Charles Martel

1839 sculpture of Charles by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph De Bay père]], located in the [[Palace of Versailles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les collections – Château de Versailles |url=https://collections.chateauversailles.fr/#d9907040-29a2-4e2f-bf19-b508f28802bd |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=collections.chateauversailles.fr}}</ref> Charles Martel ( – 22 October 741), ''Martel'' being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace to the Merovingian kings of the Franks, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and a noblewoman named Alpaida. Charles successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics. Continuing and building on his father's work, he restored centralized government in Francia and began the series of military campaigns that re-established the Franks as the undisputed masters of all Gaul. According to a near-contemporary source, the ''Liber Historiae Francorum'', Charles was "a warrior who was uncommonly ... effective in battle".

Charles gained a very consequential victory against an Umayyad invasion of Aquitaine at the Battle of Tours, at a time when the Umayyad Caliphate controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula. Alongside his military endeavours, Charles has been traditionally credited with an influential role in the development of the Frankish system of feudalism.

At the end of his reign, Charles divided Francia between his sons, Carloman and Pepin. The latter became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. Pepin's son Charlemagne, grandson of Charles, extended the Frankish realms and became the first emperor in the West since the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Martel, Charles
    Published 1894
    Paris : G. Steinheil, 1894.
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    Published 1901
    Washington : Library Division, Government Printing Office, 1901.
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    Published 1911
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1911.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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    Published 1913
    Washington : G.P.O., 1913.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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    Published 1915
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1915.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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    Published 1936
    Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1936-1937.
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    Published 1933
    Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1933.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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    Published 1915
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1915.
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    Published 1911
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1911.
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    Published 1916
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1916.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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    Published 1911
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1911.
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    Published 1910
    Washington : Government Printing Office, 1910.
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