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CHARLEMAGNE, (742-814):
King of the Franks (Germanic tribe of the Rhine region in the early CHRISTIAN era) and the first "Holy Roman Emperor" whose conquests greatly extended his kingdom: stemmed the spread of ISLAM, and through enlightened reforms, revived learning in Western Europe.
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