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The war was lost. The Reich was rubble. But the French SS still refused to surrender. As Soviet forces overran Berlin, a handful of survivors from the Charlemagne Division slipped through U-Bahn ...

Between 768 and 814 CE, Charlemagne—also known as Karl or Charles the Great—ruled an empire that spanned most of Western Europe. After years of relentless warfare, he presided over present-day ...

Charlemagne died in A.D. 814 at age 72 and left his throne to his son, Louis the Pious, who had been acting as co-emperor when his father's health had declined in the later years of his life.

Charlemagne’s devotion to Christianity—and his protection of the popes—was recognized on Christmas Day 800, when Pope Leo III crowned him Emperor of the Romans at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Charlemagne, the 7th-century king of the Franks, had about 20 children who went on to establish Europe’s royal houses and populate most of Europe.

After Charlemagne’s death, his warring heirs carved up his empire into several kingdoms. Among them was Lotharingia, a short-lived creation encompassing modern Belgium, the Netherlands and the ...

Charlemagne became the first Holy Roman Emperor when he was crowned by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day in A.D. 800. Though he was the son of "Pippin the Short," Charlemagne was said to have an ...

Charlemagne for everyone! If you compare two people in Turkey, you’ll find bigger shared segments of DNA, which isn’t surprising. Since they live in the same country, chances are they have ...