Carloman

After Carloman was incapacitated by a stroke in 879, Louis the Younger inherited Bavaria, Charles the Fat was given the Kingdom of Italy and Arnulf was confirmed in Carinthia by an agreement with Carloman.

Charles met Carloman, but Carloman refused to participate and returned to Burgundy.

A report that the emperor Louis II (of Italy) was dead led to peace between father and sons and attempts by Louis the German to gain the imperial crown for Carloman.

Carloman had consented to the temporary tenancy of his own share, which he intended to pass on to his own son, Drogo, when the inheritance should be settled at someone's death.

Carloman's sudden death in 771 under unexplained circumstances left Charlemagne as the undisputed ruler of the Frankish Kingdom.

Carloman's widow Gerberga fled to Desiderius' court in Lombardy with her sons for protection.

Charles Martel divides the realm between Pepin and Carloman.

Church reforms seeAlso Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen Cathedral Unlike his father, Pippin, and uncle, Carloman, Charlemagne expanded the reform program of the church.

He was supported in this appeal by Carloman, Charles' brother.

In 745, Aquitaine faced yet another expedition by Charles' sons Pepin and Carloman against Hunald, the Aquitanian princeps (or duke) strong in Bordeaux.

In return, the pope could provide only legitimacy, which he did by again anointing and confirming Pepin, this time adding his young sons Carolus and Carloman to the royal patrimony, now heirs to the great realm that already covered most of western Europe.

Mann, pgs. 376-377 Placing his hope in the Franks, he attempted to mediate in the quarrels between Charlemagne and Carloman, which were only helping the Lombard’s cause in Italy.