<page_title> List of Frankish kings </page_title> <section_title> Carolingian dynasty </section_title> <table> <cell> Charles I The Great ("Charlemagne") 24 September 768 – 28 January 814 <col_header> Name Reign </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2 April 742 Son of Pepin III and Bertrada of Laon <col_header> Birth </col_header> </cell> <cell> (1) Himiltrude (concubine) 768 1 son (2) Desiderata of the Lombards 770 Childless (3) Hildegard of the Vinzgau 771 9 children (4) Fastrada 784 2 daughters (5) Luitgard 794 Childless (6) Several concubines 6 children <col_header> Marriage(s) Issue </col_header> </cell> <cell> 28 January 814 Aged 71 Aachen <col_header> Death </col_header> </cell> </table>
Charlemagne or Charles the Great (2 April 742 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was king of the Franks from 768.