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Pope Leo III
Pope (795–816) who crowned Charlemagne emperor in St Peter’s, Rome, on Christmas Day 800
Pope (795–816) who crowned Charlemagne emperor in St Peter’s, Rome, on Christmas Day 800
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.
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
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