Charlemagne, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire

748 - 814  (65 years)

• Name	Charlemagne   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Emperor of the Carolingian Empire
  Birth	2 Apr 748	Francia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title	25 Dec 800–28 Jan 814  [1]
  	King of the Franks
  Title	9 Oct 768–28 Jan 814  [1]
  	King of the Franks
  Title	Jun 774 AD–28 Jan 814  [1]
  	King of the Lombards
  Death	28 Jan 814	Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1]
  Burial	Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1]
  Person ID	I691	Braganza Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Pepin the Short, King of the Franks,   b. 714, Jupille, Liege, Belgium d. 768 (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, France (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Desiderata of Lombardy, Queen of the Franks,   b. Abt. 754, Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy d. Abt. 776 (Age ~ 22 years)
  Marriage	Abt. 770  [6]
  Family ID	F309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Hildegard of Anglachgau, Queen of the Franks,   b. Abt. 757, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	771  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Charles the Younger, Duke of Maine,   b. Abt. 772, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 811 (Age ~ 39 years)   2. Adalhaid,   b. Abt. 773, Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy d. 774, Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy (Age ~ 1 years)   3. Rotrude,   b. Abt. 775, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 810 (Age ~ 35 years) + 4. Pepin of Italy, King of Italy,   b. 777, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 8 Jul 810 (Age 33 years)   5. Louis, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire,   b. 778, Chasseneuil, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 840 (Age 62 years)   6. Lothair,   b. 778, Chasseneuil, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France d. Abt. 780 (Age 2 years) + 7. Bertha,   b. Abt. 779, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy d. 826 (Age ~ 47 years)   8. Gisela,   b. 782, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy   9. Hildegard,   b. Abt. 783, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. Abt. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Fastrada,   b. Abt. 765, Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 10 Aug 794, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	Oct 783	Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   [1]
  Children	1. Theodrada of Francia, Abbess of Notre-Dame d'Argenteuil,   b. 784   d. 844-853 (Age 69 years)   2. Hiltrude of Francia,   b. 787
  Family ID	F310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 4	Luitgard of Sundgau, Queen of the Franks,   b. Abt. 776   d. 4 Jun 800, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age ~ 24 years)
  Marriage	794  [1, 7]
  Family ID	F311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] "Charlemagne," Wikipedia, last modified 16 Apr 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne. [S100] "Gerold of Anglachgau," Wikipedia, last modified 4 Dec 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerold_of_Anglachgau. [S101] "Hnabi," Wikipedia, last modified 20 May 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hnabi. [S105] "Hildegard (queen)," Wikipedia, last modified 23 Mar 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_(queen). [S108] "Arnulf of Metz," Wikipedia, last modified 26 Feb 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_of_Metz. [S123] "Desiderata of the Lombards," Wikipedia, last modified 20 Jan 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata_of_the_Lombards. [S121] "Luitgard (Frankish queen)," Wikipedia, last modified 4 Nov 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luitgard_(Frankish_queen).