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Charlemagne was the oldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. He became king in 768 following his father's death, initially as co-ruler with his brother Carloman I. Carloman's sudden death in 771 in unexplained circumstances left Charlemagne as the undisputed ruler of the Frankish Kingdom.
Charlemagne | 10 Facts On The Great Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne became King of the Franks in 768 and set about expanding his empire which, by the time of his death in 814, consisted most of Western Europe. He thus re-united Western Europe under one ruler for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire in late 5th-century. In the year 800, Charlemagne was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III. Named Charles after his grandfather Charles Martel, he was later dubbed by historians as Charles le Magne (Charles the Great), thus creating the name Charlemagne by which he is popular today.