On Dec. 25, 800, Frankish king Charlemagne is crowned as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In 799, Leo fled Rome after being assaulted and ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is due to receive the International Charlemagne Prize on Thursday in the German city of Aachen. The head of the European Commission is being honoured ...

On Dec. 25, 800, Frankish King Charlemagne is crowned as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 799, Leo fled Rome after being assaulted and ...

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A silk bag housed in Westminster Abbey was made from the same material as the burial shroud of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, researchers have found. The abbey has discovered that a tiny ...

Sharon Stone recently became the latest celebrity to discover she is directly descended from esteemed royalty. The Basic Instinct actress broke down in tears after finding out on US show Finding Your ...

Most of the bones were found in Charlemagne's gilded sarcophagus in Aachen Cathedral. Photo: DPA German scientists have announced after almost 26 years of research that the bones interred for ...

Michael Tabor and Mrs. John Magnier's King Charlemagne closed from the back of the pack to win the Prix Maurice de Gheest (Fr-I) by a neck on Sunday at Deauville. Ridden by Jamie Spencer, King ...

The coin was found on a wild farm by a man who investigated an old collection handed down to him by his grandfather, a farmer in the Paris region. When the man was rummaging through the old collection ...