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Personal data Arnulf Arnoul ( Bâtard ) "king of East Francia ..." of Carinthia Emperor, King of Germany 

• Alternative name: King Arnulf of Germany
• Nickname is king of East Francia ....
• He was born about 845 in Carinthia, Sachsen, Germany.
• Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on August 21, 1993.
• Occupations:
• DucaCarinzia Austria in Ducato di Carinzia.
• unknown in King of Germany, Duke of Carinthia/Bavaria.
• in the year 882 DucaRatisbona
  Baviera Germany in Ducato di Baviera.
• on November 17, 887 ReRatisbona
  Baviera Germany in Regno dei Franchi orientali.
• on February 22, 896 Imperatore in Sacro Romano Impero.
• King of East Francia, Holy Roman Emperor, Rey de Francia Oriental, Rey de Lotaringia y Roi, de Germanie, de Lotharingie, de Bavière, ruled from 896, King of Bavaria.
• Resident in the year 887: distinguished himself in wars against the Slavs.
• He died on November 29, 899 in Regensburg, Bayern, Germany.
• He is buried in Saint-Emmeran, Ragensburg (Alemanha).
• A child of Karlmann de Bavière and Litwinde
• This information was last updated on July 30, 2020.

Household of Arnulf Arnoul ( Bâtard ) "king of East Francia ..." of Carinthia Emperor, King of Germany

(1) He is married to Oda.

They got married in the year 888.

Child(ren):

1. Bertha  ± 890-± 936 

(2) He had a relationship with NN de la Forrêt Hercynienne.

Child(ren):

1. Glismonde von Kärnten  ????-924 

Notes about Arnulf Arnoul ( Bâtard ) "king of East Francia ..." of Carinthia Emperor, King of Germany

Name Prefix: King Name Suffix: I, Of Germany (Of Carinthia)

Name Prefix: King Name Suffix: I, Of Germany (Of Carinthia)

ELEC: 887 King of the East Franks 3
Event: Crowned 22 FEB 895/96 Holy Roman Emperor; by Pope Formosus, atSt. Peter's, Rome 3
Note:
Arnulf, also called ARNULF OF CARINTHIA, German ARNULF VON KÄRNTEN (d. Dec. 8, 899), duke of Carinthia who deposed his uncle, the Holy Roman emperor Charles III the Fat, and became king of Germany, later briefly wearing the crown of the emperor.
Arnulf was the illegitimate son of Charles the Fat's eldest brother, Carloman, who was king of Bavaria. Arnulf inherited the march of Carinthia from his father but was excluded from the succession to the kingdom on Carloman's death. Arnulf maintained and consolidated his frontiers, though in constant tension with the Moravian kingdom of Svatopluk.In November 887, at Frankfurt, the East Frankish magnates revolted against the incompetent emperor Charles the Fat, who since 885 had ruledthe reunited Carolingian empire. Arnulf was elected king of the East Franks, and Charles yielded without a struggle. The West Franks, Burgundy, and Italy refused to recognize Arnulf, however, and elected new kings from their own nobility. The Carolingian empire thus finally disintegrated.
Arnulf's base of operations remained in Bavaria, but he successfully defended his authority as German king in Lotharingia (now Lorraine), and he even maintained a loose feudal authority over the other kings. He was an energetic ruler whose suzerainty was acknowledged even by the sons of Svatopluk after their father's death in 894. In 891 Arnulf inflicted a crushing defeat on the Vikings at the Dyle River, north ofBrussels, and their raids up the Rhine River consequently ended in 892. Arnulf also gave his son Zwentibold the crown of Lotharingia.
The king of Italy, Guy of Spoleto, had had himself crowned Holy Romanemperor by Pope Stephen V. In 893, after reluctantly crowning Guy's son, Lambert, as co-emperor, the new pope, Formosus, sought help against Guy from Arnulf, who accordingly invaded Italy in 894. Arnulf withdrew from Italy later that same year, but, after Guy's death in 894, Pope Formosus urged Arnulf to invade Italy once more. Crossing the Alps in October 895, Arnulf, although handicapped by bad weather, illness, and the absence of expected support from Berengar of Friuli, appeared before the walls of Rome. Rome fell, and in St. Peter's on Feb. 22, 896, Arnulf was crowned emperor by Formosus, who declared Lambert deposed. After a two-week stay in the city, Arnulf marched south to settle accounts with his rival at Spoleto, but en route he was suddenly taken ill and had to return to Bavaria where he died in Dec. 899, and was buried at Regensburg. Lambert remained emperor despite the pope's action.
The last three years of Arnulf's life, during which his illness continued, saw Germany invaded by Moravians and Hungarians, Lotharingia in revolt against Zwentibold, Italy lost, and France free of Arnulf's influence. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, ARNULF]

