Charlemagne (disambiguation)
Charlemagne (742/747–814) was King of the Franks from 768 to 814 and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 800 to 814.
Charlemagne may also refer to:
People
- Peter II, Count of Savoy (1203–1268), called "the Little Charlemagne"
- Charlemagne Péralte (1886–1919), Haitian nationalist leader
- Manno Charlemagne (1948–2017), Haitian musician, politician
- Charlemagne Tower (1809–1889), American mining developer
- Charlemagne Palestine (born 1947), American artist
- Diane Charlemagne (1964–2015), British vocalist
- Charlemagne Anyamah (born 1938), French athlete
- Jean Armand Charlemagne (1753–1838), French dramatic author
- Charlamagne tha God (born 1978), American radio personality (Lenard McKelvey)
- Maxime Charlemagne (born 1974), athlete from Saint Lucia
Arts and entertainment
- Charlemagne (film), a 1933 French comedy drama film directed by Pierre Colombier
- Charlemagne (band), a band from Wisconsin
- Charlemagne (songwriting team), a songwriting team with Motown
- "Charlemagne" (song), a 2016 song by English indie group Blossoms
- "Kid Charlemagne", a 1976 song by the rock group Steely Dan
- Pèlerinage de Charlemagne, an Old French epic poem
- Charlemagne (comics), a comic book series
- Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross, a 2010 symphonic metal concept album by Christopher Lee
- Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, a 2013 heavy metal concept album by Christopher Lee
- Charlemagne, le prince à cheval, a 1993 television miniseries
- The Charlemagne Pursuit, a 2008 novel
- The Coronation of Charlemagne, a 1517 painting
- Charlemagne, a Simon Kidgits bird character developed by Simon Brand Ventures
Places
- Charlemagne building, a Brussels high-rise of the European Commission
- Charlemagne, Quebec, an off-island suburb of Montreal, Canada
- Lycée Charlemagne, located in the Marais quarter of Paris, France
- Villiers-Charlemagne, a commune of France
- Cours Charlemagne, a street of Lyon
- Patinoire Charlemagne, an ice-rink of Lyon
- Rue Charlemagne, a street of Paris
- Charlemagne, a 95km crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus (moon)
Military
- French ship Charlemagne, ships called Charlemagne
- French battleship Charlemagne, an 1895 battleship called Charlemagne
- Charlemagne-class battleship, a class of French battleship
- French ship Charlemagne (1851), a ship-of-the-line called Charlemagne
- 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne
Honors
- Order of Charlemagne, a decoration of Andorra
- Charlemagne Prize, a prestigious award by the German city of Aachen
Other uses
- Charlemagne (wine), a wine called Charlemagne
- Corton-Charlemagne, a wine and vineyard of Burgundy
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