Title

Coronation of Charlemagne in Rome, Christmas Day

Caption

Coronation of Charlemagne in Rome, Christmas Day, 800 AD, (1936). 'Krönung Karls Des Grossen in Rom, 25 Dezember 800'. Charlemagne, King of the Franks (742-814 AD), was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Old St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]

Date

1936

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F23_204

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

67,9Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,7in x 14,9in / 5316 x 4466 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany people male event man men historical religious German arts country Rome France religion emperor monarch book guy cathedral church color king royal Christian Christianity kneeling location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic thirties literature royalty crown altar concept album Colour Pope 1930s Roman Catholicism 20th century crowning FRANK history historic The Print Collector 8th century 9th century cigarette card coronation Frankish Holy Roman Emperor royal event sovereign St Peter's Basilica Pope Leo III Charles I Charlemagne Alfred Rethel Unknown St Saint Carlomagno Karl der Grosse Emperor Charlemagne Charles the Great Charles le Grand Carolus Magnus Leo III Saint Leo St Leo Leo cigarette card His Majesty Bilder Deutscher Geschichte Rethel Alfred O.H.W. Hadank Hadank O.H.W. Oskar Hermann Werner Hadank Oskar Hermann Werner O H W Hadank O H W Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Altona-Bahrenfeld Altona-Bahrenfeld Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Cigaretten Bi cigarette card