ELEC: 887 King of the East Franks 3
Event: Crowned 22 FEB 895/96 Holy Roman Emperor; by Pope Formosus, atSt. Peter's, Rome 3
Note:
Arnulf, also called ARNULF OF CARINTHIA, German ARNULF VON KÄRNTEN (d. Dec. 8, 899), duke of Carinthia who deposed his uncle, the Holy Roman emperor Charles III the Fat, and became king of Germany, later briefly wearing the crown of the emperor.
Arnulf was the illegitimate son of Charles the Fat's eldest brother, Carloman, who was king of Bavaria. Arnulf inherited the march of Carinthia from his father but was excluded from the succession to the kingdom on Carloman's death. Arnulf maintained and consolidated his frontiers, though in constant tension with the Moravian kingdom of Svatopluk.In November 887, at Frankfurt, the East Frankish magnates revolted against the incompetent emperor Charles the Fat, who since 885 had ruledthe reunited Carolingian empire. Arnulf was elected king of the East Franks, and Charles yielded without a struggle. The West Franks, Burgundy, and Italy refused to recognize Arnulf, however, and elected new kings from their own nobility. The Carolingian empire thus finally disintegrated.
Arnulf's base of operations remained in Bavaria, but he successfully defended his authority as German king in Lotharingia (now Lorraine), and he even maintained a loose feudal authority over the other kings. He was an energetic ruler whose suzerainty was acknowledged even by the sons of Svatopluk after their father's death in 894. In 891 Arnulf inflicted a crushing defeat on the Vikings at the Dyle River, north ofBrussels, and their raids up the Rhine River consequently ended in 892. Arnulf also gave his son Zwentibold the crown of Lotharingia.
The king of Italy, Guy of Spoleto, had had himself crowned Holy Romanemperor by Pope Stephen V. In 893, after reluctantly crowning Guy's son, Lambert, as co-emperor, the new pope, Formosus, sought help against Guy from Arnulf, who accordingly invaded Italy in 894. Arnulf withdrew from Italy later that same year, but, after Guy's death in 894, Pope Formosus urged Arnulf to invade Italy once more. Crossing the Alps in October 895, Arnulf, although handicapped by bad weather, illness, and the absence of expected support from Berengar of Friuli, appeared before the walls of Rome. Rome fell, and in St. Peter's on Feb. 22, 896, Arnulf was crowned emperor by Formosus, who declared Lambert deposed. After a two-week stay in the city, Arnulf marched south to settle accounts with his rival at Spoleto, but en route he was suddenly taken ill and had to return to Bavaria where he died in Dec. 899, and was buried at Regensburg. Lambert remained emperor despite the pope's action.
The last three years of Arnulf's life, during which his illness continued, saw Germany invaded by Moravians and Hungarians, Lotharingia in revolt against Zwentibold, Italy lost, and France free of Arnulf's influence. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, ARNULF]

