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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

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

To Leo, far more than to his contemporary the Frank Charles Martel, is the delivery of Christendom from the Moslem danger to be attributed.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

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