Neustria | | Saxon duke fighting against Charlemagne |
ErichofFriuli | | Catholic who called on Charlemagne for help from Lombards |
Saxony | | Daughter of Lombardy King; marriage with Charlemagne annulled over war |
Louis | | Worst defeat in Charlemagne's military career |
Pepin | | Charlemagne's sword |
Carloman | | SW European Peninsula, controlled by Moors |
Iberia | | Father of Charlemagne |
LeoIII | | Heralded knight killed in battle of Roncesvalles Pass |
Roncesvalles | | Muslims ruling over modern-day Spain |
Avar | | King of Lombardy, before being conquered by Charlemagne |
Charlemagne | | Pope who crowned Charlemagne emperor |
Joyeuse | | Germanic people who spanned Central Europe |
MassacreofVerden | | Home of German rebels; site of 30-year-long war |
Hadrian | | Sacked Ring of Avars with Pepin |
Roland | | Son of Charlemagne; Sacked Ring of Avars |
Moors | | Grandfather of Charlemagne |
CharlesMartel | | Emperor of Franks |
Desideria | | Only son alive at time of Charlemagne's death |
Desiderius | | Great fortress holding lots of treasure |
PippinIII | | brother of Charlemagne; died in 771 |
Carolingians | | Kingdom in modern-day Hungary |
Brittany | | Beheading of 4,500 pagan Saxons in 782 |
Franks | | NW corner of modern-day France |
Widukind | | Line of Frankish kings that succeeded Merovingians |
RingoftheAvars | | Land that Charlemagne inherited from father |