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Carloman König der Franken.


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Father: Pépin 'der kleine' König der Franken, b. 715   d. 24 de septiembre de 0768 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, Francia
Mother: Bertrada de Laon Königin der Franken, b. 4 FEB 720 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France   d. 12 JUL 783 in In a ceremony organised by her son Charlemange at Choisy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France

Family 1: Gerberga di Lombardy,    b. ABT 749 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy    d. 774 in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
  1. Pepin II King of Italy, b. ABT 770 in Valoise, Normandy, France     d. AFT 774 in Europe
Sources:
  1. Title: Kunigunde Gellone (born Carolingian), Circa 770 - Circa 835
    Publication: Name: https://www.myheritage.com/names/kunigunde_carolingian;
    Page: proof of birthdates
  2. Title: Carloman King of the Franks, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-BRGX : 20 October 2022), Carloman King of the Franks, ; Burial, Reims, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims; citing record ID 151312981, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-BRGX;
  3. Title: Carloman I, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1HF9 : 13 April 2023), Carloman I, ; Burial, Reims, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, Saint Remi Basilica; citing record ID 6240882, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1HF9;
  4. Title: Wikipedia: Carloman I
    Author: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
    Publication: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman_I;
    Note: Carloman I, also Karlmann (28 June 751 – 4 December 771) was king of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771. He was the second surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon and was a younger brother of Charlemagne. His death allowed Charlemagne to take all of Francia and begin his expansion into other kingdoms. Split of the Frankish kingdom Edit At the age of 3 he was, together with his father Pepin the Short and his elder brother Charlemagne, anointed King of the Franks and titled "Patrician of the Romans" by Pope Stephen II, who had left Rome to beg the Frankish King for assistance against the Lombards.[1] Carloman and Charlemagne each inherited a half of the Kingdom of the Franks upon Pepin's death. His share was based in the centre of the Frankish Kingdom, with his capital at Soissons, and consisted of the Parisian basin, the Massif Central, the Languedoc, Provence, Burgundy, southern Austrasia, Alsace and Alemannia; the regions were poorly integrated and surrounded by those bequeathed to Charlemagne, and, although Carloman's territories were easier to defend than those of Charlemagne, they were also poorer in income.[2] It is commonly agreed that Carloman and Charlemagne disliked each other, although the reasons behind this are unclear: some historians suggest that each brother considered himself rightfully to be the sole heir of their father – Charlemagne as the elder child, Carloman as the legitimate child[3] (Charlemagne is sometimes claimed to have been born a bastard in 742, a claim not always accepted).[2] Be that as it may, Pepin the Short's disposal of his kingdom appears to have exacerbated the bad relations between the pair, since it required co-operation between the pair and left both feeling cheated.[3] Competition with Charlemagne Edit Carloman's reign proved short and troublesome. The brothers shared possession of Aquitaine, which broke into rebellion upon the death of Pepin the Short; when Charlemagne campaigned to put down the revolt, Carloman led his own army to assist. The two quarreled at Moncontour, near Poitiers, and Carloman withdrew.[4] This, it had been suggested, was an attempt to undermine Charlemagne's power, since the rebellion threatened Charlemagne's rule. Charlemagne crushed the rebels, whilst Carloman's behaviour had damaged his own standing amongst the Franks.[5][6] Relations between the two then degenerated further, requiring the mediation of their mother, Bertrada, who appears to have favoured Charlemagne, with whom she would live out her widowhood.[6] In 770, his mother Bertrada began a series of diplomatic offensive to encircle Carloman. Charlemagne had married Desiderata, the daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius in Italy, which created an alliance between Charlemagne and the Lombards; Bertrada had also secured for Charlemagne the friendship of Tassilo, Duke of Bavaria, her husband's nephew; she had even attempted to secure Papal support for the marriage by arranging for Desiderius to cede certain territories to Rome, to which the Papacy laid claim. Although Pope Stephen III remained hostile to an alliance between the Franks and the Lombards in theory, in reality, he was deeply conflicted between the threat the Lombards posed to him and the chance to dispose of the anti-Lombard Christopher the Primicerius, the dominant figure at the Papal court.