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He was king of the franks from 768 to his death and was crowned imperator augustus by pope leo iii, on 25 december 800, as a rival to the byzantine emperor in constantinople. this was the beginning of what become knowns as the holy roman empire.

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Charlemagne, King of Franks at first, later crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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