PersonAD 816
Pope Leo III
Pope (795–816) who crowned Charlemagne emperor in St Peter’s, Rome, on Christmas Day 800
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Charles, the Frankish king who had united most of Western Europe, was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in Rome on Christmas Day 800.
People who appear alongside
- CharlemagneAD 814
King of the Franks (r. 768–814) who united most of Western Europe and was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the pope in 800
Themes this person appears in
- Medieval Europe and ByzantiumAD 476 – 1077
From the fall of Rome in the West to Canossa — the feudal West built by the Franks and the papacy, Byzantium as heir of Rome, and a church divided east and west