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Carloman II
1264 gisant of Carloman, Basilica of Saint-Denis
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. Some doubts were cast upon the legitimacy of their birth, but these disappeared after their victory over the Vikings on November of that year. In March 880, the brothers divided their father's realm at Amiens, Carloman receiving the southern kingdoms of Burgundy and Aquitaine.

Meanwhile, the powerful Duke Boso of Provence had renounced his allegiance to both brothers and had been elected King of Provence on October 879. 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.

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. Carloman survived but died seven days later, on 5–6 December. He was only about 18 years old. Some modern sources give his death date as 12 December, but this is not corroborated by contemporary sources. Carloman's land were inherited by his cousin, the emperor Charles the Fat.

References

1. statue (gisant) : Louis III, roi de France, POP (Base Mérimée), French Ministry of Culture
2. McKitterick, Rosamond (1995). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780521362924.
3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carloman s.v. Carloman (d. 884)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 343.
4. ^ McKitterick, Rosamond (1995). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. II. Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–137. ISBN 9780521362924.
5. ^ Annales Vedastini. Anno DCCCLXXXIIII.
6. Obituaires de la province de Sens. Tome I, p. 351. "VIII id. Ob. Karlomannus rex."
7. Annales S. Benigni Divionensis 884. MGH V, p. 40. "Obiit Karlomannus rex Non. Decemb. ".

v t e Pippinids, Arnulfings and Carolingians
Legend: → ≡ "father of",  · ≡ "brother of" Begga, the daughter of Pepin I, married Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf of Metz, and was the mother of Pepin II.
Pippinids	Carloman → Pepin I → Grimoald I → Childebert the Adopted
Arnulfings	Arnulf of Metz → Chlodulf of Metz Ansegisel → Pepin II, his sons Drogo, sons Arnulf Hugh of Champagne Godfrey Pepin Grimoald I, son Theudoald Charles Martel, sons Carloman Pepin III Grifo Bernard Jerome Remigius Childebrand I, son Nibelung I → Nibelungids
Early Carolingians	Sons of Charles Martel Carloman, son Drogo Pepin III, sons Charlemagne, sons Pepin the Hunchback Charles the Younger Pepin Louis the Pious Lothair Drogo Hugh Theoderic Carloman, son Pepin Pepin Bernard, sons Wala Adalhard Bernhar
Carolingian Empire	Sons of Charlemagne Pepin, son Bernard → Pepin I, Count of Vermandois → Counts of Vermandois Louis the Pious, sons Arnulf of Sens Lothair I, sons Louis II of Italy → Ermengard → Louis the Blind → Bosonids Lothair II → Hugh Charles Pepin I, son Pepin II Louis the German, sons Carloman → Arnulf → Louis the Child Ratold Zwentibold → Godfrey Otto Louis the Younger → Louis Hugh Charles the Fat → Bernard Ratold → Adalbert Charles the Bald, sons Louis the Stammerer → Louis III Carloman II Charles the Simple Charles the Child Carloman Lothair the Lame Drogo Pepin Charles
West Francia	West Francia was in the hands of the Robertians from 888 until 898. It was the last Carolingian kingdom. Charles the Simple, sons Louis IV Arnulf Drogo Rorico Louis IV, sons Lothair IV Charles Louis Charles of Lorraine Henry Lothair IV, sons Louis V Arnulf Charles of Lorraine, sons Otto Louis Charles

• 860s births
• 884 deaths
• 9th-century kings of West Francia
• Medieval child monarchs
• Frankish warriors
• Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis
• 9th-century people from West Francia
• Carolingian dynasty
• Deaths by stabbing in Norway