For the second Carloman of the Carolingian dynasty, sometimes called "Carloman II", see Carloman I.
Carloman II
1264 gisant of Carloman, Basilica of Saint-Denis[1]
King of West Francia
Reign
10 April 879 – 6 December 884
Coronation
September 879
Predecessor
Louis II
Successor
Charles the Fat
Co-Monarch
Louis III (879–882)
Born
c. 866
Died
6 December 884 (aged c. 18) near Les Andelys
Burial
Basilica of Saint-Denis
Dynasty
Carolingian
Father
Louis the Stammerer
Mother
Ansgarde of Burgundy
Carloman II (c. 866 – 6 December 884) was the King of West Francia (future France) from 879 until his death. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he and his elder brother, Louis III, divided the kingdom between themselves and ruled jointly until the latter's death in 882. Thereafter Carloman ruled alone until his own death. He was the second son of King Louis the Stammerer and Queen Ansgarde.
Upon Louis the Stammerer's death, some Frankish nobles advocated electing Louis III as the sole king, but eventually both brothers were elected kings. They were both crowned in September 879.[2] Some doubts were cast upon the legitimacy of their birth,[3] but these disappeared after their victory over the Vikings on November of that year.[4] In March 880, the brothers divided their father's realm at Amiens, Carloman receiving the southern kingdoms of Burgundy and Aquitaine.[3]
Meanwhile, the powerful Duke Boso of Provence had renounced his allegiance to both brothers and had been elected King of Provence on October 879.[4] In 880, Carloman and Louis III marched against Boso and took the northern parts of his realm, starting a two-year siege in Vienne. The city was finally taken by Richard, Duke of Burgundy, in 882.[4]
Carloman II died near Les Andelys while hunting on December 884. He was accidentally stabbed in the leg by his servant Bertoldus while they were attacked by a wild boar.[5] Carloman survived but died seven days later,[5] on 5–6 December.[6][7] He was only about 18 years old.[5] Some modern sources give his death date as 12 December,[3] but this is not corroborated by contemporary sources. Carloman's land were inherited by his cousin, the emperor Charles the Fat.
A denarius minted in the name of Carloman IIThe coronation of Carloman (left) and his elder brother, who is shown seated higher and crowned by two bishopsThe realm of Carloman II after the division of the Carolingian Empire in March 880 is shown in blueArtistic representation of Louis III & Carloman II, as part of a large collection of commissioned paintings by Louis Philippe I of all the French monarchs. (Charles Auguste Steuben, ca. 1837).
^statue (gisant) : Louis III, roi de France, POP (Base Mérimée), French Ministry of Culture
^McKitterick, Rosamond (1995). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 2. p. 137. ISBN 9780521362924.
^ abcChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carloman s.v. Carloman (d. 884)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 343.
^ abcMcKitterick, Rosamond (1995). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. II. pp. 133–137. ISBN 9780521362924.
^ abcAnnales Vedastini. Anno DCCCLXXXIIII.
^Obituaires de la province de Sens. Tome I, p. 351. "VIII id. [6 December] Ob. Karlomannus rex."
^Annales S. Benigni Divionensis 884. MGH V, p. 40. "Obiit Karlomannus rex Non. Decemb. [5 December]".
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