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  Europe in the time of Charlemagne timeline
     
c. 750
 
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With papal support Pepin III is elected king of the Franks, beginning the Carolingian dynasty (named from his father, Charles Martel)        
c. 750
 
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The professional bards of the Germanic tribes give lasting life to Norse legend      
753
 
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Pope Stephen II anoints Pepin III and his two sons (one of them Charlemagne) in the abbey church of St Denis        
756
 
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Pepin III, after recovering Byzantine territories in Italy from the Lombards, hands control of the region to the pope in Rome      
768
 
     
On the death of Pepin III, the empire of the Franks is divided between his two sons - Charlemagne and his younger brother, Carloman        
771
 
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On the death of his brother, Charlemagne inherits the entire kingdom of the Franks