Charles is raised to kingship at Noyon
The annals report that Charles was raised to kingship at Noyon on 9 October 768.
What this does and does not establish
Pinned revision 264822. The same sentence separately places Carloman's elevation at Soissons. Only Charles's elevation is selected here; the text does not use a coronation verb.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- DCCLXVIII, VII Idus Octobres
- How we use it
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Dating notes from the research record
arf.wikitext line 91 gives [768] DCCLXVIII; line 95 supplies VII Id. Octobr., or 9 October by Roman inclusive counting from the October Ides on 15 October. Read neighboring annals 767–769 and the preceding death on VIII Kal. Octobr. October maps securely to Julian AD 768. Examined arf-edition.json and edition-response-la.json. Original quotation begins at line 95, character 11866.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales regni Francorum
Frankish court annalists
Quoted text (Latin)
Et domnus Carolus et Carlomannus elevati sunt in regnum, domnus Carolus VII. Id. Octobr. in Noviomo civitate, Carlomannus in Suessionis civitate similiter.AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
And the lord Charles and Carloman were raised to kingship: the lord Charles on the seventh day before the Ides of October in the city of Noyon, and Carloman likewise in the city of Soissons.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Annales regni Francorum https://la.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=264822 Public-domain historical original. Wikisource contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Attribute the fixed transcription and share adapted excerpts alike. Project working translation.
Exact source version
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