Charles Martel

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Carolingian Frankish ruler human military leader statesman

Charles Martel was an 8th-century Frankish statesman and military leader best known for halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe at the Battle of Tours and laying the foundations for the Carolingian Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Charles Martel canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carolingian ⓘ
Frankish ruler ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 741 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 715 ⓘ
alternateName Charles the Hammer ⓘ
Karl Martell ⓘ
birthDate c. 688 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Kingdom

Herstal ⓘ
burialPlace Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
child Carloman I ⓘ
Grifo ⓘ
Pepin the Short ⓘ
conflict Frankish civil wars ⓘ
Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ
surface form: Umayyad invasion of Gaul
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Kingdom
deathDate 22 October 741 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Kingdom

Quierzy ⓘ
dynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
father Pepin of Herstal ⓘ
influenced Charlemagne ⓘ
Pepin the Short ⓘ
knownFor halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe at the Battle of Tours ⓘ
laying the foundations of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
strengthening the Frankish cavalry ⓘ
supporting missionary work of Saint Boniface ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Old Frankish ⓘ
militaryRank commander ⓘ
mother Alpaida ⓘ
movement Carolingian consolidation of power ⓘ
name Charles Martel self-link ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Amblève ⓘ
Battle of Tours ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Poitiers (732)

Battle of Tours ⓘ
Battle of Vincy ⓘ
Battle of the River Berre ⓘ
notableWork Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Consolidation of Frankish realms

Patronage of Christian missions in Germania ⓘ
Reorganization of Frankish cavalry ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Duke and Prince of the Franks

Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia ⓘ
Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia ⓘ
surface form: Mayor of the Palace of Neustria
predecessor Theuderic IV (nominal Merovingian king) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
spouse Rotrude of Trier ⓘ
Swanachild ⓘ
successor Carloman I ⓘ
Pepin the Short ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carolingian dynasty → namedAfter → Charles Martel ⓘ
Carolingian dynasty → notableMember → Charles Martel ⓘ
Battle of Tours → commander → Charles Martel ⓘ
Franks → notableRuler → Charles Martel ⓘ
Kingdom of the Franks → notableRuler → Charles Martel ⓘ
Charles Martel → name → Charles Martel self-link ⓘ
Pepin the Short → father → Charles Martel ⓘ
Pepin of Landen → hasDescendant → Charles Martel ⓘ
Pippinids → notableMember → Charles Martel ⓘ
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi → opponent → Charles Martel ⓘ
Annales Mettenses priores → coversReignOf → Charles Martel ⓘ
Austrasia → notableMayorOfThePalace → Charles Martel ⓘ