ELEC: 887 King of the East Franks 3
Event: Crowned 22 FEB 895/96 Holy Roman Emperor; by Pope Formosus, atSt. Peter's, Rome 3
Note:
Arnulf, also called ARNULF OF CARINTHIA, German ARNULF VON KÄRNTEN (d. Dec. 8, 899), duke of Carinthia who deposed his uncle, the Holy Roman emperor Charles III the Fat, and became king of Germany, later briefly wearing the crown of the emperor.
Arnulf was the illegitimate son of Charles the Fat's eldest brother, Carloman, who was king of Bavaria. Arnulf inherited the march of Carinthia from his father but was excluded from the succession to the kingdom on Carloman's death. Arnulf maintained and consolidated his frontiers, though in constant tension with the Moravian kingdom of Svatopluk.In November 887, at Frankfurt, the East Frankish magnates revolted against the incompetent emperor Charles the Fat, who since 885 had ruledthe reunited Carolingian empire. Arnulf was elected king of the East Franks, and Charles yielded without a struggle. The West Franks, Burgundy, and Italy refused to recognize Arnulf, however, and elected new kings from their own nobility. The Carolingian empire thus finally disintegrated.
Arnulf's base of operations remained in Bavaria, but he successfully defended his authority as German king in Lotharingia (now Lorraine), and he even maintained a loose feudal authority over the other kings. He was an energetic ruler whose suzerainty was acknowledged even by the sons of Svatopluk after their father's death in 894. In 891 Arnulf inflicted a crushing defeat on the Vikings at the Dyle River, north ofBrussels, and their raids up the Rhine River consequently ended in 892. Arnulf also gave his son Zwentibold the crown of Lotharingia.
The king of Italy, Guy of Spoleto, had had himself crowned Holy Romanemperor by Pope Stephen V. In 893, after reluctantly crowning Guy's son, Lambert, as co-emperor, the new pope, Formosus, sought help against Guy from Arnulf, who accordingly invaded Italy in 894. Arnulf withdrew from Italy later that same year, but, after Guy's death in 894, Pope Formosus urged Arnulf to invade Italy once more. Crossing the Alps in October 895, Arnulf, although handicapped by bad weather, illness, and the absence of expected support from Berengar of Friuli, appeared before the walls of Rome. Rome fell, and in St. Peter's on Feb. 22, 896, Arnulf was crowned emperor by Formosus, who declared Lambert deposed. After a two-week stay in the city, Arnulf marched south to settle accounts with his rival at Spoleto, but en route he was suddenly taken ill and had to return to Bavaria where he died in Dec. 899, and was buried at Regensburg. Lambert remained emperor despite the pope's action.
The last three years of Arnulf's life, during which his illness continued, saw Germany invaded by Moravians and Hungarians, Lotharingia in revolt against Zwentibold, Italy lost, and France free of Arnulf's influence. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, ARNULF]

He was the illegitimate son of Carloman of Bavaria, the East Franks (Germany)
ruler, and the nephew of Charles III the Fat. Arnulf deposed Charles III the
Fat in November 887, forcing him to abdicate in the revolt of 887. Arnulf was
then elected King of the East Franks (Germany) and later became Holy Roman
Emperor in 896. Charles III the Fat was afflicted by illness and was listless
in his duties. His incompetence and the ambition of his nephew Arnulf finally
provoked the rising in E. Francia where Arnulf took over the government.

Arnulf of Carinthia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arnulf of Carinthia
Holy Roman Emperor, King of East Francia

Later romantic portrait of Arnulf.
Reign November 887 – 8 December 899
Coronation Crowned Holy Roman Emperor: 22 February 896, Rome
Titles King of Italy
Born 850
Died 8 December 899
Predecessor Charles the Fat
Successor Louis the Child
Consort Ota
Issue Louis the Child
Royal House Carolingian Dynasty
Father Carloman of Bavaria
Mother Liutswind
Arnulf of Carinthia (Slovenian Arnulf Koroški, German Arnulf von Kärnten) (850 – December 8, 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia[1] from 887 and Holy Roman Emperor from 896 until his death. He was the illegitimate son of Carloman, King of Bavaria, and his concubine, Liutswind,[2] of Carantanian (Slovenian) origin, daughter of one Count Ernst. He was given the Duchy of Carinthia (a Frankish vassal state and successor of the ancient Principality of Karantania) by his father when he divided his realm, giving Bavaria to Louis the Younger and the Kingdom of Italy to Charles the Fat, in 880 on his death.

He spent his childhood in Karantania, homeland of his mother. Carloman had a court there, in Moosburg (then Blatograd), where the young Arnulf grew up. From later events it is evident that the Karantanians (Slovenians), from an early time, treated him as their own Duke.

