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Charlemagne

748 - 814

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His biography is available in 161 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 157 in 2024). Charlemagne is the 25th most popular politician (down from 3rd in 2024), the 12th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular German Politician.

Charlemagne was the first Holy Roman Emperor. He is most famous for uniting Western Europe and expanding the Frankish Kingdom into an empire that covered much of Western and Central Europe.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Charlemagne ranks 25 out of 19,576Before him are George VI, Franz Joseph I, Louis XVI of France, Andrew Jackson, Vladimir Putin, and Charles I of England. After him are George V, James VI and I, Commodus, Edward VI of England, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Huang Xianfan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 748, Charlemagne ranks 1After him is Abu-l-'Atahiya. Among people deceased in 814, Charlemagne ranks 1After him are Abu Nuwas, Krum, and Angilbert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Charlemagne ranks 12 out of NaNBefore him are Karl Marx (1818), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844). After him are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Johannes Kepler (1571), George Frideric Handel (1685), Joseph Goebbels (1897), and Otto von Bismarck (1815).

Among Politicians In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Charlemagne ranks 1After him are Joseph Goebbels (1897), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Henry Kissinger (1923), Frederick the Great (1712), Angela Merkel (1954), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Hermann Göring (1893), and Christian IX of Denmark (1818).

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