Carloman of Bavaria

"Karlmann" redirects here. For other uses, see Carloman (disambiguation).

Carloman
King of Bavaria and Italy
A fourteenth-century depiction of the three sons of Louis the German — Carloman, Louis the Younger, and Charles — swearing an oath to him. Louis the German is here depicted as a French king, wearing the fleur-de-lis. In the Grandes Chroniques de France
King of Bavaria
Reign	28 August 876 – 29 September 880
Predecessor	Louis II
Successor	Louis III
King of Italy
Reign	6 October 877 – 879
Coronation	October 877 at Pavia
Predecessor	Louis II
Successor	Charles III
Wife Concubine	a daughter of Count Ernst of the Nordgau Liutswind
Issue
Arnulf Gisele of Germany
Dynasty	Carolingian
Father	Louis II
Mother	Hemma
Born	c. 830
Died	29 September 880 (aged 49–50) Altötting, Bavaria

Carloman (German: Karlmann) (830 – 29 September 880) was one of Frankish ruler. The eldest son of Louis the German, king of East Francia (Germany), and Hemma, daughter of the count Welf. He was duke of Carinthia, king of Bavaria from 876 and of Italy from 877 until he was incapacitated in 879 and died in 880.

Life

Carolingian empire 876

Carloman was born during the reign of his grandfather,Emperor Louis the Pious, in 830. He was the eldest son of Louis the German and Hemma, daughter of Welf, count of Bavaria and Altdorf. When he was 10, his grandfather Louis died and the empire was split between his father Louis and uncles Lothair I and Charles the Bald. In his youth, he was appointed as duke of Carinthia by his father.

He revolted in 861 and again two years later (863); an example that was followed by the second son, Louis the Younger, who in a further rising was joined by his brother Charles the Fat. In 865, Louis was obliged by the dissidence of his sons to provide for the eventual division of his territories: Carloman was promised the kingdom of Bavaria (which Louis himself had once held under his father), together with the Ostmark; Louis the Younger was promised Saxony, together with Franconia and Thuringia; Charles the Fat was promised Swabia, together with Rhaetia.

A report that Emperor Louis II was dead led to peace between father and sons and attempts by Louis the German to gain the imperial crown for Carloman. These efforts were thwarted by Louis II, who was not in fact dead. In 876, Louis the German died and his sons inherited their lands; Carloman thus became King of Bavaria. The brothers maintained concord amongst themselves, contrary the example set by their own father and uncles and their cousins.

Upon the death of Louis II of Italy in 875, Carloman also became king of Italy and aimed at gaining the Imperial crown, but in 879, he was crippled by a stroke and divided his dominions as his father had done. He granted Louis Bavaria and Charles Italy. He was married to Ermengard, daughter of Lothar I, but had no legitimate issue, but had a concubine named Litwinde (d. 8 March 890), daughter of Ernst I(800 - 865), count of Nordgau. His illegitimate son by her, Arnulf, was granted the duchy of Carinthia. Arnulf later became king of Germany and Italy and emperor.

Family

His marriage to Ermengard produced no children, but he had two children by his concubine Litwinde (d. 8 March 890), daughter of Ernst I.

• Arnulf of Carinthia(850 - 890), king of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor
• Gisele of Germany(854 - ?)

See also

• Kings of Germany family tree. He was related to every other king of Germany.

Carloman of Bavaria Carolingian Dynasty Born: 830 Died: 29 September 880
Regnal titles
Preceded by Louis II as King of Eastern Francia	King of Bavaria 876–880	Succeeded by Louis III as King of Saxony
Preceded by Charles II	King of Italy 877–879	Succeeded by Charles III