VERMANDOIS - LINE 2

"Charlemagne with some of his children and their Scholars"

"Charlemagne had seventeen children over the course of his life, with eight of his
ten known wives or concubines, and unlike the customs of the day, all of his
children attended school, boys and girls alike. "He was so careful of the training of
his sons and daughters that he never took his meals without them when he was at
home, and never made a journey without them; his sons would ride at his side, and
his daughters follow him, while a number of his body-guard, detailed for their
protection, brought up the rear." Indeed Charlemagne himself spent most of his
adult life studying as well - "rhetoric, dialectics, and especially astronomy; he
learned to reckon, and used to investigate the motions of the heavenly bodies most
curiously, with an intelligent scrutiny. He also tried to write, and used to keep tablets
and blanks in bed under his pillow, that at leisure hours he might accustom his
hand to form the letters."
Featured Story:
Charlemagne... the man, the myth, the legend  by Rick Devin
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
http://www.treesinthewoods.com/featured_story_07.htm
Monday, December 28, 2009

9th Century Family Tree

 Emperor Charlemagne

 "A 9th century tapestry shows Charlemagne crowning his son, Louis The Pious, as Emperor just
prior to his death"