Charlemagne, also called Charles the Great, was a Frankish King who is widely regarded as the father of modern Europe. Clovis (466-511) Clovis established a kingdom in the area of what had been Gaul after the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire. From Clovis to Charlemagne. Both men fulfilled their idea of using Christianity. These three men were the rulers of France ruing the medieval ages. 800 CE: Charlemagne the Great of the Franks is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III. Clovis was the first king of the Franks.

Charlemagne (English: / ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə m eɪ n, ˌ ʃ ɑːr l ə ˈ m eɪ n /; French: [ʃaʁləmaɲ]) or Charles the Great (2 April 748 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of the Lombards from 774, and the Emperor of the Romans from 800. Another 5 are almost certain. After Clovis converted to Christianity, the Franks built a large kingdom that reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Charlemagne. 800 CE - 814 CE: Reign of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor. Clovis and Charlemagne were both King of Franks who used christianity as a way to superior their kingdoms. I had to learn all this back in the 1970s, so my memory is unreliable. Christmas day was significant in these events. His kingdom is dated about 466 AD. Clovis died in 511 and the empire he had created was divided, according to Merovingian custom, among his four sons. His ancestry goes back only a few generations but he has become the gateway for hundreds of fake genealogies back to antiquity, all based on wishful thinking. There was a critical difference, between the kingdom built by the Frankish family of Clovis and the just-collapsed Roman Empire. During the Early Middle Ages, he united the majority of western and central Europe. Charles Martel was the grandfather of Charlemagne. Over the next few centuries, some significant leaders brought Christianity to most of Europe. Under Constantine’s rule, Rome became more Christian. He succeeded his father in 481 as the ruler of the Salian Franks and other Frankish groups around Tournai (now in Belgium). 496 France Clovis King of Frank converted to Christianity. After the Fall of the Roman Empire, the Franks became the most powerful group in Western Europe. The authority once centralized in Clovis became progressively more diffuse. Clovis I was King of the Franks and was basically the ruler of Gaul , … The Emperor Charlemagne is the ancestor of most, perhaps all Europeans. Clovis was the son of the pagan Frankish king Childeric and the Thuringian queen Basina. Experts generally agree that only 8 ancestors of Charlemagne can be proven. 774 CE - 814 CE: Charlemagne reigns as King of the Franks and Lombards. I am not sure why it should matter, but as best as I am aware, there is no proven ancestral link. This Merovingian kingdom was not ruled with the same degree of central control that Roman Caesars had possessed. Dagobert II, in lineal descent of this most royal bloodline, was born in 651, heir to the kingdom of Austrassie.

Posted on 2019-12-25 by Cologero.