A map of the kingdom of the Franks under Charlemagne. ... The empire crumbled after Charlemagne’s death. Charlemagne died in 814, and his empire didn’t live on much longer.

The birth of the Holy Roman Empire—and the unlikely king who ruled it. The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to ...

What about the idea of the Roman Empire was so inspiring that German kings continued to be crowned as Holy Roman Emperors for a thousand years after Charlemagne’s death? The presentation ends ...

Charlemagne’s Holy Roman Empire lasted for a thousand years, and although it collapsed 200 years ago, its antique capital, Aachen, remains the spiritual centre of today’s EU.