Charlemagne

i. e . Charles or Karl the Great, the first Car loving i an king of the Franks, son and succe or of Pepin le Bref (the Short); became sole ruler on the death of his brother Carlo man in 771; he subjugated by his arms the southern Gauls, the Lombards, the Saxons, and the Avares, and conducted a succe ful expedition against the Moors in Spain, with the result that his kingdom extended from the Ebro to the Elbe; having pa ed over into Italy in support of the Pope, he was on Christmas Day 800 crowned Emperor of the West, after which he devoted himself to the welfare of his subjects, and proved himself as great in legislation as in arms; enacted laws for the empire called capitularies, reformed the judicial administration, patronised letters, and established schools; kept himself in touch and au courant with everything over his vast domain; he died and was buried at Aix-la-Chapelle (742-814).