Named by the game's script
Karl the Great
hello_history 6392- Culture
- FrankishFrankish
- Faith
- Chalcedonianism
- Dynasty
- Karling
- Nickname
- the Great
- Born
- 742.1.2
- Died
- 814.1.2, aged 72
- History ID
6392
Karl the Great is a historical character of Crusader Kings III: a man of Frankish culture of the Chalcedonianism faith of the Karling dynasty, born 742.1.2, died 814.1.2. The game's script names him by ID in 6 places, among them the legend The Heirs of Charlemagne. History ID 6392. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/history/characters/frankish.txt.
This section as JSON: /raw/historical-characters.json
Quick answers (1)
- What is Karl the Great's character ID in CK3?
- History ID 6392 — console: hello_history 6392.
Where the game names him
Every place in the game's script (common/ and events/, test and debug files left out) that names Karl the Great by ID — character:6392 — with the lines as written.
Legends 2
ancestral_glory
- 61: scope:ancestor = character:6392
- 183: scope:ancestor = character:6392
game/common/legends/chronicles/00_chronicles.txt
The Heirs of Charlemagne
carolingian- 55: ancestor = character:6392
game/common/legends/legend_seeds/00_legend_seeds.txt
Scripted effects 3
create_artifact_throne_charlemagne_effect
- 1287: recipient = character:6392
game/common/scripted_effects/01_exp1_historical_artifacts_creation_effect.txt
create_artifact_pedestal_crown_iron_effect
- 2932: recipient = character:6392
game/common/scripted_effects/01_exp1_historical_artifacts_creation_effect.txt
mark_historical_legend_as_done
- 2548: legend_property:ancestor ?= character:6392
game/common/scripted_effects/06_dlc_ce1_legend_effects.txt
Custom localization 1
GetSpecialBuildingTouristDescriptor
- 380: character:6392 = { save_scope_as = charlemagne }
game/common/customizable_localization/00_travel.txt
Traits and skills
9Diplomacy
11Martial
12Stewardship
7Intrigue
–Learning
–Prowess
Base skills as written in the character's history (– = not set: the game rolls it). In the game, traits, education and age add to them.
Family
From history/characters (father, mother, add_spouse). Names with a link have a page of their own.
Parents 2
- Pepin Karling (father, 714–768)
- Bertrada Charibertid (mother, 720–783)
Spouses 2
- Hildegard Geroldonen (from 772.1.1, 756–783)
- Fastrada Thüringen (from 784.1.1, 760–794)
Children 8
- Amaudru (767–820)
- Pepin the Hunchback (769–811)
- Bertrade Karling (770–824)
- Charles the Young (773–811)
- Pepin Karling (774–810)
- Rotrud Karling (775–810)
- Louis Karling (778–840)
- Lothaire Karling (779–780)
Brothers and sisters 5
- Karloman Karling (751–771)
- Gisela Karling (757–810)
- Pipin Karling (759–762)
- Chrothais Karling (761–763)
- Adelais Karling (763–764)
In his history file
- 765.1.1Lover: Himiltrude (742–780)
- 768.9.24Pressed claim on Lotharingia
- 784.1.1Nickname → the Great
Family and house
- Pepin Karling774–810 · Frenchnamed in 1 place of the script
- Louis Karling778–840 · Frenchnamed in 2 places of the script
- Lothaire Karling795–855 · Frenchnamed in 1 place of the script
- Bernard Karling797–818 · Frenchnamed in 1 place of the script
- Ludwig the German806–876 · FranconianBavaria, 867named in 3 places of the script
- Charles the Bald823–877 · FrenchAquitaine, 867
- Karlmann Karling830–880 · FranconianBavaria, 867named in 1 place of the script
- Ludwig the Younger835–882 · FranconianEast Franconia, 867named in 2 places of the script
From game/history/characters/frankish.txt, history id 6392, and the files that name him, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2.