Editing Carloman of Bavaria (section)

==Ruler of Bavaria==
[[File:Carolingian empire 876.svg|thumb|Carolingian empire in 876, with Carloman′s Bavaria in blue]]
In Bavaria, Carloman re-founded the palace and monastery at [[Ötting]].{{sfn|Reuter|1991|p=87}} He dedicated it to the Virgin Mary and "numerous other saints whose relics we were able to collect with God's help".{{sfn|Goldberg|2006|p=305}} He appointed his father's friend, the linguistic scholar [[Baldo of Salzburg|Baldo]], as his chancellor.{{sfn|Goldberg|2006|p=183}} In 878, he may have been the object of an assassination attempt.{{sfn|Reuter|1991|p=116}} According to the ''[[Annales Iuvavenses]]'', the king "was surrounded by Count Ermenpert and some of his soldiers" at [[Ergolding]], but the count apparently fled to [[West Francia]], where he was received by [[Louis the Stammerer]].<ref name=AnnalesIuvavenses>[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica|MGH]], ''Scriptores'', '''30''', [http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/goToPage/bsb00000883.html?pageNo=742&sortIndex=010%3A050%3A0030%3A010%3A02%3A00 p. 742]: DCCCLXXVIII. Karlomannus rex circumseptus ad Ergoltinga ab Ermenperto comite et ceteris sodalibus suis. Ermpertus in Franciam receptus a Ludowico. DCCCLXXX. Karlomannus rex obiit X kal. October.</ref>

Carloman groomed his illegitimate son Arnulf for the succession in Bavaria. In a charter issued at Regensburg, he called him "regal son" (''filius regalis''), a term similar to "the king's son" (''filius regis''), which was the standard title of a legitimate royal son. This policy had supporters, like Abbot [[Regino of Prüm]] and the [[Abbey of Saint Gall|monks of Saint Gall]], but also detractors, who appealed to Carloman's brother Louis.{{sfn|MacLean|2003|pp=134–36}} In early 879, Carloman was incapacitated by illness, perhaps a [[stroke]]. Louis came to Bavaria to receive the recognition of the aristocracy as future king.{{sfn|Reuter|1991|p=83}} By Easter he had left, and Arnulf took control of the kingdom in his father's name. He dismissed some prominent counts, who appealed to Louis to restore them. Carloman tried to legitimise Arnulf's actions by adding his son's name to the prayer provisions of his charters, but in November Louis came to Bavaria to force a resolution of the succession. He restored the deposed counts and Carloman formally abdicated his Bavarian throne to his brother. He also placed Arnulf under Louis's protection.{{sfn|MacLean|2003|pp=134–36}} His brother Charles dated his reign in Italy from November 879, so presumably Carloman abdicated that kingdom at the same time as Bavaria.{{sfn|MacLean|2010|p=147}}