Charlemagne

The Handy Cyclopedia of Common Things and Biographical Dictionary · 1901 · p. 24

King of France. Emperor of the West. Son of Pepin the Short; became master of the whole territory of the Franks in 771 crowned Emperor of the West, with the title of Caesar August us, by Pope Ueo III., 800. His empire extended from the Elbe to the Ebro, and from Calabria to Hungary. He was the founder of the Carloviugian line of kings. Born, 742 died, 814.