a chaotic period of the early Middle Ages. In the midst of these trying times, a boy named Carolus Magnus—Charles the Great—was born in 742. More commonly known as Charlemagne, the heir to the ...

Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, ruled over the vast Carolingian empire that spanned Europe during the Dark Ages. He became king of the Franks in A.D. 768 and conquered much of Europe during his ...

host Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. revealed to Stone that her line of heritage from her father's paternal line extended back over a thousand years to medieval times, making Charlemagne her 38th great ...

Charlemagne isn’t called the “father of Europe” for nothing. Charlemagne’s first known partner was a Frankish noblewoman named Himiltrude. She gave birth to Charlemagne’s oldest child, a ...

790–800 under the Emperor Charlemagne. Originally inspired by the churches of the Eastern part of the Holy Roman Empire, it was splendidly enlarged in the Middle Ages. Description is available under ...

a royal stronghold in medieval times. American soldiers returned it to Vienna in 1946. Even today, Charlemagne’s ghost hovers in unlikely places. The clergy and courtiers who have choreographed ...