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  Charlemagne - LoveToKnow 1911
In 768 Pippin divided his dominions between his two sons, and on his death soon afterwards Charles became the ruler of the northern portion of the Frankish kingdom, and was crowned at Noyon on the 9th of October 768.
Carloman's widow Gerberga had fled to the protection of the Lombard king, who espoused her cause and requested the new pope, Adrian I., to recognize her two sons as the lawful Frankish kings.
According to Berte aus grans pies, in the 13th-century remaniement of the Brabantine trouvere Adenes le Rois, Charlemagne was the son of Pippin and of Berte, the daughter of Flore and Blanchefleur, king and queen of Hungary.
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 son of Pippin III Carloman Biography
Carloman (751 - December 4, 771) was a King of the Franks (768 - 771).
He was the second son of Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon.
There was considerable tension between the brothers, which may be the reason why, at Carloman's death, his wife Gerberga fled with her sons to the court of Desiderius, king of the Lombards.
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  Carloman (son of Pippin III) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Carloman (751 – December 4, 771) was a King of the Franks (768 - 771).
Along with his brother Charles, Carloman was anointed as king by Pope Stephen III in 754.
There was considerable tension between the brothers, which may be the reason why, at Carloman's death, his wife Gerberga fled with her sons to the court of Desiderius, king of the Lombards.
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 pippin iii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Pepin III (714 - September 24, 768) more often known as Pepin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Jüngere), was a King of the Franks (751 - 768).
Carloman, who by all evidence was a deeply pious man, retired to a monastery in 747.
Pepin III died at Saint Denis in 768 and is interred there in the Saint Denis Basilica with his wife Bertrada.
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 Read about Carloman, son of Charles Martel at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Carloman, son of Charles Martel and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
At the death of his father in 741, an attempt was made to divide power between Carloman and his brother Pippin III and Grifo.
Carloman and Pippin soon ousted Grifo, and each turned his attention towards his own area of influence, Pippin in the West and Carloman in the East.
Boniface, the so-called "Apostle to the Germans." This was in part a continuation of a policy begun under his grandfather Pippin of Herstal and continued to a lesser extent under Charles Martel.
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 Charlemagne Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Arguably the founder of the Frankish Empire in Western Europe, Charlemagne was the elder son of Pepin the Short (714 – September 24, 768, reigned 751 – 768) and his wife Bertrada of Laon (720 – July 12, 783); he was the brother of the Lady Bertha mother of Roland.
On the death of Pepin the kingdom was divided between Charlemagne and his brother Carloman, son of Pippin IIICarloman (Carloman ruled Austrasia).
Carloman died on the December 55th of December, 771, leaving Charlemagne the leader of a reunified Frankish kingdom.
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 Pippin III - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
Pippin III (714 - 768) more often known as Pippin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine), was King of the Franks from 751 - 768.
Pippin's first major act was to go to war against the Lombards as a partial repayment for papal support in his quest for the crown.
Pippin III died at Saint Denis on September 24, 768 and is interred there in the Abbey Basilica with his wife Bertrada (720 - July 12, 783).
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 Pippin the Younger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Pippin the Younger (714-September 24, 768) often known under the mistranslation Pippin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine, Pippin der Kurze, Pippin der Jüngere), was a King of the Franks (751-768).
Pippin then went to ask the Pope who should be complete ruler; the person with the title of king, or the person who makes the decisions of king.
Pippin died at Saint Denis in 768 and is interred there in the Saint Denis Basilica with his wife Bertrada.
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 Carloman, son of Charles Martel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Carloman (716-754) was the son of Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Chrotrud.
He was a member of the family later called the Carolingians and it can be argued that he was instrumental in consolidating their power at the expense of the ruling Merovingian kings of the Franks.
Carloman strengthened his authority in part via his support of Boniface, the so-called "Apostle to the Germans." This was in part a continuation of a policy begun under his grandfather Pippin of Herstal and continued to a lesser extent under Charles Martel.
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 Charlemagne articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Charlemagne was the elder son of Pippin the Younger (714 – 24 September 768, reigned 751 – 768) and his wife Bertrada of Laon (720 – 12 July 783); he was the brother of the Lady Bertha, mother of Roland.
On the death of Pippin the kingdom was divided between Charlemagne and his brother Carloman, son of Pippin IIICarloman.
- House of Pippin / Dynasty of Charlemagne: Genealogy of Charlemagne.
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 CARLOMAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Carloman (830-880) was a member of the Eastern Frankish Carolingian ruling house.
The son of Louis the German, King of the East Franks, and Emma, daughter of the count Welf, he received the title of King of Bavaria from his father.
Carloman (died 884), king of Western Francia, was the eldest son of King Louis the Stammerer, and became king, together with his brother Louis III, on his father's death in 879.
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 700 - 900
Charlemagne was the elder son of Pippin the Short, and on the death of Pippin in 768 the kingdom was divided between Charlemagne and his brother Carloman.
Carloman died in 771, leaving Charlemagne with a reunified Frankish kingdom.
He was succeeded by his only son to survive him, Louis the Pious, after whose reign the empire was divided between his surviving sons according to Frankish tradition.
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 44th Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Charles was the illegitimate son of Pippin II of Herstal, the mayor of the palace of Austrasia.
Pippin left as heirs three grandsons, and, until they came of age, Plectrude, Pippin's widow, was to hold power.
BIOGRAPHY: Cynan Dindaethwy was the son of King Rhodri Molwynog of Gwynedd and his wife, Princess Margaret of Ireland, presumably born in the cwmwd of Ynys Mon (Anglesey) which gave him his epithet.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Carloman, son of Pippin III
Carloman (751 – December 4, 771) was the king of the Franks from 768 through 771.
He was the second son of Pippin the Younger and Bertrada of Laon.
There was considerable tension between the brothers, which may be the reason why, at Carloman's death, his wife Gerberge fled with her sons to the court of Desiderius, king of the Lombards.
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 Charlemagne Bio
Pippin and his older brother, Carloman, had just jointly assumed the government of the Frankish kingdom as major domus, or “mayor of the palace.” The dynasty, later called Carolingian after Charlemagne, had originated in the Meuse-Moselle region on the borders of modern France, Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
On Carloman's retirement to a monastery, Pippin eliminated the latter's sons from the government.
On Carloman's sudden death in 771, Charles was able to make himself sole ruler of the kingdom, unopposed by his young nephews, whose rights he ignored.
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 Royalty.nu - The Carolingian Empire - Charlemagne and His Heirs
His father, Pepin or Pippin III, was elected king of the Frankish Empire when Charlemagne was a child.
But Charles III was not up to ruling an empire, and in 887 he was deposed by his nephew Arnulf, who became king of the East Franks.
His successor to the imperial title was Emperor Louis III, son of King Boso of Provence and his wife Irmingard, daughter of Emperor Louis II.
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753) was the son of the Frankish major domo Charles Martel and his second wife Swanahild.
Grifo, considered illegitimate by Pippin and Carloman, was lured into a trap by his half-brothers, however, and imprisoned in a monastery.
Grifo continued his rebellion, but was eventually killed in the battle of Saint-Jean de Maurienne in 753, while Pippin became king of the Franks as Pippin III in 751.
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 Charlemagne --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
His coronation as emperor at Rome on Christmas Day, 800, after restoring Leo III to the papacy, marks the revival of the empire in Latin Europe and was the forerunner of the Holy Roman Empire.
Pippin III was faithful to ancient customs, and upon his death in 768 his kingdom was divided between his two sons, Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman.
In 771 Carloman died, and Charlemagne became sole ruler of the kingdom.
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