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Name: Incoronation of Charlemagne

Type: Event

Start: 800 AD

End: 800 AD

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The Frankish king Charlemagne was crowned Imperator Romanorum ("Emperor of the Romans") in Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Leo III.

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  • December 800: In 797 the throne of the Byzantine Empire was usurped by Irene of Athens. The fact that the Roman throne was occupied by a woman prompted the pope to consider the Roman throne vacant. During the Christmas mass of 25 December 800, in St. Peter's basilica, Charlemagne was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III, a title never used again in the West after the dismissal of Romulus Augustus in 476.

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