Editing Carloman II

{{Short description|King of West Francia from 879 to 884}}
{{For|the second Carloman of the Carolingian dynasty, sometimes called "Carloman II"|Carloman I}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| image        = Basilica di saint Denis Carlomanno II di Francia (rotated).jpeg
| caption      = 1264 [[gisant]] of Carloman, [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]]<ref>[https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM93000119 statue (gisant) : Louis III, roi de France], ''POP'' (''[[Base Mérimée]]''), [[French Ministry of Culture]]</ref>
| birth_date   = {{circa}} 866
| death_date   = 6 December 884 (aged {{circa}} 18)
| death_place  = near [[Les Andelys]]
| burial_place = [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]]
| dynasty      = [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]]
| father       = [[Louis the Stammerer]]
| mother       = [[Ansgarde of Burgundy]]
| succession   = [[List of French monarchs|King of West Francia]]
| coronation   = September 879
| cor-type     = france
| reign        = 10 April 879 – 6 December 884
| predecessor  = [[Louis the Stammerer|Louis II]]
| successor    = [[Charles the Fat]]
| regent       = [[Louis III of France|Louis III]] (879–882)
| reg-type     = Co-Monarch
}}

'''Carloman II''' ({{circa}} 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 of France|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 of Burgundy|Ansgarde]].

[[File:Denier sous Carloman II.jpg|right|thumb|265px|A ''[[denarius]]'' of Carloman II]]

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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McKitterick |first=Rosamond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEaSdNBL0sgC&pg=PA137 |title=The New Cambridge Medieval History |year=1995 |isbn=9780521362924 |volume=2 |pages=137|publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref> Some doubts were cast upon the legitimacy of their birth,<ref name=":0">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Carloman (Frankish princes)|display=Carloman s.v. Carloman (d. 884)|volume=5|page=343}}</ref> but these disappeared after their victory over the [[Vikings]] on November of that year.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=McKitterick |first=Rosamond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEaSdNBL0sgC&pg=PA137 |title=The New Cambridge Medieval History |year=1995 |volume=II |pages=133–137 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521362924 |author-link=Rosamond McKitterick}}</ref> In March 880, the brothers divided their father's realm at [[Amiens]], Carloman receiving the southern kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] and [[Kingdom of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]].<ref name=":0"/>

Meanwhile, the powerful Duke [[Boso of Provence]] had renounced his allegiance to both brothers and had been elected [[King of Burgundy|King of Provence]] on October 879.<ref name=":1" /> In 880, Carloman and Louis III marched against Boso and took the northern parts of his realm, starting a two-year siege in [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]]. The city was finally taken by [[Richard, Duke of Burgundy]], in 882.<ref name=":1" />

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.<ref name=":2">''[[Annales Vedastini]].'' [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/annalesvedastini.html Anno DCCCLXXXIIII.]</ref> Carloman survived but died seven days later,<ref name=":2" /> on 5–6 December.<ref>''[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k59033/f466.item Obituaires de la province de Sens]''. Tome I, p. 351. "[[Ides (calendar)|VIII id.]] [6 December] Ob. Karlomannus rex."</ref><ref>[https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_ss_5/#page/40/mode/1up ''Annales S. Benigni Divionensis'' 884.] [[Monumenta Germaniae Historica|MGH]] '''V''', p. 40. "Obiit Karlomannus rex [[Nones (calendar)|Non. Decemb.]] [5 December]".</ref> He was only about 18 years old.<ref name=":2" /> Some modern sources give his death date as 12 December,<ref name=":0" /> but this is not corroborated by contemporary sources. Carloman's land were inherited by his cousin, the emperor [[Charles the Fat]].

==References==
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[[File:Sacre Carloman2+Boso.jpg|thumb|left|265px|The coronation of Carloman (left) and his elder brother, who is shown seated higher and crowned by two bishops]]
[[File:Empire Carolingien en 880.png|thumb|right|265px|The realm of Carloman II after the division of the Carolingian Empire in March 880 is shown in blue]]
[[File:Charles Auguste Guillaume Henri François Louis de Steuben - Louis III (vers 863-882) et Carloman (vers 866-884).jpg|thumb|left|265px|Artistic representation of Louis III & Carloman II, as part of a large collection of commissioned paintings by [[Louis Philippe I]] of all the French monarchs. <br />([[Charles de Steuben|Charles Auguste Steuben]], ca. 1837).]]

==Sources==
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* {{Cite book|last=MacLean|first=Simon|title=Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the end of the Carolingian Empire|year=2003|location=New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Icl9qL3FnMC}}
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{{Commons category|Carloman II of France}}

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