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Carloman I (28 June 751 – 4 December 771), also Karlmann, Karlomann, [1] was king of the Franks from 768 until he died in 771. He was the second surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon and was a younger brother of Charlemagne. His death allowed Charlemagne to take all of Francia and begin his expansion into other kingdoms.
Pepin or Pippin (777 – 8 July 810) was King of Italy from 781 until his death in 810. Born Carloman, he was the third son of Charlemagne (his second by Queen Hildegard ). Carloman was renamed Pepin upon his baptism in 781, where he was also crowned as king of the Lombard Kingdom his father had conquered. Pepin ruled the kingdom from a young ...
- 781 – 810
- Hildegard
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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Carloman ( German: Karlmann, Latin: Karlomannus; c. 830 – 22 March 880) was a Frankish king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was the eldest son of Louis the German, king of East Francia, and Hemma, daughter of a Bavarian count. His father appointed him governor of Carantania in 856, and commander of southeastern frontier marches in 864.
King of West Francia (879-882) Co-ruled with his brother brother Carloman II. Won a major victory against a Viking army at the Battle of Lüneburg Heath in 880. Died when he hit his head on the top of a door while chasing a girl. Carloman II (866-884) King of West Francia (879 – 884) Emperor (813-840) King of the Franks (814-840)
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May 19, 2021 · From 876, Charles reigned as co-king of East Francia with his brother, Louis III the Younger, and as the sole king from the latter’s death in 882. He inherited Italy in 879 after the abdication of his eldest brother Carloman of Bavaria and, in 880, defended the Papal States against an invasion by Guy III of Spoleto (r. 872-882), a distant ...
Carloman I. Drawing of Carloman's tomb. Carloman I (ca.750/751 - 771) was a Carolingian Frankish ruler, King of Burgundy and Neustria (768-771). His father was Pepin III. In 768, he inherited the south part of his father's kingdom. He died 3 years later.
