Emperor the Holy Roman Empire Charlemagne Quentin

742 - 814  (71 years)

• Name	Charlemagne Quentin
  Prefix	Emperor the Holy Roman Empire
  Born	2 Apr 742	Ingolheim, Prussia
  Christened	St. Denis, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jan 814	Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen, (Formerly Prussia) Germany
  Person ID	I445643664	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	King of the Franks Pepin Quentin, III,   b. 714, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Australia ,   d. 24 Sep 768, St. Denis, France  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Bertrada,   b. Abt 720, Laon, Austrasia ,   d. 12 Jun 783, Choisy, Bourgogne  (Age 63 years)
  Married	740
  Family ID	F222454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hildegarde, of Vinzgau,   b. 758, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia ,   d. 30 Apr 783, Thionville, Austrasia  (Age 25 years)
  Married	771	Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen, (Formerly Prussia) Germany
  Children	1. King of the Franks Charles,   b. 772, Aachen, Prussia ,   d. 4 Dec 811, Bavaria  (Age 39 years)   2. King of Italy Pepin Quentin, I,   b. Apr 773,   d. 8 Jul 810, Italy  (Age 37 years)   3. Adalhaid Quentin,   b. 774   4. Princess Rotrude Quentin,   b. 774,   d. 810  (Age 36 years)   5. King of France Louis Quentin, I,   b. Aug 0778, Chasseneuil, Poitiers, Aquitaine, France ,   d. 20 Jun 840, Petersau Island, Rhine River, Ingelheim, Germany  (Age 61 years)   6. Lothair Quentin,   b. 778,   d. 6 Feb 779  (Age 1 years)   7. Bertha Quentin,   b. 779,   d. 826  (Age 47 years)   8. Gisela Quentin,   b. 781,   d. 808  (Age 27 years)   9. Hildegarde Quentin,   b. 782,   d. 783  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F226616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Gerswinda, of Saxony,   b. 745
  Married	760
  	Type: Never Married
  Children	1. Abbess of St. Peters Adaktrude Quentin,   b. 774
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F228562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Princess of the Lombards Desiderata
  Married	770
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F229953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Fastrada, of Quentin,   d. 794
  Children	1. Abbess Theodrada Quentin,   b. 784   2. Hiltrude Quentin,   b. 787
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F229954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 5	Hilimtrude, of Quentin
  Children	1. Armaudru Quentin   2. Pippin Quentin,   b. 769,   d. 811  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F229955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 6	Luitgard, Wife, of Leon
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F229956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 7	Madelgard, of Quentin
  Children	1. Abbess Ruodhaid Quentin,   b. 775,   d. 810  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F229957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 8	Regina, of Quentin
  Children	1. Bishop Drogo Quentin,   b. 801,   d. 855  (Age 54 years)   2. Archchancellor Hugh Quentin,   b. 802,   d. 844  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F229960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 9	Ethelind
  Children	1. Abbott Richbod Quentin,   b. 805,   d. 844  (Age 39 years)   2. Theodoric Quentin,   b. 807
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F229961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Reigned as King of the Franks and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 771 to 814 A.D. According to "Vikings!", by Magnus Magnusson (1980), "Charlemagne had welded together a vast empire that embraced modern France, West Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy. This was Frankia, the kingdom of the Franks. He had modeled his ambitions on those of the classical Roman Emperors, but an empire transformed by Christianity. The culmination came on Christmas Day in 800 when Charlemaggne was crowned in Rome [by Pope Leo IV] as the first Holy Roman Emperor of the West. It was his acheivement that from his capital at Aachen he inspired an organised revival of administration and literature and the arts throughout Europe, despite being illiterate himself. However, it was a huge and unweildy empire, and Charlemagne was constantly engagaed in military enterprises to defend it or hold it together, not the least against King Godfred of Denmark." Magnusson also says of Charlemagne, "His empire had depended to a crucial extent on the dominating force of his personality and leadership. When he died in 814 he was succeeded by his son, Louis the Pious, who although more cultivated than his father, lacked his forcefulness."