The Franks Review

Charlemagne

100

His height

6'4

200

Charlemagne's hobbies

hunting, swimming

300

Name of Charlemagne's brother

Carloman

400

Name of Charlemagne's Biographer

Einhard

500

Year Charlemagne became king of the Franks

771 AD

Charlemagne Part 2

100

Number of times Charlemagne visited Rome

2

200

Charlemagne's father's name 

Pepin the Short

300

Capital city of Charlemagne's empire

Aachen

400

Name of the family line started by Charlemagne

Carolingians 

500

Charlemagne's Latin name

Carolus Magnus

Franks in General

100

The word Franks means 

Bold

200

Nickname given to the kings that were descendants of Clovis and Merovech

Long haired kings

300

Title given to the individual with the most power (by the year 700)

Mayor of the Palace

400

Won the Battle of Tours, nickname was "The Hammer"

Charles Martel

500

Founder of the Franks

Clovis

Franks Geography

100

City where Charles Martel stopped the Muslim Conquest

Tours

200

Former capital of a mighty empire, not Rome

Ravenna

300

This river runs through Germany and separated Germanic tribes and the Romans

The Rhine

400

Name of the city where Charlemagne's grandsons would sign a treaty that split up the empire

Verdun

500

Name of the city that lay east of Charlemagne's capital, makes perfume marketed toward men

Cologne

Previous Lessons

100

These people were the lower class in Roman society

Plebeians

200

First Roman emperor

Augustus

300

Most famous Byzantine emperor

Justinian

400

Name of revolts put down by the famous Byzantine emperor

Nike Revolts

500

Name of Muhammed's uncle

Abu Talib

More Information

400

Year that Charlemagne died

814

500

Name of Louis sons 

Lothair, Charles the Bald, Louis the German