General Notes

Ruled BET. 876 - 880 King of Bavaria 3
Note: Carloman (828-880), king of Bavaria and Italy, was the eldest son of Louis the German, king of the East Franks. He married a daughter of Ernest, count of the Bohemian mark, and in conjunction with his father-in-law resisted the authority of his father in 861 and 863. In 865 he was entrusted by Louis with a share in his authority, being granted jurisdiction over Bavaria and Carinthia. During the troubles between Louis and his two younger sons, Carloman remained faithful to his father and carried on the war with the Moravians so successfully that, when peace was made at Forchheim in 874, they recognized the Frankish supremacy. In 875 the Emperor Louis II died, having named his cousin Carloman, as his successor in Italy, but Pope John VIII preferred Charles II the Bald. In undisputed control of Bavaria, Carloman crossed the Alps to claim his inheritance, but was cajoled into returning by the king of the West Franks, Charles the Bald. In 876, on his father's death, Carloman became king of Bavaria. On the death of Charles the Bald (877), and after a short campaign against the Moravians, he went again to Italy in 877 and was crowned king of the Lombards at Pavia; but Pope John still refused him the imperial crown. Stricken with paralysis, he bequeathed the whole of his lands and titles to his brother Louis III, the Younger. Carloman died on Sept. 22, 880, at Öttingen, where he was buried. His illegitimate son Arnulf became emperor in 896. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, CARLOMAN; Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 4, p. 877, CARLOMAN]