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Later annals and Einhard print Charles’s death at Aachen on 28 January 814

Einhard and annals as later English date the death to 28 January 814 at Aachen. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Einhard and annals as later English date the death to 28 January 814 at Aachen. The dated public carrier includes that later narrative plus the cathedral’s memory. A shared death-date is a modest cohesion calendar, not a welfare miracle.

Context

High confidence on the received date as later told.

Charlemagne is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A 814 death notice is not an 800 crown.

A 814 death notice is not an 800 crown.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Charlemagne

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.16 · verified

    Named Frankish king-emperor as heading of later annals, coins, and prizes. Scribes, popes, and later cities publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLater annals and Einhard print Charles’s death at Aachen on 28 January 814
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 28 January 1880 · verified

    A 814 death notice is not an 800 crown.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Aachen Cathedral — official siteDomkapitel Aachen · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Einhard, Life of Charlemagne — public-domain EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCharlemagne
  2. contributed toFactLater annals and Einhard print Charles’s death at Aachen on 28 January 814
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Later annals and Einhard print Charles’s death at Aachen on 28 January 814. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ch-814-death-as-later

https://factrail.ai/facts/ch-814-death-as-later

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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