He was also known as a great general, and is most famous for his victory at the Battle of Tours, in which he defeated an invading Muslim army and halted northward Islamic expansion in western Europe. Mayor of the Palaces of Austrasia & Neustria 714-741, Duke of the Franks 717, Commander of the Franks at the Battle of Tours 732, Duke and Prince of the Franks, fränkischer Hausmeier, Herzog der Franken, Kuningas, Duc des Austrasiens, Frankish King, mayoĬharles "The Hammer" Martel was the defacto King of the Franks from 737-741 (Officially he was Duke and Prince of the Franks). Half brother of Drogo, duc de Champagne et Bourgogne Grimoald II the Younger and Sylvius Van Heristal, Bishop Quentin Remigius Archbishop des Rouen and 3 others Hieronymus / Jerónimo / Jérome, comte-Abbé de Saint-Quentin Grifo and N.N. Husband of Rotrude and Swanachilde of the Bavariansįather of Carloman, King of the Franks Pépin III, King of the Franks Hiltrud I d'Austrasie, Duchess of Bavaria Bernard, count & Abbot of St. Son of Pépin ll "the Fat" d'Héristal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Alpais Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France Quierzy, Aisne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France "The Hammer", "Maior domus of Austrasia", ""The Hammer"", "Duc de Antrim", "Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia", "The Hammer of God", ""Martel"", "Duke and prince of Franks" Dutch: Karel "Martel", hofmeier van het Frankische Rijk, French: Charles "Martel", Duc des Austrasiens, Prince des Français, German: Karl "Martell", fränkischer Hausmeier, Latin: Carolus "Martellus", Maior domus, Russian: Карл Мартелл, Mayor of the Palace
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