Charles Martel

American  

[mahr-tel, mar-tel] / mɑrˈtɛl, marˈtɛl /

noun

1. a.d. 690?–741, ruler of the Franks 714–741 (grandfather of Charlemagne).

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Charles Martel British  

/ mɑːˈtɛl /

noun

1. grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 _ad , Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)

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Charles Martel

In 2001, Mr. Regnery founded the Charles Martel Society as a nonprofit group.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2021

In 2001, Regnery founded the Charles Martel Society as a nonprofit group.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2021

They were finally stopped in 732 by a Frankish army led by the Frankish lord Charles Martel at the Battle of Poitiers; this marked the end of the Arab conquests in Europe.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

But slowly, slowly, slowly, men started to reassert order – men like Charlemagne and his grandfather Charles Martel.

From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2019

Guillaume, son of Thierry or Theodoric and of Alde, daughter of Charles Martel, was born in the north of France about the middle of the 8th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various