Nichola Fletcher wrote a book titled for an asbestos tablecloth this monarch threw into the fire at the end of feasts. This ruler may have been motivated to relieve an ongoing famine in ordering the construction of a canal between the Danube and Rhine. This European received Abul Abaz, a pet elephant, as a gift. The Palatine Chapel constructed by this monarch is the centerpiece of (*) Aachen (“AH-khen”) Cathedral. This ruler’s court attracted the biographer Einhard. This ruler was given an Iron Crown after successfully besieging Pavia, making him King of the Lombards. Pope Leo III crowned this man Emperor of the Romans on Christmas Day in the year 800 CE. For 10 points, name this King of the Franks, a “great” Carolingian. ■END■