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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
Reign	King of Bavaria: 876-880; King of Italy: 877–879
Born	830
Died	29 September 880
Predecessor	Bavaria: Louis II as King of East Francia; Italy: Charles II
Successor	Bavaria: Louis III, Italy: Charles III
Consort	daughter of Ernest, duke in Bavaria
Issue	Arnulf of Carinthia
Royal House	Carolingian
Father	Louis II
Mother	Emma of Altdorf

Carolingian Dynasty
(East Frankish Branch)

Louis the Pious Children    Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor    Pepin I of Aquitaine    Louis the German    Charles the Bald Louis the German Children    Carloman of Bavaria    Louis the Younger    Charles the Fat    Irmgard of Chiemsee Carloman of Bavaria Children    Arnulf of Carinthia Louis the Younger Charles the Fat Children    Bernard Arnulf of Carinthia Children    Louis the Child    Zwentibold of Lotharingia    Ratold of Italy Louis the Child

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

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 Charles the Bald of West Francia in 877, 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 had no legitimate issue, but had a concubine named Litwinde. His illegitimate son by her, Arnulf, was granted the duchy of Carinthia. Arnulf later became king of Germany and Italy and emperor.

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