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[[File: Charlemagne_coronation.jpg|600px300px|thumbnail|left|Charlemagne Being Crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III]]
Charlemagne or Karl “the Great” (ruled AD 768-814) is regarded by scholars and lay people alike as one of the greatest Europeans in history. Today, both the French and Germans claim him as one of their earliest known and most revered monarchs due to his great deeds and the fact that he was one of the best recorded early medieval European kings.