[7] These maneuvers had been favorable to the Franks in general, but posed serious threats to Carloman's position. He had been left without allies: he attempted to use his brother's alliance with the Lombards to his own advantage in Rome, offering his support against the Lombards to Stephen III and entering into secret negotiations with the Primicerius, Christopher, who has been isolated by the Franco-Lombard rapprochement; but after the murder of Christopher by Desiderius, Stephen III gave his support to the Lombards and Charlemagne. Carloman's position was rescued, however, by Charlemagne's sudden repudiation of his Lombard wife, Desiderius' daughter. Desiderius, outraged and humiliated, appears to have made an alliance with Carloman in opposition to Charlemagne and the Papacy, which took the opportunity to declare itself against the Lombards.[8] Death and legacy Edit Carloman died on 4 December 771, at the Villa of Samoussy; the death, sudden and convenient though it was, was set down to natural causes (a severe nosebleed is sometimes claimed as being at fault).[9][10] At the time of his death, he and his brother Charlemagne were close to outright war, which Charlemagne's biographer Einhard attributes to the miscounsel of Carloman's advisors.[9] Carloman was buried in Reims, but he was reburied in the Basilique Saint-Denis in the 13th century. Carloman married a Frankish woman, Gerberga, who according to Pope Stephen III was chosen for him, together with Charlemagne's concubine, Himiltrude, by Pepin the Short.[11] With Gerberga he had two sons, the older of whom was named Pepin after his grandfather, marking him according to Carolingian tradition as the heir of Carloman, and of Pepin the Short.[12] After Carloman's death, Gerberga expected her elder son to become King, and for herself to rule as his regent; however, Carloman's former supporters – his cousin Adalhard, Abbot Fulrad of Saint Denis and Count Warin – turned against her, and invited Charlemagne to annex Carloman's territory, which he duly did.[13] Gerberga then fled (according to Einhard, "for no reason at all")[14] with her sons and Count Autchar, one of Carloman's faithful nobles, to the court of Desiderius, who demanded of the new Pope Hadrian I that he anoint Carloman's sons as Kings of the Franks.[15] Gerberga's flight ultimately precipitated Charlemagne's destruction of the Kingdom of the Lombards; he responded to Desiderius' support of Carloman's children, which threatened Charlemagne's own position, by sweeping into Italy and subjugating it. Desiderius and his family were captured, tonsured, and sent to Frankish religious houses; the fate of Gerberga and her children by Carloman is unknown, although it is possible that they, too, were sent by Charlemagne to monasteries and nunneries.[16] Despite their difficult relationship, and the events following Carloman's death, Charlemagne would later name his second legitimate son "Carloman" after his deceased brother. This had, perhaps, been a public gesture to honour the memory of the boy's uncle, and to quell any rumours about Charlemagne's treatment of his nephews. If so, it was swept away in 781, when Charlemagne had his son renamed as Pepin.[8] Family Edit Learn more This section does not cite any sources. He had several children with Gerberga. Pepin, Prince of the Franks (bef. 769) unknown son (ca. 770) Kunigunde or Auberge Ida (ca.768 – ca.820), m. Eckbert II, count of Mersebourg Charles, Illegitimate Carloman, Illegitimate References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carloman I. Chamberlin, Russell, The Emperor Charlemagne, p.44 Riché, Pierre, The Carolingians, p.85 Chamberlin, Russell, The Emperor Charlemagne, p.62 Collins, Roger, Medieval Europe McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, p.64 Chamberlin, Russell, The Emperor Charlemagne Davis, Raymond (Editor), The Lives of the Eighth Century Popes, 102–103 n.76; Chamberlin, Russell, The Emperor Charlemagne, 64–65; McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, pp.64–65; Collins, Roger, Early Medieval Europe, 279 McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, 65 Chamberlin, Russell, The Emperor Charlemagne, p.70 Story, Joanna, "Cathwulf, Kingship, and the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis", Speculum 74.1 (January 1999:1–21) Dutton, PE, Carolingian Civilisation: A Reader, p.25 Davis, Raymond (Editor), The Lives of the Eighth Century Popes, 102 n.76 Riché, Pierre, The Carolingians, 86 Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne, in Dutton, PE, Carolingian Civilisation: A Reader, 29 Riché, Pierre, The Carolingians, 97 Chamberlin, Russell, The Emperor Charlemagne, 75.
