King of the Franks and "Patrician of the Romans" Carloman Carolingian, I

751 - 771  (20 years)

• Name	Carloman Carolingian  [1, 2]
  Title	King of the Franks and "Patrician of the Romans"
  Suffix	I
  Birth	28 Jun 751	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Dec 771
  	Villa of Samoussy. The death, sudden and convenient though it was, was set down to natural causes (a severe nosebleed is sometimes claimed as being at fault)
  Burial	Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France   [2]
  Person ID	I10636	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Holy Roman Emperor Pepin Martel, III,   b. 714, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany d. 24 Sep 768, St Denis, Cher, Centre, France (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bertrade de Laon, II,   b. 717, Léon, Landes, Aquitaine, France d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	740	Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F3040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerberga
  Family ID	F3818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Jun 751 - Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Burial - - Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Carloman I 751-771 - French King. French Monarch. He reigned from 768 to 771 as King of the Franks. Carloman died on 4 December 771, at the Villa of Samoussy at the age of 20 years; the death, sudden and convenient though it was, was set down to natural causes (a severe nosebleed is sometimes claimed as being at fault). Gravesite Details Carloman was buried in Saint Reims Basilica, but he was reburied in the Basilique Saint-Denis in the 13th century. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6240882/carloman_i [S457] Wikipedia: Bertrada of Laon, Bertrade de Laon II. Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783), also known as Bertrada the Younger or Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede aucae i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), was a Frankish queen. She was the wife of Pepin the Short and the mother of Charlemagne, Carloman and Gisela. Bertrada's nickname "Bertha Broadfoot" dates back to the 13th century, when it was used in Adenes Le Roi's trouvère Li rouman de Berte aus grands piés.[1] The exact reason that Bertrada was given this nickname is unclear. It is possible that Bertrada was born with a clubfoot,[2] although Adenes does not mention this in his poem.[1] The nickname might have been a reference to an ancient legend about a Germanic goddess named Perchta, to real and mythological queens named Bertha, or to several similarly-named Christian queens.[3] Many myths and legends exist in Europe and Asia, in which clubfooted people are described as the link between the world of the living and the spirit world.[4] The tavern sign in Anatole France's novel At the Sign of the Reine Pédauque alludes to this queen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrada_of_Laon [S458] Wikipedia: Pepin the Short, Pepin Martel III. Pepin the Short[a] (German: Pippin der Kurze, French: Pépin le Bref, c. 714 – 24 September 768) was the King of the Franks from 751 until his death. He was the first of the Carolingians to become king.[b][2] The younger son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude, Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of St. Denis. Succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace in 741, Pepin reigned over Francia jointly with his elder brother Carloman. Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his brother Carloman established himself in Austrasia, Alemannia and Thuringia. The brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons, and the Alemanni in the early years of their reign. In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the Franks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short