When, in 882, Engelschalk II rebelled against the margrave of Austria, Aribo, and ignited the so-called Wilhelminer War, Arnulf supported him and even accepted his and his brother's homage. This ruined Arnulf's relationship with his uncle the emperor and put him at war with Svatopluk of Moravia. Pannonia was invaded, but Arnulf refused to give up the young Wilhelminers. Arnulf did not make peace with Svatopluk until late 885, by which time the Moravian was a man of the emperor. Some scholars see this war as destroying Arnulf's hopes at succeeded Charles.

He took the leading role in the deposition of his uncle, the Emperor Charles the Fat. With the support of the nobles, Arnulf held a diet and deposed Charles in November 887, under threat of military action. Charles peacefully went into his involuntary retirement, but not without first chastising his nephew for his treachery and asking only for a few royal villas in Swabia, which Arnulf mercifully granted him, on which to live out his final months. Arnulf was elected by the nobles of the realm (only the eastern realm, though Charles had ruled the whole of the Frankish lands) and assumed his title of King.

Arnulf was not a negotiator, but a fighter. At the decisive Battle of Leuven in September 891, he defeated an invading force of the Northmen, or Vikings, essentially ending their invasions on that front. The Annales Fuldenses report that the bodies of dead Northmen blocked the run of the river. After his victory, Arnulf built a new castle on an island in the Dijle river (Dutch: Dijle, English and French: Dyle).[3]

In 893 or 894, Great Moravia probably lost a part of its territory — present-day Western Hungary — to him. Arnulf, however, failed to conquer the whole of Great Moravia when he attempted it in 892, 893, and 899. In 895, Bohemia broke away from Great Moravia and became his vassal. An accord was made between him and the Bohemian Duke Borivoj I (reigned 870-895); Bohemia was thus freed from the dangers of invasion.

In 893, Pope Formosus, not trusting the newly crowned co-emperors Guy and Lambert, sent an embassy to Regensburg to request Arnulf come and liberate Italy, where he would be crowned in Rome. Arnulf sent his son Zwentibold with a Bavarian army to join Berengar of Friuli. They defeated Guy, but were bought off and left in autumn. Arnulf then personally led an army across the Alps early in 894. He conquered all of the territory north of the Po, but went no further before Guy died suddenly in late autumn. Lambert and his mother Ageltrude travelled to Rome to receive papal confirmation of his imperial succession, but Formosus, still desiring to crown Arnulf, was imprisoned in Castel Sant'Angelo.

In September 895, a new embassy arrived in Regensburg beseeching Arnulf's aid. In October, Arnulf undertook his second campaign into Italy. He crossed the Alps quickly and took Pavia, but then he continued slowly, garnering support among the nobility of Tuscany. First Maginulf, Count of Milan, and then Walfred, Count of Pavia, joined him. Eventually even the Margrave Adalbert II abandoned Lambert. Finding Rome locked against him and held by Ageltrude, he had to take the city by force on 21 February 896, freeing the pope. Arnulf was there crowned King and Emperor by Formosus on 22 February. He only retained power in Italy as long as he was personally there. Arnulf marched on Spoleto, where Ageltrude had fled to join Lambert, but he suffered a stroke and had to call off the campaign. That same year, Formosus died, leaving Lambert once again in power. Rumours of the time made Arnulf's condition to be a result of poisoning at the hand of Ageltrude. He returned to Germany and had no more control in Italy for the rest of his life.

On Arnulf's death in 899, he was succeeded as a king of the East Franks by his son by his wife Ota († 903), Louis the Child. Arnulf's illegitimate son Zwentibold, whom he had made King of Lotharingia in 895, continued to rule there until the next year (900).

[edit] Notes
^ East Francia had been split from the rest of Frankish Realm by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. It evolved into Germany after the Carolingian eclipse.
^ Also Litwinde or Litwindie
^ Latin Luvanium, local Lovon.
Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia
Carolingian dynasty
Died: 8 December 899
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Charles III King of East Francia
887 – 899 Succeeded by
Louis the Child
Preceded by
Lambert (Holy) Roman Emperor
Disputed by: Lambert of Spoleto 896-898
896 – 899 Succeeded by
Louis the Blind
King of Italy
896 – 899
With Ratold (896)
disputed by:
Lambert of Spoleto (896 – 898)
Berengar I (896 – 899) Succeeded by
Lambert

He was the illegitimate son of Carloman of Bavaria, the East Franks (Germany)
ruler, and the nephew of Charles III the Fat. Arnulf deposed Charles III the
Fat in November 887, forcing him to abdicate in the revolt of 887. Arnulf was
then elected King of the East Franks (Germany) and later became Holy Roman
Emperor in 896. Charles III the Fat was afflicted by illness and was listless
in his duties. His incompetence and the ambition of his nephew Arnulf finally
provoked the rising in E. Francia where Arnulf took over the government.

