An early example is that of the Emperor Charlemagne in the 8th century.

Pippin was the father of the famous emperor Charlemagne.

The emperor Charlemagne had lost his daughter and he found her in the village Mulinheim.

Now this is what Pippin, recent college graduate and son of the emperor Charlemagne, should look like.

He said of himself that he was like the Emperor Charlemagne, ¡ too busy to learn to read and write.

Emperor Charlemagne was crowned in 800, and he promoted order, education and civilization.

Roland was the nephew of the emperor Charlemagne.

In the great hallway a stained glass window depicts the Emperor Charlemagne sitting on his throne.

Walter by contrast wanted to be remembered as a patron of learning, possibly because he had no more formal education than the Emperor Charlemagne.

The Emperor Charlemagne had a party trick using a tablecloth made of asbestos, in which he threw it onto a fire.