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This article is about the hero in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. For the scenario in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Victors and Vanquished, see Charlemagne. |
Charlemagne is an infantry hero in Age of Empires II. He is depicted as a Throwing Axeman with a higher amount of hit points. However, he does not benefit from Bearded Axe, meaning a post-Imperial Age Elite Throwing Axeman ends up having more attack, armor, and range than Charlemagne. He does however benefit from other infantry upgrades and bonuses. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health (since The Conquerors).
Charlemagne is available in the Scenario Editor. Charlemagne is also the protagonist of The Saxon Revolt and Charlemagne.
Campaign appearances[]
Cut scenarios[]
- The Saxon Revolt: Charlemagne has to deal with the Saxon insurrection by massacring the disloyal Saxon nobility and reclaiming the Franks' Relics scattered around the Saxon lands.
Vlad Dracula[]
- The Dragon Spreads His Wings: Voivod Danislav is a renamed Charlemagne. He will ask for Vlad Dracula's help in reclaiming his town from Danesti forces before allying with Dracula. In later scenarios, Danislav is a renamed Belisarius instead.
Victors and Vanquished[]
- Charlemagne: Charlemagne is set on founding the Carolingian empire in central Europe, by overthrowing his brother Carloman.
- Finehair: Rognvald Eysteinsson is a renamed Charlemagne and he will join Harald when enough progress in conquering Norse lands has been made.
- Ironside: Haraldr is a renamed Charlemagne and has raided along the African coast, before being captured. Freeing him will grant access to Throwing Axemen.
- Karlsefni: Thorfinn Karlsefni is a renamed Charlemagne, residing in Faroe Isles. He will join the Norse excursion west when sufficient progress has been made in colonizing Vinland.
- Ragnar: Ketill Flatnose is a renamed Charlemagne. He and his daughter, Aud the Deep-Minded, have settled in the Western Isles and will join Ragnar upon being discovered, completing a Landnama saga.
History[]
Charlemagne was a Frankish king of the Carolingian dynasty and grandson of Charles Martel. In the 8th century, he united a large portion of what would one day become France, Germany, and the Low Countries. He battled the Lombards in Italy and the Muslims in Spain, establishing himself as a defender of the papacy. In the year 800, in a coronation held in Rome, Charlemagne became the first Holy Roman Emperor. His empire was seen by the Catholic Church as the successor to the Western Roman Empire, which had collapsed in 476.
Charlemagne died in 814 after having ruled for a period of forty years, and was succeeded by his son, Louis the Pious. Charlemagne's empire was divided after the death of his son, but the groundwork for many of the modern countries of Western Europe had been laid. The Holy Roman Empire survived for a millennium until it was dissolved by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806.
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