  5. Title: Findagrave
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6240882/carloman_i;
  6. Title: Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60541&h=5083081&indiv=try;
  7. Title: Karlmann, Fränkisches Reich, König
    Author: Link zu diesem Datensatz https://d-nb.info/gnd/118560212 Person Karlmann, Fränkisches Reich, König Adelstitel König Geschlecht männlich Quelle M Zeit Lebensdaten: 751-771 Land Europa (XA) Beziehungen zu Personen Karl, Martell (Großvater) Pippin III., Fränkisches Reich, König (Vater) Karl I., Heiliges Römisches Reich, Kaiser (Bruder) Systematik 16.5p Personen der Geschichte (Politiker und historische Persönlichkeiten) Typ Person (piz)
    Publication: Name: https://d-nb.info/gnd/118560212;
  8. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#CharlemagneB;
    Note: CARLOMAN (751-Samoussy, near Laon 4 Dec 771, bur Reims, église de l'abbaye de Saint-Rémi). The Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis names (in order) "Karolum et Karlomannum et Gislam" as children of "Pipinus rex…ex Bertrada regina"[17]. He is named second son of King Pépin and Bertrada in the Cartulaire of Saint-Bertin[18]. At the coronation of his father in 754, Carloman was also anointed by the Pope with his brother Charles[19]. On the death of his father, he received Burgundy, Provence, Gothia [Septimania], Alsace and Swabia, succeeding as CARLOMAN Joint King of the Franks. He refused to support his brother in suppressing a revolt in Aquitaine in Mar 769, but they were reconciled in early 770. His death is recorded in the Royal Frankish Annals[20]. Einhard records the death "II Non Dec" 771 of "Karlomannus frater [Karoli]" at "villa Salmontiaco"[21]. The Annales Fuldenses record the death "II Non Dec 771 in villa Salmuntiaco" of "Karlomannus rex" and his burial "Remis"[22]. The Annalium Sancti Amandi records the death at "Salmuniaco 771 pridie Non Dec" of "Karlomannus"[23]. The Annales Xantenses record the death "II Non Dec 771" of "Karlomannus rex"[24]. The Annales Laurissenses record that "Carlomanni" was buried "iuxta urbem Remorum in basilicam beati Remigii" in 771[25]. The necrology of Reims Saint-Rémi records the death "II Non Dec" of "Karlomannus Francorum rex"[26]. m ([769]) GERBERGA, daughter of --- (-772 or after). The Annales Laurissenses name "Girberga uxor Carlomanni" when recording that she left for Italy after her husband died[27]. She is not mentioned in any of the surviving charters of her husband[28]. The Annales Lobienses record that "uxor eius [=Karlomannus] cum duobus filiis et Otgario marchione" took refuge with "Desiderium regem, patrem suum" after the death of her husband[29], which would mean that she was Gerberga of the Lombards, daughter of Desiderius King of the Lombards. Settipani highlights that this may be incorrect, assuming that the text results from confusion with the first wife of Carloman's older brother King Charles being the daughter of King Desiderius, and the fact that Gerberga sought refuge at the Lombard court[30]. Another factor is also significant in deciding the question: numerous authorities, for example the Annales Fuldenses[31], record the visit to Italy of Queen Berta, mother of Charles and Carloman, to bring back the bride for her son Charles, but none mentions two sisters being brought back as brides for the two brothers. On the other hand, the fact that King Desiderius supported the candidacy of Gerberga's son Pépin to succeed his father could have been motivated by a close family relationship (see below). There is no direct proof of the date of Gerberga's marriage. If Gerberga was the daughter of King Desiderius, it is reasonable to suppose that the marriage would have taken place at the same time as the marriage of Carloman's brother, whose first wife was the daughter of King Desiderius, although this would leave little time for two children to have been born from the marriage before Carloman died. King Carloman & his wife had two children: a) PEPIN (770-after 774). The Annales Petaviani record the birth in 770 of "Pipini filii Karlomanni"[32]. The Annales Lobienses record his mother's departure to Italy "cum duobus filiis" after her husband's death[33]. Einhard also records that "Karlomannus frater [Karoli]…uxor eius et filii" went to Italy after Carloman died[34]. Desiderius King of the Lombards supported Pépin's claim to succeed his father, and requested Pope Adrian I to crown him. He fled King Charles I to Verona in 774 and was later confined to a monastery[35]. b) child (-after 772). The evidence for the existence of this second child is provided by the Annales Lobienses which record his mother's departure to Italy "cum duobus filiis" after her husband died[36]. Einhard also records that "Karlomannus frater [Karoli]…uxor eius et filii" went to Italy after Carloman died[37]. Although he does not specify how many children were involved, there was presumably insufficient time between Carloman's marriage and his death for his wife to have given birth to more than two children. There is no indication of the sex of this second child.
  9. Title: Naissance de L'Empereur Charlemagne
    Author: Internet Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne;
    Note: Born 2 April 747 Liège (Herstal) or Aachen Died 28 January 814 (aged 66) Aachen, Francia Burial Aachen Cathedral Spouses Desiderata (m. c. 770; annulled 771) Hildegard of Vinzgouw (m. 771; d. 783) Fastrada (m. c. 783; d. 794) Luitgard (m. c. 794; d. 800) Issue Among others Pepin the Hunchback Charles the Younger Pepin of Italy Louis the Pious Dynasty Carolingian Father Pepin the Short Mother Bertrada of Laon Religion Roman Catholicism
    Page: Référence nombreuses citées au bas de l'article.
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