He was the illegitimate son of Carloman of Bavaria, the East Franks (Germany)
ruler, and the nephew of Charles III the Fat. Arnulf deposed Charles III the
Fat in November 887, forcing him to abdicate in the revolt of 887. Arnulf was
then elected King of the East Franks (Germany) and later became Holy Roman
Emperor in 896. Charles III the Fat was afflicted by illness and was listless
in his duties. His incompetence and the ambition of his nephew Arnulf finally
provoked the rising in E. Francia where Arnulf took over the government.

He was the illegitimate son of Carloman of Bavaria, the East Franks (Germany)
ruler, and the nephew of Charles III the Fat. Arnulf deposed Charles III the
Fat in November 887, forcing him to abdicate in the revolt of 887. Arnulf was
then elected King of the East Franks (Germany) and later became Holy Roman
Emperor in 896. Charles III the Fat was afflicted by illness and was listless
in his duties. His incompetence and the ambition of his nephew Arnulf finally
provoked the rising in E. Francia where Arnulf took over the government.

Reigned 887/899

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Name: Arnulf of Carinthia King of GERMANY
Given Name: Arnulf of Carinthia King of
Surname: Germany
Sex: M
Birth: 0838
Death: 29 Nov 0899
Change Date: 31 Oct 2001
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AUTH Å or c:Weis, Frederick Lewis
PERI Ancestral Roots
EDTN 7th
PUBL Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD (1999)
TEXT (141-17) see note
DATE 20 APR 2000

Father: Carloman King of BAVARIA b: Abt 0820
Mother: UNKNOWN LIUTSWIND b: Abt 0828

Marriage 1 Oda of BAVARIA b: 0838
Note: _UID974DAE9FBFB1764497122D7F245FEFFB1D5E
Children
Hedwige Empress of HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE b: Abt 0856 in of,,,Germany
Louis The Child King of the GERMANY b: 0893 in Ottingen,Bavaria (aka Ludwig/Lewis) son of Arnulf

Roman emperor, illegitimate son of Carloman, king of Bavaria and Italy, was made margrave of Carinthia about 876, and on his father's death in 880 his dignity and possessions were confirmed by the new king of the east Franks, Louis III. The failure of legitimate male issue of the later Carolingians gave Arnulf a more important position than otherwise he would have occupied; but he did homage to the emperor Charles the Fat in 882, and spent the next few years in constant warfare with the Slavs and the Northmen. In 887, however, Arnulf identified himself with the disgust felt by the Bavarians and others at the incapacity of Charles the Fat. Gathering a large army, he marched to Tribur; Charles abdicated and the Germans recognized Arnulf as their king, a proceeding which L. von Ranke describes as "the first independent action of the German secular world." Arnulf's real authority did not extend far beyond the confines of Bavaria, and he contented himself with a nominal recognition of his supremacy by the kings who sprang up in various parts of the Empire. Having made peace with the Moravians, he gained a great and splendid victory over the Northmen near Louvain in October 891, and in spite of some opposition succeeded in establishing his illegitimate son, Zwentibold, as king of the district afterwards called Lorraine. Invited by Pope Formosus to deliver him from the power of Guido III., duke of Spoleto, who had been crowned emperor, Arnulf went to Italy in 894, but after storming Bergamo and receiving the homage of some of the nobles at Pavia, he was compelled by desertions from his army to return. The restoration of peace with the Moravians and the death of Guido prepared the way for a more successful expedition in 895 when Rome was stormed by his troops; and Arnulf was crowned emperor by Formosus in February 896. He then set out to establish his authority in Spoleto, but on the way was seized with paralysis. He returned to Bavaria, where he died on the 8th of December 899, and was buried at Regensburg. He left, by his wife Ota, a son Louis surnamed the Child. Arnulf possessed the qualities of a soldier, and was a loyal supporter of the church.

