This ruler deported 10,000 Nordalbingian families, replacing them with immigrants from his homeland.
This ruler deported 10,000 Nordalbingian families, replacing them with immigrants from his homeland. Abd-al Rahman presented him with a clock and an elephant, leading to their alliance. He besieged Pavia until he received the title of patrician and defeated a former ally, Desiderius. The Paderborn or Aachen Epic described a meeting between Pope Leo III and this man. He invaded Saxony in a nearly thirty year conflict. This man used the sword Joyeuse, which was later used to coronate French kings, and sparked the Carolingian Renaissance. For 10 points, name this Frankish king who was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800.
This ruler deported 10,000 Nordalbingian families, replacing them with immigrants from his homeland.
Charlemagne [or Charles the Great; or Charles I