Arnulf of Carinthia
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Arnulf of Carinthia was the duke of Carinthia who overthrew his uncle Emperor Charles the Fat to become the Carolingian king of East Francia from 887, the disputed king of Italy from 894 and the disputed emperor from February 22, 896, until his death at Regensburg, Bavaria.
A charter of donation by king Arnulf of Carinthia, issued on 15 April 890 at Regensburg.
Arnulf of Carinthia and Louis the Child by Johann Jakob Jung (1840).
Charles the Fat
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Charles III, also known as Charles the Fat, was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne. He was the last Carolingian emperor of legitimate birth and the last to rule a united kingdom of the Franks.
A seal of Charles the Fat with the inscription KAROLVS MAGS ("Carolus Magnus")
Charter of Charles III, 2 December 882.
Charles in a 14th-century sandstone relief, flanked by a squire and a knight.
Charles the Fat receives the offer of kingship from two West Francian ambassadors (from the Grandes Chroniques de France, illustration from c. 1375–1379).