On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 11:49:10AM -0700, Anthere wrote:
--- Julie Kemp juleskemp@yahoo.com wrote:
In the French case, what Anthere says, is kinda, sorta right ;-) Clovis was the first Orthodox Christian King of a consolidated Frankish kingdom -- and the name France is derived from Francia, the Latin name for the Frankish kingdom. Where it gets funny is that Francia is also the root for the German land of Franken ... or that (and here's where I find it odd) the Carolingians are much later, yet both Germans and French people consider Charlemagne "theirs."
That is interesting information; I did not know Germans considered Charlemagne theirs. But then, we share so much :-) (sausages, fries, trenches, ecoregion...)
He is known as Karl der Gro�e and of course a German emperor ;-) On Wikipedia, he is listed on both the [[List of French monarchs]] and on the [[List of German Kings and Emperors]]. I don't know what the Luxemburgians say about him...
I didn't hear about the name "Charlemagne" until I've learned French and he was mentioned in our French textbook. In that article, he was portrayed as an European ruler and as the historical basis of the franco-german friendship.
The 'Karlspreis' is a medal awarded to people who are engaged in the European Unification. The medal is named after Charlemagne.
Regards,
JeLuF