He maintained a system of missi dominici to keep subordinate rulers from getting too powerful. His primary contemporary biographer listed him as seven feet tall, but his remains reveal that he was only six feet, three inches tall. After conquering th
He maintained a system of missi dominici to keep subordinate rulers from getting too powerful. His primary contemporary biographer listed him as seven feet tall, but his remains reveal that he was only six feet, three inches tall. After conquering the Avars, he started a Drang nach Osten to expand Christianity to the east, and also defeated (*) Basques near Roncesvalles, an incident described in the Song of Roland. For 10 points, name this Frankish king, son of Pepin the Short, who, in 800 CE, was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor.
He maintained a system of missi dominici to keep subordinate rulers from getting too powerful.
{Charlemagne} [or {Carolus Magnus}; or {Carolus Augustus}; or {Karl der Grosse}]