In a meeting at Thionville, this man sided with the Pope's representatives rather than his father-in-law's, and proceeded to conquer a Lombard Kingdom ruled by Desiderius.
In a meeting at Thionville, this man sided with the Pope's representatives rather than his father-in-law's, and proceeded to conquer a Lombard Kingdom ruled by Desiderius. This man ordered the beheading of over 4000 Saxons in the Massacre of Verden. This man's grandsons divided his kingdom at the Treaty of Verdun, and he employed Alcuin at his capital in Aachen. Leo III crowned this man as the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800. For 10 points, name this Carolingian Frankish king.
In a meeting at Thionville, this man sided with the Pope's representatives rather than his father-in-law's, and proceeded to conquer a Lombard Kingdom ruled by Desiderius.
Charlemagne [or Charles the Great, prompt on "Charles", prompt on "Charles I"]