Biography of Carloman II King West Francia 866-884

Paternal Family Tree: Carolingian

Maternal Family Tree: Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia 880

Carloman II and Engelberge Bivinids Queen Consort West Francia were married. He the son of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia and Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia. They were half second cousin once removed.

Before 863 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 16) and [his mother] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia were married in secret. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine, Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 39) and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.

In 866 Carloman II was born to [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 19) and [his mother] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia.

In 866 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 19) succeeded II King Aquitaine.

In February 875 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 28) and [his step-mother] Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia (age 25) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aquitaine, Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 51) and [his grandmother] Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia.

In 877 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 30) succeeded III King West Francia.

On 10th April 879 [his father] Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia (age 32) died. His son [his brother] Louis (age 16) succeeded III King West Francia. His son Carloman (age 13) succeeded King West Francia. Engelberge Bivinids Queen Consort West Francia by marriage Queen Consort West Francia.

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Around 880 [his mother] Ansgarde Burgundy Queen Consort Aquitaine Queen Consort West Francia died.

On 5th August 882 [his brother] Louis III King West Francia (age 19) died.

Assers Life of Alfred 884. 884. 68. Death of Carloman, of Louis II, and of Louis III.¹⁴⁷ In that same year also, Carloman (age 18), King of the West Franks, while engaged in a boar-hunt, was miserably slain by a boar, which inflicted a dreadful wound on him with its tusk. His brother [his brother] Louis, who had also been King of the Franks, had died the year before. Both these were sons of Louis¹⁴⁸, King of the Franks, who also had died in the year above mentioned, in which the eclipse of the sun took place.¹⁴⁹ This Louis was the son of [his grandfather] Charles¹⁵⁰, King of the Franks, whose daughter [his aunt] Judith¹⁵¹ Æthelwulf, King of the West Saxons, took to queen with her father's consent.

Note 147. Chiefly from the Chronicle.

Note 148. [his father] Louis the Stammerer.

Note 149. Cf. chap. 59.

Note 150. Charles the Bald.

Note 151. Cf. chaps. 11 and 13.

Death of Carloman II King West Francia

On 12th December 884 Carloman II (age 18) died. His half first cousin once removed Charles (age 45) succeeded III King West Francia, King Aquitaine.

Biography of Carloman II King West Francia 866-884

Royal Ancestors of Carloman II

Ancestors of Carloman II