemagne than most medieval rulers because of a biography written by Einhard, a friend of his son Louis the Pious. This biography describes Charlemagne as more than six feet tall, with piercing eyes, fair hair, a thick neck, and a potbelly. He was strong, fond of exercise, and had an alert mind and a forceful personality. Charlemagne could read and speak Latin, the language of educated people of the time. However, he never learned to write it.

Land/House:
When Pépin the Short died in 768, the Frankish lands were divided according to ancient Frankinsh law and tradition between Pépin's sons Carloman and Charles. During the next three years until Carloman's death in 771, relations between the two brothers were sometimes strained. In 774, Charles "the Great" or Karolus Magnus, more widely known as Charlemagne, conquered Lombardy and confirmed his father's donation of the Papal States. Charlemagne added Bavaria to his realm, and eventually defeated the Saxons and forced them to convert to Christianity. Charlemagne also waged war in Spain. He was returning from an expedition there in 778 when a mountain people called the Basques ambushed and wiped out his rear guard. This incident became the subject of the famous epic poem The Song of Roland, however, the ambushers were the Moors.

Reign:
On 25 December 800, he was crowed Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in Rome.

Charlemagne married Himiltrude in 798 (Not married). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
She was a concubine of Charlemagne.