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In OTL, after his coronation, Charlemagne sent envoys to Constantinople suggesting the two rulers wed. Irene responded fairly favorably, but her failure to immediately rebuff the proposal enraged her people, and she was overthrown and replaced by one of her ministers.

Say the Roman people had not responded so negatively to the idea, and the marriage was arranged? What would the consequences of a marriage between Charlemagne and Irene of Athens be?
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