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Carloman (between 706 and 716 – 17 August 754) was the eldest son of Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud of Treves. On Charles's death (741), Carloman and his brother Pepin the Short succeeded to their father's legal positions, Carloman in Austrasia, and Pepin in Neustria.
Apr 27, 2022 · Carlomán, roi des Francs. Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Dux Francorum, , Founder of Monte Soratte Abbey, Majordome, d'Austrasie, Duc, des Francs, ABT 0713 - 17 Aug 0755, Mayor of teh Palace; prob. m. a dau. of Alard, bro of Garnier, ancestor of the Margraves of Spoleto.
- "Carloman de France"
- Moselle, Austrasia
- circa 713
Under the Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace (Latin: maior palatii or maior domus) was the manager of the household of the Frankish king. During the second half of the seventh century, the office evolved into the "power behind the throne".
Aug 8, 2016 · Carloman, d. 754, mayor of the palace in the kingdom of Austrasia after the death (741) of his father, Charles Martel. Ruling with his brother, Pepin the Short, he carried on successful wars against the dukes of Aquitaine, the Saxons, the Swabians, and the Bavarians.
Charles Martel (c. 688 – 22 October 741), Martel being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks from 718 until his death.
CARLOMAN. Frankish mayor of the palace; b. before 714; d. Vienne, France, Aug. 17, 754. The assembly of nobles accepted charles martel's division of the Frankish kingdom between his eldest son Carloman, who received Austrasia, Alamannia, and Thuringia, and his younger son pepin iii, who ruled in Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, and the two ...
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Carloman (born 751—died Dec. 4, 771, Samoussy, France) was the younger brother of Charlemagne, with whom, at the instance of their father, Pippin III the Short, he was anointed king of the Franks in 754 by Pope Stephen II (or III) in the abbey of Saint-Denis. Carloman inherited the eastern part of Pippin’s lands (768).
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