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Christopher Lee (91), who played Saruman, Count Dooku, etc. is a descendant of the First Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne. He is a heavy metal singer and recorded a full solo album (2010). He killed Nazis in the British special forces, and even witnessed the last guillotine execution in France

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Christopher Lee released two heavy metal albums in 2010 and 2013 which tell the story of Charlemagne, the First Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

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1. Charlemagne was given the title Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on a holiday - Christmas Day.

2. The title of Emperor of the Romans of the Holy Roman Empire was largely a non-power titled but it led to him being highly respected throughout most of Europe.

3. The Emperor Charlemagne had an elephant named "Abul-Abbas," which was given to him as a gift, and he may have tried to use the elephant in a war with the King of Denmark.

4. Charlemagne died in January, 814, and his son Louis the Pious became emperor. In the years that followed the empire was divided among heirs and eventually dissolved.

5. Charlemagne crowned Louis the Pious (his son) as co-emperor, and King of Aquitaine, in 813. Charlemagne's health had begun to fail and he refused to listen to the doctors about his diet.

6. While Charlemagne means "Charles the great", Charles can also mean "Free Man". So Charlemagne was "Emperor Freeman." It can also mean Old Man, as in "Emperor Old Man".

7. After Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne gave him the alleged severed foreskin of Jesus Christ as a thank-you gift.

8. Charlemagne was crowned "Roman Emperor" because the title was currently held by Empress Irene. Because she was a woman, the title was considered vacant in Western Europe. This led to the permanent split between the west and the "Byzantine" East Roman Empire.

9. In 2010 Sir Christopher Lee released and sang in a heavy metal opera all about Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne

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