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1. Charlemagne

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   Ancestry and Early Reign
   Charlemagne was the elder son of Pepin the Short, the first Carolingian King of the Franks, and his wife, Bertrada of Laon. Upon Pepin's death in 768, the kingdom was divided between Charlemagne and his younger brother, Carloman I. This initial division was fraught with tension, though the political unity of the realm was restored in 771 following Carloman’s sudden death, which tradition suggests was caused by an excess consumption of raw, undigested plums [2]. …