What was Charlemagne's relationship with the Eastern Orthodox Church?
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Answer
Charlemagne's relationship with the Eastern Orthodox Church was contentious due to his support of the filioque and the Pope's preference of him as emperor over the Byzantine Empire's first female monarch, Irene of Athens. These disputes eventually led to the Great Schism of 1054.
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