This ruler hired Alcuin of York to promote literacy among his people. Widukind led a long guerilla war against him in Saxony. He defeated Prince Adalchis and King Desiderius w
This ruler hired Alcuin of York to promote literacy among his people. Widukind led a long guerilla war against him in Saxony. He defeated Prince Adalchis and King Desiderius when he invaded Italy to drive out the Lombards, who had been threatening the Pope. His empire was eventually split between his grandsons, who included Lothair and Charles the Bald, and this man received his greatest honor from Pope Leo III on Christmas Day. For 10 points, name this man crowned Holy Roman Emperor in the year 800, a King of the Franks who united Western Europe.
This ruler hired Alcuin of York to promote literacy among his people.
{Charlemagne} [or Charles the {Great}; or {Carolus Magnus}; or {Karl der Grosse}]