Forged my first bloodline as Charlemagne, or Emperor Carlo the Philosopher. He is 66 years old.
My third wife was the genius Italian Augusta Corvina. Are second son and my youngest son, Dioniso, took after his mother and now reigns over west and middle Francia as king.
Are first son together came out ugly and is known as Cesare the Hideous. He reigns over the Kingdom of Burgundy.
My oldest legitimate son, Carlo II, inherited the Kingdom of Italy from his mother Anselperga, an Alachisling princess turned Queen. I had originally gifted Italy to the son of my brother Karloman, Pepin, but Desiderius succeeded in overthrowing him and lived till I murdered him, at the spry age of 71.
Aquitaine is ruled by Pepin the Hunchback, a bastard still, but matrilinealy married to a daughter of the Bavarian Karlings. Luckily his condition did not pass on to his 4 children.
East Francia is ruled by Tancred, a son of the Bavarian Karlings. He spent most of his life despising me, after I raised him and pushed him to seek true greatness. He has plotted my death and Carlo II's demise once each, but even as a rival his opinion of me was near or at 100 most of his reign.
The Kingdom of Frisia is ruled by King Ferruccio, the son of my legitimized daughter Amaudru and a scion of the Folcwaldings, the old Kings of Frisia. Amaudru was murdered shortly after giving birth to her third Karling child by her husband Nordalah. I suspect his involvement, but have no proof. His second son, a member of his dynasty reigns as Duke of Gelre and is Ferruccio's heir.
Ogier af Sully, known as the Dane, adopted the Frankish culture, so my attempt at creating Norman's is a bust. He was my Marshall for around 30 years, before I gifted West Francia to Dioniso. He led a short lived rebellion against my son in favor of the Merohingi, Theoderic. I asked him to stop his rebellion, he agreed, but died in my sons dungeons at age 68. His second son Alfgeir now reigns over Normandie.
The Kingdom of Brittany was ruled by King Roland, who spent most of his career simply as the count of Vannes, until my finances and threat were ok to push for claims on half of the duchy of Brittany. He was a decent steward for the Empire, and a true friend. His son Austol de Bretagne rules the Breton now.
When I murdered old King Desiderius, his substantial holdings were divided between his surviving daughters, who had all been married and produced legitimate heirs with myself, and my Bavarian cousins. With a little luck, fortuitous marriages, and some murder, a few other Italian duchies and counties fell to my dynasty.
I also matrilinealy married off my sister, and two of my daughters by Augusta, to superb commanders I had attracted to court. Their children rule Kleves and Luxembourg.
I am quite pleased with this Karling run so far. Emperor Carlo is 66 now, and my only regret is that I was never in a position to press the claim of the Bavarian Karlings to Bavaria before they passed. Despite this, their sons rule or are married to the rulers of several territories in Italy, as well as the Kingdom of East Francia.
And one other thing. My heir Carlo II is married to the granddaughter of Karloman, so I'm proud to say the family is finally healed.