Charlemagne
was
born
in
the
late
740s
,
the
son
of
the
____________________
king
Pepin
the
Short
.
When
Pepin
died
in
768
,
his
kingdom
was
____________________
between
his
two
sons
and
for
three
years
Charlemagne
ruled
with
his
younger
____________________
Carloman
.
When
Carloman
died
suddenly
in
771
,
Charlemagne
became
sole
ruler
.
Charlemagne
spent
the
early
part
of
his
reign
on
several
military
campaigns
to
expand
his
____________________
.
In
772
he
invaded
and
conquered
Saxony
,
____________________
them
to
Christianity
.
He
also
extended
his
kingdom
to
the
south
,
conquering
the
kingdom
of
the
Lombards
in
northern
____________________
.
In
778
,
he
invaded
northern
Spain
,
then
controlled
by
the
____________________
and
established
the
Spanish
March
.
Between
780
and
800
,
Charlemagne
added
Bohemia
to
his
empire
and
subdued
the
Avars
in
the
middle
Danube
.
In
800
a
rebellion
against
____________________
Leo
III
began
.
Charlemagne
went
to
his
aid
in
Rome
and
defeated
the
rebellion
.
Then
Pope
____________________
Charlemagne
on
Christmas
Day
that
year
,
declaring
him
____________________
of
the
Romans
.
Although
this
did
not
give
Charlemagne
any
new
powers
,
it
revive
the
imperial
tradition
of
the
____________________
Roman
emperor
.
The
immense
territories
which
Charlemagne
controlled
became
known
as
the
____________________
empire
.
Charlemagne
introduced
administrative
____________________
,
standardised
weights
,
measures
and
customs
dues
,
which
helped
improve
commerce
and
initiated
important
legal
reforms
.
He
also
attempted
to
consolidate
____________________
throughout
his
vast
empire
.
He
persuaded
many
eminent
scholars
to
come
to
his
court
and
established
a
new
____________________
of
Christian
and
classical
works
.
Charlemagne
died
in
814
and
was
____________________
by
his
son
Louis
the
Pious
.
