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Charles Martel

688 - 741

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Charles Martel (c. 688 – 22 October 741), Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace to the Merovingian kings of the Franks, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and a noblewoman named Alpaida. Charles successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Martel has received more than 3,785,484 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Martel is the 9th most popular military personnel, the 4th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Military Personnel.

Charles Martel is most famous for his victory over the Muslims at the Battle of Tours in 732.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles Martel ranks 9 out of 1,468. Before him are Joan of Arc, Timur, Charles de Gaulle, Karl Dönitz, Spartacus, and Erwin Rommel. After him are Adolf Eichmann, Themistocles, William Wallace, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Romulus Augustulus, and Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 688, Charles Martel ranks 1. After him are Roderic, Marwan II, and Jianzhen. Among people deceased in 741, Charles Martel ranks 1. After him are Leo III the Isaurian, Pope Gregory III, and Theudoald.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Charles Martel ranks 4 out of 1,019. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500), Pepin the Short (715), and Clovis I (466). After him are Audrey Hepburn (1929), Jan van Eyck (1395), Andreas Vesalius (1514), René Magritte (1898), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Gerardus Mercator (1512), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), and Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908).

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