why did charlemagne want the title emperor?
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he wanted to create an empire
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He united western Europe I believe in the 9th century.  The Franks and Germanic tribes were united into the Holy Roman Empire.  He brought back academia, and was a huge patron of the arts.  After his death his empire split into pieces, some of which were ruled by his grandchildren.  I think his most notable contribution, other than starting the Holy Roman Empire, was bringing back an interest in antiquity (the ancient world: Rome & Greece).
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The King of England said it about the Arch Bishop of Canterbury because of the battle over whether the church or the crown should get the lands of dying lords. Black Adder I.
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Well, hey had ruled for a very long time. Resources were stretched, to say the least, and political events in Rome put mounting pressure for things to change in Roman society. \n\nThese two things combined pushed the Roman Empire into collpase like a row of dominoes, one weakness lead to another; beginning in Rome, and spreading out to the whole of the empire.
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That is the title of the Ethiopian Emperors, which believed themselves to be the descendants of King Solomon. The last person to hold that title was Ras Tafari Makonnen, also known as Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia.\n\nTafari Makonnen held the title of Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1936 and again after WWII, from 1941 to 1974. He was deposed and murdered in a soviet-backed military coup on his country. Since that date, Ethiopia ceased to be a monarchy, and the post has been abolished.\n\nDue to his pan-african policies, the Rastafari or "rastas", consider him to be Jah, or their God.\n\nMore info about him:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Tafari_Makonnen
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Emperor Franz Josef of Russia, because he was a noble stateman and daring explorer.  I am sure he would have some great stories of life and death to impart upon me and my other dinner guests!
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CHARLES MARTEL [Charles Martel] [O.Fr.,=Charles the Hammer], 688?-741, Frankish ruler, illegitimate son of Pepin of Heristal and grandfather of Charlemagne. After the death of his father (714) he seized power in Austrasia from Pepin's widow, who was ruling as regent for her grandsons, and became mayor of the palace. He subsequently subdued the W Frankish kingdom of Neustria and began the reconquest of Burgundy, Aquitaine, and Provence. Charles Martel defeated the Spanish Muslims at the battle of Tours (732-33) and began the military campaigns that reestablished the Franks as the rulers of Gaul. Although he never assumed the title of king, he divided the Frankish lands, like a king, between his sons Pepin the Short and Carloman\n\n----------------------------------------------------\n\n\nName: Charles Martel \nBirth Date: c. 690 \nDeath Date: October 22, 741 \nNationality: Frankish \nGender: Male \nOccupations: ruler \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCharles Martel Biography\n\nThe Frankish ruler Charles Martel (ca. 690-741) reestablished central authority in Francia and constructed a power base on which the Carolingian monarchs founded their empire.\n\nTo understand the historical importance of Charles Martel ("the Hammer"), it is necessary to appreciate the situation of the last Merovingian kings of Francia and to understand what historians generally refer to as the crisis of the mid-8th century, namely, the expansion of Islam and the sealing off of the Mediterranean. After the reign of Dagobert I (629-639) the Merovingian royal house was weakened by the fact that none of the later kings survived until manhood. Therefore in the 7th century the real power of government was exercised by the mayors of the palace. These officials controlled the royal treasury, dispersed patronage, and granted land and privileges in the name of the king.\n\nThe Merovingian kingdom in Gaul comprised two major subkingdoms, Neustria (the northwestern portion) and Austrasia (northeastern Gaul and the Rhineland), each of which was ruled by a mayor of the palace. The respective rulers of the two kingdoms fought bitterly for supremacy, and in 687 at the battle of Tetry, the Austrasian mayor, Pepin of Heristal, defeated the Neustrian mayor and united the two kingdoms. It was thus the task of Pepin and his son Charles Martel to restore centralized government in the Frankish kingdom and to combat the expanding power of Islam.\n\nCharles Martel was the illegitimate son of Pepin of Heristal and a noblewoman named Alpaide. When Pepin died in 714, Charles successfully asserted his claims to power over the resistance of Pepin's widow, Plectrude, and became mayor of the palace. Charles attracted and maintained a group of personal retainers who formed the core of the royal army. Most of his reign as mayor of the palace was spent in checking the expansion of the Saracens in southern France and in the Rhone-Saône Valley.