<P> Charlemagne ( / ˈʃɑːrlɪmeɪn / ) or Charles the Great ( 2 April 742 -- 28 January 814 ) , numbered Charles I , was King of the Franks from 768 , King of the Lombards from 774 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 . He united much of Europe during the early Middle Ages . He was the first recognised emperor in western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier . The expanded Frankish state that Charlemagne founded is called the Carolingian Empire . </P>
<P> Charlemagne ( / ˈʃɑːrlɪmeɪn / ) or Charles the Great ( 2 April 742 -- 28 January 814 ) , numbered Charles I , was King of the Franks from 768 , King of the Lombards from 774 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 . He united much of Europe during the early Middle Ages . He was the first recognised emperor in western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier . The expanded Frankish state that Charlemagne founded is called the Carolingian Empire . </P>
who built a european empire and was crowned emperor of the romans in 800
who built a european empire and was crowned emperor of the romans in 800
Charlemagne
Charlemagne