Charles Martel

American

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

noun

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

Charles Martel British

/ mɑːˈtɛl /

noun

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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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

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

From Fox News • Apr. 16, 2019

But near Tours, in 732CE, Charles Martel, Charlemagne’s grandfather, defeated the forces of al-Andalus, and this decisive battle effectively ended the Arab attempts at the conquest of Frankish Europe.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2016

Instinctively they drew away from the other gun; but the Charles Martel was now well within range, and Colonel Von Altenau saw that it was his duty not to allow her to come any closer.

From The World Masters by Griffith, George Chetwynd

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