| Charlemagne | |
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 EpicLLOYD as Charlemagne | |
| Character information | |
| Birth name | Charles |
| Nickname(s) | Charles I Charlemagne Charles the Great Carolus Magnus Charles le Grand Karl der Grosse The Father of Europe |
| Born | April 2, 748 Francia |
| Died | January 28, 814 (aged 65) Francia |
| Physical description | |
| Hair | Brown |
| Eyes | Brown |
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| Rap battle information | |
| Appeared in | Napoleon vs Charlemagne |
| Vs | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Release date | February 12, 2025 |
| Official vote(s) | TBD |
| Location(s) | Palace of Aachen |
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Charlemagne battled Napoleon Bonaparte in Napoleon vs Charlemagne. He was portrayed by EpicLLOYD.
Information on the rapper
Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814. He united most of Western and Central Europe, and was the first recognized emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier. Charlemagne's reign was marked by political and social changes that had lasting influence on Europe throughout the Middle Ages.
In 800, Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome by Pope Leo III. Although historians debate the coronation's significance, the title represented the height of his prestige and authority. Charlemagne's position as the first emperor in the West in over 300 years brought him into conflict with the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople. Through his assumption of the imperial title, he is considered the forerunner to the line of Holy Roman Emperors, which persisted into the nineteenth century. As king and emperor, Charlemagne engaged in a number of reforms in administration, law, education, military organization, and religion, which shaped Europe for centuries. The stability of his reign began a period of cultural activity known as the Carolingian Renaissance.
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Who's the Europe-conquering king par excellence,
Who fathered his own renaissance and gave birth to fonts?
It is I, Charles the Great, son of Pepin the Short torturin'
This overblown war-horny bicorne-sporting Corsican!
The Pope's eyes? Saved 'em! Holy Roman Empire? Established it!
It lasted a thousand years until you pranced up and savaged it!
Egypt, Haiti, Spain! Your campaigns are too elaborate!
Your bubble of an empire popped like an ABBA hit! (Ha!)
I strike the fear of God in every land I take!
Leavin' pagans quakin', makin' em do the Charlem-shake!
The bloody verdict of this battle has already been decided!
Like the love between you and Joséphine, it's one-sided!
Verse 2:
Oh, that flow! You can't quite rock it!
That must be why you keep your hand like that: no pocket!
You are nothing but a whiney little egotistic swine
Who got sunk by a Brit with a bullet in his spine!
And your Russian debacle was even worse!
You got beat by lice! You should've enlisted an elementary school nurse!
People still place my name next to God: Charlemagne!
Now pretend I'm Moscow and retreat from these flames!
Trivia
- Prior to writing the battle, Nice Peter had no knowledge of Charlemagne, claiming to only know him from a quote from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
- According to Peter in the Behind the Scenes of the battle, Charlemagne was originally going to battle Pachacuti, before Napoleon Bonaparte was chosen to give audiences a more recognizable figure in the matchup.