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ARNULF, illegitimate son of KARLOMAN King of the East Franks & his mistress Liutswindis --- ([850]-Regensburg 8 Dec 899, bur Regensburg St Emmeran). The Annales Ducum Bavariæ record the death in 880 of "Karlomannus rex" leaving "regnum cum ducatu Bawarie" to "Arnolfo, filio suo ex concubina nobili de Karinthia"[84]. "Arnolfus…rex" donated the abbey of Herrieden to Eichstätt by charter dated 23 Feb 888 in which he names "Karlomanni patris nostri"[85]. He is called "Arnulfum filium spurium Carolomanni" when recording his accession in 887[86]. He was invested with the March of Pannonia and Carinthia in [870]. During the illness of his father, he administered Bavaria but was obliged to transfer the territory to his uncle Ludwig III on his father's death, in return for receiving the duchy of Carinthia. He led a powerful army of Carinthians and Slavs against Emperor Karl III in early Nov 887, and 27 Nov 887 issued his first charter as ARNULF King of the East Franks. Reuter highlights the absence of evidence concerning the manner in which Arnulf assumed power in place of his uncle[87]. Fulco Archbishop of Reims came to Worms in Jun 888 to invite him to claim the kingdom of the West Franks, challenging Eudes who had recently been elected king. Arnulf won a decisive victory over the Vikings at the River Dyle in 891, after which Viking raids in the east Frankish kingdom all but ceased[88]. Called by the Pope to fight Guido I Duke of Spoleto, Arnulf crossed the Alps in 894 and subjugated northern Italy, but was forced to withdraw by Italian resistance. Returning to Italy after Guido’s death in 895, he was crowned Emperor ARNULF at Rome 22 Feb 896 by Pope Formosus. He marched against Lambert of Spoleto, but was struck by paralysis and obliged to return to Bavaria[89]. Regino records the death "899 III Kal Dec" of "Arnulfus imperator" and his burial "in Odingas ubi et pater eius tumulatus est"[90]. The necrology of Prüm records the death "900 III Kal Dec" of "Arnoldus imperator"[91]. The necrology of Regensburg St Emmeran records the death "V Kal Dec" and "VI Id Dec" of "Arnolfus imperator fundator huius loci"[92].

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Arnulf of Carinthia (German: Arnulf von Kärnten; Slovene: Arnulf Koroški; 850 – December 8 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia[1] from 887 and Holy Roman Emperor from 896 until his death.
[edit] Biography

Arnulf was the illegitimate son of Carloman, King of Bavaria, and his concubine Liutswind,[2] perhaps of Carantanian origin, sister (?) of one Bavarian Count Ernst, count of the Bavarian Nordgau Margraviate in the area of the Upper Palatinate, or perhaps the burgrave of Passau, as some sources say. After Arnulf's birth, Carloman married, before 861, a daughter of that same Count Ernst, who died after August 8, 879. As it is mainly West-Franconian historiography [3] that speaks of Arnulf's illegitimacy, it is quite feasible that the two females are one and the same person and that Carloman later on actually married Liutswind, thus legitimizing his son.[4] Arnulf was given the Duchy of Carinthia, a Frankish vassal state and successor of the ancient Principality of Carantania, by his father when he divided his realm, giving Bavaria to Louis the Younger and the Kingdom of Italy to Charles the Fat, in 880 on his death.

Arnulf spent his childhood on the Mosaburch, which is widely believed to be Moosburg in Carinthia, only a few miles away from one of the imperial residences, the Carlovingian Kaiserpfalz at Karnburg, which before as Krnski grad had been the residence of the Carantanian princes. From later events it may be inferred that the Carantanians, from an early time, treated him as their own Duke.

