Charlemagne, who towered at a hefty 6ft 4in, reigned as King of the Franks in what is now France from AD 768 until his death in 814. His successful military campaigns in the eighth century saw ...

Join Tom and Dominic for this next instalment on the Franks and the rise of Charlemagne.

Known today as the father of Germany, France, and the Benelux states, the powerful King of the Franks and Lombards ... as a ruthless conqueror, because Charlemagne comes with a bit of a dadbod ...

Charlemagne was crowned king of the Franks in 768 and appointed the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800. He is best known for ushering Europe out of the “Dark Ages” and fostering ...

Charlemagne, who towered at an astonishing 6ft 4in, reigned as King of the Franks from what is now France from AD 768 until his death in 814. Also emperor of the Carolingian Empire, he shaped ...

Charlemagne was king of the Franks and Emperor of the mighty Carolingian Empire. His unusually long reign saw him conquer vast swathes of Europe, and shape them into an empire that would inspire ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius.