The History of Charlemagne

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Here you can see some works of art that are supposed to express the former king of Franconia Charlemagne a little closer and he was considered as a emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and to create works of art I used artificial intelligence. He comes from the Carolingian Empire and is one of the most important personalities of the Middle Ages and when it comes to his birth and his childhood there are many gaps and it leaves many questions unanswered to this day, but it is assumed that he was born in 748. The Carolingians were still known at that time under the name Arnulfinger and it later came to this renaming and the Carolingians were one of the many genders in Franconia and until the 8th century it was still ruled by the Merovingian dynasty. His place of birth is not known, however, there are some myths that he was born in Aachen and there are also some views that he was born in a rice mill and there are numerous other legends that revolve around his birth, which often cause a lot of discussion. Karl often accompanied his father on campaigns and at the age of about 26 his father Pippin died and his throne was passed on to him and his brother Carloman, but there were some disputes between the two and they were not sure who should govern and it came after long quarrels and some time later his brother died and Charlemagne became the sole ruler. At that time, the Franconia were very divided after Pippins dead and at that time the area was much larger than today and still included some parts of Western or Central Europe and Charlemagne had as the first goal to expand his territory and to consolidate the borders in Franconia more because there were many disagreements at that time.

The first battles broke out against the Saxons at that time and he and his troops were finally successful and managed to subjugate and defeat the opposing troops and then he was able to add Saxony to his area of ruling. It was not an easy war against the Saxons and through strategic leadership he managed to win against the different tribes that had formed there at that time and conquer the area and his next campaigns began Charlemagne in Spain, which was still ruled by the Arabs and they fought very combatively at that time and he only managed to conquer a small part there. In the year 800 BC he was made emperor in Rome at that time and his territory, which he ruled at that time, included parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France and since he could not govern this large area alone, of course, he divided the territories into different counties. Due to his enormous influence, he also saw himself as a direct successor of the Roman Empire and he was known not only for being active from a military point of view but also for having applied a lot of diplomacy to expand his power and he was considered a great promoter of culture, science or art and generally extremely diverse and he also recognized the importance of plants and he cultivated many different medicinal plants in his areas. He had a strong policy and even managed to bring camps that were in dispute back together and he has built a well-functioning infrastructure and concentrated on numerous reforms and he improved the educational or monetary system and he was also known at that time for having dealt with cryptography and created his own alphabet with which it was possible to communicate in encrypted form. Of course, he could not lead an empire without the right infrastructure in the supplies and in his empire there were numerous mills and he also works a lot with the blacksmiths who played an important role in many respects and he recognized the importance of it and in the year before his death in the year 814 he appoints his son Ludwig as his successor and presents him his crown.

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