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Also Known As Hugues le Grand • Hugh the White • Hugues le Blanc
Died June 16, 956 or June 17, 956
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Charles II
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis III
king of France
Louis II, engraving
Louis II
king of France
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Eudes
king of Franks
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Carloman
king of France [died 884]
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Charles III
king of France
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Fulk, Archbishop of Reims
archbishop of Reims
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Grimoald
duke of Benevento
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Illuminated manuscript portrait of Louis the Pious as a Christian Roman emperor, holding a staff and shield, with Latin text arranged around and over the figure.
Louis I
Holy Roman emperor
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Clovis I
Merovingian king
Charles Martel in full armour.
Charles Martel
Frankish ruler
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St. Gregory of Tours
Frankish scholar
Chromolithograph of Pippin III wearing a gold tunic with scale-like armor, a blue cape, a crown, and holding a sword, standing against a plain background.
Pippin III
king of the Franks
Rabanus Maurus
Rabanus Maurus
Frankish archbishop
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Louis II
king of the East Franks
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Brunhild
queen of Austrasia
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Arnulf
Holy Roman emperor
Lothar I
Lothar I
Holy Roman emperor
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Lothar
king of Lotharingia