\n\nIn October 732 Charles won a major victory against the Saracens outside Poitiers despite the fact that the invaders were mounted and the Franks were on foot. The battle, aside from temporarily checking the expansion of the Moslems, was of long-range significance because it was here that Charles became convinced of the necessity of cavalry. After Poitiers, Charles developed the cavalry as his primary offensive fighting force. This change, however, proved highly expensive, and the cost of supporting and training men on horseback led to the adoption of a means of support that had far-reaching consequences. Charles found it necessary to "borrow" considerable lands from the Church; he then dispersed these properties among his lay retainers. The old army of Frankish freemen became less important, and gradually a considerable social distinction developed between the mounted knight and the ordinary foot soldier. Thus the elite class of mounted warriors who dominated mediev
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Charlemagne. He did conquer the world.\n Oh also the Medici family, Richard Nixon and Robert Kennedy.
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That depends on the question. If it refers to the united provincies then it would be Qin Zi Ying from the Qin dynasty. He became emperor 207 BCE. Although this was also during the 3 states period. Priot to this there were the waring states, where each province had their own Emperor
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Well, when the Nicea Council was convened it was to prevent the church from ripping itself apart. Someone had to do something to stop it from happening. The point of a consensus was to establish one doctrine that would be taught so that the church would have one voice. As emperor he had a vested interest in not seeing his empire ripped apart by people fighting over religious differences. Think of what is happening in the world today. Can you blame him?\n\nBut don't forget that hindsight is 20/20. People are often free to interpret the way things came about by looking at accounts of events which do not tend to reflect the craziness of the time. In fact, as one of students once told me, there are 4 sides to every story, your side, my side, the truth and what really happpened.
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Because the Queen is the heir to the throne.  When a woman is the rightful heir to the throne she takes the title of Queen, and she marries someone, he takes the title of Prince.  When a man is the rightful heir to the throne he takes the title of King and if he were to marry someone, she would take the title of Queen.\n\nThe title of King carries a higher authority than that of Queen.  Queen carries a higher rank than Prince.  When the Queen marries a man, he should not take a rank higher than her own.
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I am not understanding your question entirely\nAre you asking about the relationship between the Pope and the Roman Emperor during the Byzantine era?\ntry reading reading the wiki article as a over view, look for the links that tell you what you are really looking for
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Pure jealousy is the reason.  \n\nDon Pedro, The Prince of Arragon returns from victory against his bastard brother, the rebellious Don John.  Don John devises a plan to disrupt the happiness created by Don Pedro's return.
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his ambition blinds him. can u see? he wants to rule world by power of military.
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He wanted a divorce. Plain and simple. Hence the birth the Church of  England. He had added power with controling the Church of England because the Pope gave him the title "Defender of Faith". And he wanted his wife Catherine to give him an heir . She only gave him a daughter.\n\nSource Wikipedia\nHenry maintained a strong preference for the traditional Catholic practices and, during his reign, Protestant reformers were unable to make many changes to the practices of the Church of England. Under his son, Edward VI, the church became theologically more radical, before rejoining the Roman church during the reign of Queen Mary I, in 1555. The settlement under Elizabeth I (from 1558) of a mildly protestant, catholic, apostolic, and established church (i.e. subject to and part of the state) that accommodates a wide range of theological positions has essentially been its character since.
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http://h1.ripway.com/Emperor/Empire.gov.html
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He wanted to conquer and rule Europe...that's not really like a tyrant...that's more along the lines of an Emperor who is expanding his empire.  He was not a great leader of France...he was a military conqueror.  (See George W Bush)