Carloman

Carloman

Carloman (between 706 and 716 – 17 August 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carloman is the 2,558th most popular politician (down from 2,049th in 2019). (down from 205th in 2019)

Carloman was the youngest son of Charlemagne and Hildegard. He was made co-emperor with his brother, Louis the Pious, by their father in 813. He was king of Italy and co-emperor from 817 until his death in 887.