Charlemagne is a powerful militaristic leader in Civilization 7. He receives a lot of bonus Happiness, a consistent way to ...

Stepping back into the annals of history, few figures loom as large and captivating as Charlemagne, a monarch whose life was a tapestry woven with conquest, reform, and a profound vision for a unified ...

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 France, ...

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 son named ...

Towering over the World War I battlefield at Verdun, a giant statue of Charlemagne—the Frankish king crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, 800 AD—rests its arms on a mighty broadsword ...

WHAT better way for a new columnist to begin writing Charlemagne than to draw inspiration from Karolus Magnus himself? My first outing, then, is to Aachen, the closest thing that the peripatetic ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The relics of Charlemagne, long on display at a treasury in Germany, are likely the real bones of ...

The answer is at the bottom of this post. But first, a story. It's from my friend Jack Hitt, who says that when he was 17 he was fascinated by ancestors. In particular, his own. He wondered if he was ...

Sharon Stone was left 'completely stunned' by the revelation that she is descended from Charlemagne – the former king who transformed Europe. During her appearance on PBS's show 'Finding Your Roots', ...

The portrait confirms that Charlemagne had a short neck. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare 1,200-year-old silver coin ...

A marvelously abundant, even overstuffed installation by artist and composer Charlemagne Palestine fills an industrial warehouse space with tons of plush comfort, kaleidoscopic color and rhythmic ...