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Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) is also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was king of the Franks from 768, the king of the Lombards from 774, Emperor of the Carolingian dynasty, and the Emperor of the Romans from 800 until his death.During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Emperor Augustus by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800, with some historians seeing this as an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire. The Carolingian Empire was in Europe, in a sense, a rival state to the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital at Constantinople (also called the Byzantine Empire ).Charlemagne is part of the Carolingian dynasty and is sometimes considered the founding father of both France and Germany. Some historians consider him the father of Europe. He was the fi...

Charles I of England (Born on November 19, 1600, in Dunfermline - London, January 30, 1649) was The King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He is the only British monarch ever to be deposed and beheaded. He was the son of James I.Charles I was born in the palace in Dunfermline, Scotland. His father was King of Scotland at the time, but not yet of England. The intended heir apparent was his elder brother Henry Frederick Stuart, the Prince of Wales. He died of typhus in 1612, making Charles heir to two thrones. In 1616 he became the Prince of Wales or the intended heir to the throne of England.He was heavily influenced by his father's favorite George Villiers, the first Earl of Buckingham. He took him to Spain in 1623 in ...

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