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Charlemagne |
 | | Moreover, Charles was already, in foro conscientiae, if not in Frankish law, wedded to Himiltrude. |
 | | In defiance of the pope's protest (PL 98:250), Charles married Desiderata, daughter of Desiderius (770), three years later he repudiated her and married Hildegarde, the beautiful Swabian. |
 | | During this period the national discontent with Fastrada culminated in a plot in which Pepin the Hunchback, Charles' son by Himiltrude, was implicated, and though his life was spared through his father's intercession, Pepin spent what remained of his days in a monastery. |
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