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Charles the Great

American  

noun

  1. Charlemagne.


Charles the Great British  

noun

  1. another name for Charlemagne

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His name was French for Charles the Great.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021

With a treasure-trove of antique detail, she shows that just as life under Charles the Great had been purposeful and pious, life without him was chaos.

From Time Magazine Archive

And of Charles the Great Carolingian, whose Empire stretched from the Elbe to the Ebro.

From Time Magazine Archive

We can affirm with greater certainty that he was connected with the Elisei who took part in the building of Florence under Charles the Great.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

Charles the Great, king of France, was made Emperor of Rome.

From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni