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CARLOMAN (751-771)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 343 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARLOMAN (751-771) , See also:king of the See also:Franks, was a son of King See also:Pippin the See also:Short, and consequently a See also:brother of See also:Charlemagne. The See also:brothers became See also:joint See also:kings of the Franks on Pippin's See also:death in 768, and some trouble which See also:broke out between them over the conduct of the See also:war in See also:Aquitaine was followed by Carlo-See also:man's death at Samoussy on the 4th of See also:December 771. He married Gerberga, a daughter of See also:Desiderius, king of the See also:Lombards, who, together with her See also:children, vanished from See also:history soon after her See also:husband's death.

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