Von der Leyen is set to receive the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, named after the Frankish king Charlemagne, who ...

Revisiting one of the great puzzles of European political history, Jennifer R. Davis examines how the Frankish king Charlemagne and his men held together the vast new empire he created during the ...

Flaxseed was cultivated in Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th century, King Charlemagne believed so strongly in the health benefits of flaxseed that he passed laws requiring his subjects to ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been awarded the Charlemagne Prize 2025 in recognition of her ...

The citation for the prize says von der Leyen "personifies Europe" and called her "the powerful voice of Europe on the world’s stage." ...