800 AD
Charlemagne’s imperial coronation
World history · Politics · Culture
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor in Rome in 800. The act reinforced a political alliance between the papacy and Frankish power and claimed Roman inheritance without restoring the Roman Empire or resolving coexistence with the Eastern Roman Empire.
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- 82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
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- 2026-09-23
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