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Charlemagne, oil on limewood by Albrecht DĆ¼rer, 1512; in the collection of the German National Museum, NĆ¼rnberg, Germany.
Charlemagneās birth date is not known with absolute certainty. While it is conventionally held to be 742, it is more likely that he was born in 747 or 748.12