King of France, 768-814, Emperor of the West, 25 Dec 800

! (1) "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700," by Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th ed. (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore) p.51.(2) Robert W. Patrick, 1815 Walker Ave., Kansas City, KS 66104-5730. Cites: (a) "Encyclopeaedia Brittanica" (c.1974). (b) Harry Family Association.(3) "The Descendants of James and Sarah (VanMeter) Davis of Frederick County, Virginia, With Related Families," by Gary Wayne Watson, p.161-163. Cites: (a) "Historie Genealogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France des Pairs, Grand Officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison du Roy; & des anciena Barons du Roysume," by Pere Anselme de St. Marie, Vol. 1, p.26,28. (b) "The Plantagenet Ancestry," by George Andrews Moriarty, p.5.(4) "Webster's New Geographical Dictionary" (1988) p.1.! Birth: (1) 2 Apr 747, s/o Pepin the Short/Bertha. (2,3a,b)) 2 Apr 742. (2) s/o Pepin III The Short. (3a,b) Ingelheim, Germany, s/o Pepin "Le Petit"/Berta of Laon. (4) Probably at Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen District, North Rhine-Westphalia, now in Germany.Marriage to Hildegarde: (1) Probably, his third marriage, ca. 771. (2) 768. (3a,b)Death: (1) 28 Jan 813/4, Aix la Chapelle. (3a,b) 28 Jan 814, Aachen, Germany.Burial: (3a,b) St. Mary's, Aachen, Germany.(1) 768-814: (1,3a,b) King of France.(4) His favorite residence after 768 was at Aix-la-Chapelle. The town is now the capital of the administrative district of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is 40 miles WSW of Cologne, and was the 2nd capital of his empire. It was the site of his great palace.(4) c.800: Founded the cathedral at Aix-la-Chappelle.(1) 800, 25 Dec: (1,3a,b) Crowned Holy Roman Emperor.(4) 881: His palace was practically destroyed by Northmen but restored in 983.(4) 1333-1370: The town hall of Aix-la-Chapelle was built on the ruins of Charlemagne's palace.