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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Charlemagne's Wives & Concubines, Part 1
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Charlemagne (747 - 814), King of the Franks and Lombards, Holy Roman Emperor, and champion of Christendom, was a serial marryer. It was comm...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
King Desiderius
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I mentioned here how Charlemagne fought and defeated Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and sent him to live out his days in a monastery. A...
Monday, March 6, 2023
Conquest of Lombardy
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Although there once existed an agreement between the papacy and the Lombards, the desire of King Aistulf to take more land on the Italian P...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Charlemagne's Father-in-Law
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Desiderius, from a 15th century miniature I mentioned here how Charlemagne fought and defeated Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and s...
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