when did charlemagne rule the frankish empire
Charlemagne, also called Charles I, byname Charles the Great (born April 2, 747?âdied January 28, 814, Aachen, Austrasia [now in Germany]), king of the Franks (768â814), king of the Lombards (774â814), and first emperor (800â814) of the Romans and of what was later called the Holy Roman Empire.