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    Charles Martel (c. 688 – 22 October 741), Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as...
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    Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid...
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    Charles Martel (Hungarian: Martell Károly; 8 September 1271 – 12 August 1295) of the Capetian dynasty was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and...
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  • Charles Martel (c. 688–741) was a Frankish military and political leader. Charles Martel may also refer to: Charles Martel of Anjou (1271–1295), titular...
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    named after his grandfather Charles Martel. The name and its derivatives are unattested before their use by Charles Martel and Charlemagne. Karolus was...
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    Charles Martel was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy built in the 1890s. Completed in 1897, she was a member of a group of five broadly similar...
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  • The Charles Martel Group (French: Groupe Charles-Martel, also Club Charles-Martel, Cercle Charles-Martel, Commando Charles-Martel) was a French far-right...
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  • The Charles Martel Society is an American white nationalist organization that publishes The Occidental Quarterly, a prominent scientific racist publication...
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    was the eldest son of Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud of Treves. On Charles's death (741), Carloman...
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    Capetian House of Anjou and the only son of Charles Martel, Prince of Salerno. His father was the eldest son of Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. Mary...
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    Battle of Tours (category Charles Martel)
    resulted in the victory for the Frankish and Aquitanian forces, led by Charles Martel, over the invading Muslim forces of the Umayyad Caliphate, led by Abd...
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    his grandson Theudoald. But this was not accepted by his powerful son Charles Martel, leading to a civil war after his death in which the latter emerged...
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    Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the king of West Francia...
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    territories, was to be given to Charles's son, Charles Martel, on the day of his marriage with Rudolf's daughter, Clemence. Charles was appointed regent for...
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    his victory at the Battle of Soissons (718), Charles Martel styled himself Duke of the Franks. Charles' eldest son was named Carloman (c. 710 – 754)...
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    The Age of Charles Martel (1st ed.). London: Routledge. pp. 1–11. ISBN 9781315845647. Fouracre, Paul (2007). 'Writing about Charles Martel', in Law, laity...
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  • War hammer (redirect from Martel de Fer)
    constant use, to Judah Maccabee, a 2nd-century BC Jewish rebel, and to Charles Martel, one of the rulers of France. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the war...
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    Umayyad invasion of Gaul (category Charles Martel)
    garrisons too weak to fend off Charles Martel's well-organised, strong army made up of vassi enriched with Church lands. Charles faced the opposition of various...
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    Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877),...
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    Pepin the Short (category Children of Charles Martel)
    Carolingian to become king. Pepin was the son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude. Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical...
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  • Charles Martel, Duke of Calabria (Italian: Carlo Martello) is a name and title shared by two short-lived heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Naples....
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    program ordered four ships, with a fifth added during the design process: Charles Martel, Carnot, Jauréguiberry, Masséna, and Bouvet. These were experimental...
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    mayor Charles Martel continued to rule the kingdoms without a king until his death in 741. The dynasty was restored again in 743, but in 751 Charles's son...
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    Age of Charles Martel, writing that this phrasing used against Plectrude might be a result of the anonymous writer’s allegiance to Charles Martel, emphasizing...
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    Charles Martel (born Karl David Hanke, March 5, 1860 – May 15, 1945) was an American librarian responsible for the creation of the Library of Congress...
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    this victory, Charles earned the surname Martel ("the Hammer"). Edward Gibbon, the historian of Rome and its aftermath, called Charles Martel "the paramount...
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    outset of his reign to accept the authority of the mayor of the palace Charles Martel, but he tried three times to throw it off in open revolt (736, 742 and...
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    and Charles Martel, the son of Pepin of Heristal. The Neustrians allied with another invading force under Radbod, King of the Frisians and met Charles in...
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    Charles Martel. 737 (Date unknown). Favila of Asturias succeeds his father Pelagius as the second king of Asturias. (Dates unknown). Charles Martel begins...
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    (possibly referring to Charles' contemporary Offa of Mercia), and is a cousin to Orlando and Rinaldo, and a descendant of Charles Martel. While Astolfo's name...
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