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Carloman (848– c. 877) was the youngest son of Charles the Bald, king of West Francia, and his first wife, Ermentrude. He was intended for an ecclesiastical career from an early age, but in 870 rebelled against his father and tried to claim a part of the kingdom as an inheritance.
Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).
19 de may. de 2021 · Charles the Bald, the youngest son of Louis the Pious, reigned as the king of West Francia (r. 843-877) and Italy (r. 875-877) and, following the death of his nephew Louis II, as emperor (r. 875-877). Of the three successors to Louis the Pious, Charles faced the most conflict.
Death and legacy. Family. References. 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.
to Charles the Bald's benevolence as reflected in his granting pardon to a cruel tyrant, who must have been his rebellious son Carloman. Since Carloman was Abbot of the Abbey of St Amand (867-871), the possibility that the manuscript I Charles the Bald willed that his library be divided into three parts after his death. One part, evi-
On Louis II’s death (879) Carloman was associated with his brother Louis III as king of the West Franks, but both, as the children of a first marriage that had been unacceptable to their grandfather Charles the Bald, had difficulty in obtaining recognition. On Louis’s death (882) Carloman became sole ruler. He died while hunting.
Carolingian empire. The Carolingian empire and (inset) divisions after the Treaty of Verdun, 843. After the death of Louis the Pious (840), his surviving sons continued their plotting to alter the succession. Louis II (the German) and Charles II (the Bald) affirmed their alliance against Lothar I with the Oath of Strasbourg (842).
