Charles "The Hammer" Martel was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a Titular ruler. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks and by any name was de facto ruler of the Frankish Realms.... drives the Moors
Moors
In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e.... out of France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... .
The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries.... with King Kormishosh.
Alfonso I , called the Catholic , was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757.... becomes king of Asturias
Kingdom of Asturias
The Kingdom of Asturias was the first Christianity political entity to be established in the Iberian peninsula after the collapse of the Visigoths Kingdom.... .
Theodatus Ursus appointed Consul of the Roman Empire and Magister militum
Magister militum
Magister militum was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine I . Used alone, the term referred to the senior military officer of the Empire.... .
The Battle of Akroinon was fought at Akroinon in Phrygia, on the western edge of the Anatolian plateau, in 739 between an Umayyad Arab army of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, led by his brother Sulayman, and Byzantine Empire forces led by Leo III the Isaurian and his son, the future Constantine V.... : Byzantine forces
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople.... defeat a Umayyad invasion of Asia Minor.
Saint Boniface , the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith at Crediton in the kingdom of Wessex , was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century.... founds the Bishopric of Regensburg
Bishopric of Regensburg
The Bishopric of Regensburg was a small prince-bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. was elevated to the Archbishopric of Regensburg in 1803 after the dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz, but became Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg again in 1817.... .
Gregory III was pope from 731 to 741.A Syriacs by birth, he succeeded Pope Gregory II in March 731. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by the Iconoclasm controversy in the Byzantine Empire, in which he vainly invoked the intervention of Charles Martel.... appeals in vain to Charles Martel
Charles Martel
Charles "The Hammer" Martel was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a Titular ruler. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks and by any name was de facto ruler of the Frankish Realms.... for help against the expansionist policies of Liutprand, King of the Lombards
Liutprand, King of the Lombards
Liutprand was the king of the Lombards from 712 to 744 and is chiefly remembered for his Donation of Sutri, in 728, and his long reign, which brought him into a series of conflicts, mostly successful, with most of Italy.... .
Fafila, Favila, or Favilac was the second King of Asturias from 737 until his death. He was the only son and successor of Pelagius of Asturias, the first Asturian monarch.... , king of Asturias
Kingdom of Asturias
The Kingdom of Asturias was the first Christianity political entity to be established in the Iberian peninsula after the collapse of the Visigoths Kingdom....
Saint Willibrord was a Northumbrian missionary, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.... , first bishop of Utrecht, apostle to the Frisians
