Carloman 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, Carloman and his brother Pepin the Short succeeded to th
Charles Martel divides the realm between Pepin and Carloman (On the right).
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Denier Chinon 954, obverse
Pepin the Short
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Pepin the Short was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king.
Carloman (mayor of the palace)
…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…
Pepin the Younger, miniature, Anonymi chronica imperatorum, c. 1112–1114
Coronation in 751 of Pepin by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz
Arab and Berber Muslim troops retreating from Narbonne after the Frankish conquest of Septimania in 759. Illustration by Émile Bayard, 1880.
Allegoric depiction of Pepin