Arnulph Of Carinthia 
Arnulph was born in 0863.1 Arnulph's father was Carolman Of Bavaria and his mother was Litwinde Of Carinthia. His paternal grandparents were Louis (The German) East Franks II and Emma Of Bavaria. He was an only child. He died at the age of 36 on December 8th, 0899.2 General Notes
Arnulf of Carinthia (German ''Arnulf von K rnten, Slovenian Arnulf Koroški'') (850 - December 8 899) was one of the last ruling members of the Carolingian house in the Eastern part of the Frankish Kingdom, which had been split in the Treaty of Verdun in 843.
Arnulf was the illegitimate son of the Bavarian king Carloman and his concubine, Liutswind (Litwinde, Litwindie) (of Bavaria), of Carinthian origin, daughter of Count Ernst.
Upon the deposition of his uncle, the emperor Charles III the Fat, Arnulf assumed his title of King of the East Franks in 887. Soon after his election for a king the term Karantania became a new European political term.
In Carinthia Carloman had a court in Moosburg (Blatograd), where young Arnulf spent his childhood. From later events it is evident that the Karantanians treated him as their own duke.
Arnulf didn't negotiate but he fought. At the decisive Battle of Leuven on September 891 he defeated an invading force of the Northmen, or Vikings, essentially ending invasion attempts on that front and the kingdom. After his victory, Arnulf had built a new castle on an island in the Dijle river (Latin Luvanium, local Lovon). The Annales Fuldensis (Annals of Fulda) report that the bodies of dead Northmen blocked the run of the river.
In 894/895 Great Moravia probably lost a part of its territory - present-day Western Hungary- to him. Arnulf failed to conquer Great Moravia in 892, 893, 894/895 and 899.
In 895 Bohemia broke away from Great Moravia and became his vassal.
An accord was made between him and the Bohemian Duke Borivoj (reigned 870-895), Bohemia was freed from the danger of invasion.
Arnulf invaded Italy in 896 and was crowned Emperor by the Pope Formosus (pope 891-896). On his death in 899, he was succeeded as a king of the East Franks by his son, Louis the Child (900-911).
Arnulf's illegitimate son Zwentibold reigned as King of Lotharingia from 895 to 900.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0714 in Austrasia, France d.24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Paris, Seine, France
- b.02 Apr 0742 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.28 Jan 0814 in Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia - Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
- b.0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 Jul 0783 in Choisy, Bourgogne, France
- b.25 Sep 0778 in Ingelheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, Rhineland, Prussia d.20 Jun 0840 in Casseneuil, Lot-Et-Garonne, France
- b.0730 in Swabia, Germany d.0779
- b.0757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d.30 Apr 0783 in Thionville, Austrasia
- b.0736 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.0798
- b.~ 0806 d.28 Aug 0876
- b.0725 d.0778
- b.0750
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- b.0778 in Hesbaye, Germany d.03 Oct 0818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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- b.0828 d.0880
- b.0722
- b.0750
- b.0723
- b.0778 d.0819
- b.0730 in Swabia, Germany d.0779
- b.0750
- b.0736 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d.0798
- b.0810 d.0876
- b.0780
- b.0863 d.08 Dec 0899
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Details of Arnulph's family with Oda Of Bavaria
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