# Charlemagne — The Federalist Papers character guide

> Charlemagne in The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0016-xiv-objections-to-the-proposed-constitution-from-extent-of-territory-answered

## Who they are

Medieval emperor of the Franks, referenced as an example of large-scale governance.

## In the story

### [XIX: The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_federalist_papers_se/chapters/xix-the-same-subject-continued-the-insufficiency-of-the-present-confederation-to-preserve-the-union)

Mentioned as the monarch who conquered Germany and established a vast empire, later dismembered.

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