Carloman | |
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| Born | c. 713 |
| Died | 17 July or 17 August 754 (aged 40-41) |
| Resting place | Abbey of Monte Cassino 41°29′24″N 13°48′50″E / 41.49000°N 13.81389°E |
| Known for | Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Duke of the Franks |
| Children | (possibly) Rotrude, Countess of Paris |
| Carolingian dynasty |
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Carloman (between 706 and 716[a] – 17 August[b] 754) was the eldest son of Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud of Treves. On Charles's death (741), Carloman and his brother Pepin the Short succeeded to their father's legal positions, Carloman in Austrasia, and Pepin in Neustria. 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. He withdrew from public life in 747 to take up the monastic habit, "the first of a new type of saintly king", according to Norman Cantor, "more interested in religious devotion than royal power, who frequently appeared in the following three centuries and who was an indication of the growing impact of Christian piety on Germanic society".[1]
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- ^ Norman Cantor, 1993. The Civilization of the Middle Ages, p. 170.