His reign began in 768 and he conquered the Lombards in 774, but much of his power was derived from overthrow of the Merovingian dynasty orchestrated by his father Pepin the Short.
The Treaty of Verdun forced the division of his empire among his grandsons Lothair, Louis the German, and Charles the Bald. His reign began in 768 and he conquered the Lombards in 774, but much of his power was derived from overthrow of the Merovingian dynasty orchestrated by his father Pepin the Short. Officially crowned emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day in 800, For ten points, name this "great" Carolingian king of the Franks.
The Treaty of Verdun forced the division of his empire among his grandsons Lothair, Louis the German, and Charles the Bald.
{Charlemagne} or {Charles the Great}