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Holy Roman Emperor Charles I Charlemagne Carolingian

Male 742 - 814  (71 years)

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  • Name Charles I Charlemagne Carolingian  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Title Holy Roman Emperor 
    Birth 2 Apr 742  Liège, Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Between 768 and 814  Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    King of France 
    Occupation Between 800 and 814  [13] 
    Holy Roman Emperor 
    Coronation 25 Dec 800 
    Title King of Franks 
    Death 28 Jan 814  Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 7, 9] 
    Burial 28 Jan 814  Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Aachen Cathedral
    Person ID I6334  Presidents and Royalty
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

    Father King of France Pepin III Carolingian,   b. 714, Jupille, Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 768, Paris, Île-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Bertrada de Laon,   b. Abt 720, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 783, Choisy, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 740  [9] 
    Marriage 741  Ingelmunster, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 14] 
    Family ID F4278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Empress of the West Hildegarde de Vinzgow von Schwaben,   b. 754, Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 771  Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Charles Carolingian,   b. 772, Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 811, Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. King of Italy Pepin I Carolingian,   b. Apr 773, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 810, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Holy Roman Emperor Louis I Carolingian,   b. 16 Apr 778, Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 840, Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Lothaire Carolingian,   b. 16 Aug 778, Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 827, Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Hiltrude de Alsace Carolingian,   b. 787, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 830, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Apr 742 - Liège, Liege, Belgium Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - King of France - Between 768 and 814 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 771 - Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Jan 814 - Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 Jan 814 - Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S857] French Rootsweb, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~edburton/fam02273.htm.

    2. [S858] Charlemagne, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne.

    3. [S856] Biography of Louis I The Pious, (Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious.

    4. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Carolingian Pepin I #103248 http://thepeerage.com/p10325.htm#i103248.

    5. [S859] Aachen Cathedral, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Aachen, Stadt Aachen, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany;).

    6. [S860] Bio Info on Carloman I Carolingian, (Name: Wikipedia; Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman_I;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman_I.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman_I

    7. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Carolingian Charlemagne #101064 http://thepeerage.com/p10107.htm#i101064.

    8. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Carolingian Charles #103190 http://thepeerage.com/p10319.htm#i103190.

    9. [S660] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).

    10. [S861] Ancestry.com, Armorial général de France, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), BnF - No: 110588.

    11. [S879] Abell, Horace A and Abell, Lewis P, The Abell family in America : Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass., his English ancestry and his descendants, (Name: The Tuttle Publishing Company; Location: Rutland, Vermont, USA; Date: 1940;), Page 037.
      Record for Frances Cotton
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=12628&h=37&indiv=try

    12. [S862] Kings of France, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_monarchs.

    13. [S863] Holy Roman Emperor, holy roman emperor.

    14. [S876] Biography_Pepin The Short, (Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short.



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