grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad, Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)
Charles Martel in American English
see Martel
Charles Martel in American English
(mɑːrˈtel, French maʀˈtel)
noun
a.d. 690?–741, ruler of the Franks 714–741 (grandfather of Charlemagne)