Charlemagne would go on to become known as ... "The Faith of Queen Elizabeth: The Poise, Grace, and Quiet Strength Behind the Crown" by Dudley Delffs Discover the inspiring spiritual legacy ...

Charlemagne’s father ... and only realized what was happening when the pope put the imperial crown on his head. Since the crowning was advantageous to both parties, it’s likely there was ...

On Dec. 25, 800, Frankish king Charlemagne is crowned as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In 799, Leo fled Rome after being assaulted ...

Charlemagne's first campaign came at the age of 27, when the Pope sought his aid in repelling the Lombards of Italy. He conquered them in the field and took the crown of Lombardy as his own.

It is a cold winter’s morning and a crowd of visitors are staring up at Charlemagne’s statue ... with a golden crown upon his head. He seems to be gazing out over Switzerland´s financial ...

In 1915 Kaiser Wilhelm II made a copy of a magnificent imperial crown mistakenly associated with Charlemagne and placed it in Aachen. In 1938 Adolf Hitler ceremonially brought the original crown ...

went in search of Charlemagne’s trail. It didn’t take long. We found the emperor — tall, bearded, in Renaissance armor with an octagonal crown on his head — sitting atop a monumental pea ...