in 747
Precision: year · Rank: normal
Original calendar: Julian. This broad date cannot be represented as a single Gregorian date; the original value is shown.
- Source: Q24436704
THE DATE BEHIND THE NAME
Charlemagne
Charlemagne has incompatible recorded birth dates. The main Wikidata statement lists April 6, 742 in Franciaf.
Born
April 6, 742
An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.
Died: February 1, 814
Source:
Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05.
Original calendar: Julian. Displayed date is Gregorian.
- Birthplace
- Franciaf, Aachen, Liège
- Professions
- monarch, sovereign
- Citizenship
- Franciaf
Incompatible birth dates
The main date retains its own sources. These alternatives overlap neither all other statements nor the main date. Rank is Wikidata editorial priority, not proof.
in 742
Precision: year · Rank: normal
Original calendar: Julian. This broad date cannot be represented as a single Gregorian date; the original value is shown.
- Source: Q24436704
April 14, 742
Precision: day · Rank: preferred
Original calendar: Julian. Displayed date is Gregorian.
- Source: BeWeB
April 6, 748
Precision: day · Rank: preferred
Original calendar: Julian. Displayed date is Gregorian.
- Source: La Préhistoire des Capétiens
- Source: Karl der Große (1st edition)
More about Charlemagne
- Zodiac sign
- Aries
- Birth name
- Karlus
- Height
- 184 cm
Family
- Child
- Pepin of Italy
- Spouse
- Desiderata of the Lombards
- Father
- Pepin the Short
- Spouse
- Hildegard of Vinzgouw
- Mother
- Bertrada of Laon
- Child
- Louis the Pious
- Child
- Gisela
- Sibling
- Carloman I
- Spouse
- Fastrada
- Spouse
- Himiltrude
- Child
- Charles the Younger
- Spouse
- Luitgard
- Child
- Bertha
- Child
- Hugh
- Child
- Drogo
- Child
- Pepin the Hunchback
- Sibling
- Gisela, Abbess of Chelles
- Child
- Rotrude
- Child
- Theodrada
- Partner
- Himiltrude
All birth date sources
A source is P248 “stated in” or a non-Wikimedia reference URL. Import-only references do not qualify.
Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05. View Wikidata record
Quick answers
When was Charlemagne born?
Charlemagne has incompatible recorded birth dates. The main Wikidata statement lists April 6, 742 in Franciaf.
How old was Charlemagne when they died?
An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.