When, in 882, Engelschalk II rebelled against the Margrave of Pannonia, Aribo, and ignited the so-called Wilhelminer War, Arnulf supported him and even accepted his and his brother's homage. This ruined Arnulf's relationship with his uncle the emperor and put him at war with Svatopluk of Moravia. Pannonia was invaded, but Arnulf refused to give up the young Wilhelminers. Arnulf did not make peace with Svatopluk until late 885, by which time the Moravian was a man of the emperor. Some scholars see this war as destroying Arnulf's hopes at succeeding Charles.

He took the leading role in the deposition of his uncle, the Emperor Charles the Fat. With the support of the nobles, Arnulf held a Diet and deposed Charles in November 887, under threat of military action. Charles peacefully went into his involuntary retirement, but not without first chastising his nephew for his treachery and asking only for a few royal villas in Swabia, which Arnulf mercifully granted him, on which to live out his final months. Arnulf was elected by the nobles of the realm (only the eastern realm, though Charles had ruled the whole of the Frankish lands) and assumed his title of King.

Arnulf was not a negotiator, but a fighter. At the decisive Battle of Leuven in September 891, he defeated an invading force of the Northmen, or Vikings, essentially ending their invasions on that front. The Annales Fuldenses report that the bodies of dead Northmen blocked the run of the river. After his victory, Arnulf built a new castle on an island in the Dijle river (Dutch: Dijle, English and French: Dyle).[5]

In 893 or 894, Great Moravia probably lost a part of its territory — present-day Western Hungary — to him. Arnulf, however, failed to conquer the whole of Great Moravia when he attempted it in 892, 893, and 899. In 895, Bohemia broke away from Great Moravia and became his vassal. An accord was made between him and the Bohemian Duke Borivoj I (reigned 870-95); Bohemia was thus freed from the dangers of invasion.

In 893, Pope Formosus, not trusting the newly crowned co-emperors Guy and Lambert, sent an embassy to Regensburg to request Arnulf come and liberate Italy, where he would be crowned in Rome. Arnulf sent his son Zwentibold with a Bavarian army to join Berengar of Friuli. They defeated Guy, but were bought off and left in autumn. Arnulf then personally led an army across the Alps early in 894. He conquered all of the territory north of the Po, but went no further before Guy died suddenly in late autumn. Lambert and his mother Ageltrude travelled to Rome to receive papal confirmation of his imperial succession, but Formosus, still desiring to crown Arnulf, was imprisoned in Castel Sant'Angelo.

In September 895, a new embassy arrived in Regensburg beseeching Arnulf's aid. In October, Arnulf undertook his second campaign into Italy. He crossed the Alps quickly and took Pavia, but then he continued slowly, garnering support among the nobility of Tuscany. First Maginulf, Count of Milan, and then Walfred, Count of Pavia, joined him. Eventually even the Margrave Adalbert II abandoned Lambert. Finding Rome locked against him and held by Ageltrude, he had to take the city by force on 21 February 896, freeing the pope. Arnulf was there crowned King and Emperor by Formosus on 22 February. He only retained power in Italy as long as he was personally there. Arnulf marched on Spoleto, where Ageltrude had fled to join Lambert, but he suffered a stroke and had to call off the campaign. That same year, Formosus died, leaving Lambert once again in power. Rumours of the time made Arnulf's condition to be a result of poisoning at the hand of Ageltrude. He returned to Germany and had no more control in Italy for the rest of his life.

On Arnulf's death in 899, he was succeeded as a king of the East Franks by his son by his wife Ota (died 903), Louis the Child. Arnulf's illegitimate son Zwentibold, whom he had made King of Lotharingia in 895, continued to rule there until the next year (900).

He is entombed in St. Emmeram's Basilica at Ratisbon, which is now known as Schloss Thurn und Taxis, the palace of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis.

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Reign November 887 – 8 December 899
Coronation Crowned Roman Emperor: 22 February 896, Rome
Titles King of Italy
Born 850
Died 8 December 899
Predecessor Charles the Fat
Successor Louis the Child
Consort Ota
Offspring Louis the Child

Ratold of Italy
Zwentibold
Royal House Carolingian Dynasty
Father Carloman of Bavaria
Mother Liutswind

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Arnulf of Carinthia, Holy Roman Emperor was born circa 863. He was the son of Carloman König von Bayern and Litwinde (?).2 He died in 899.1
Arnulf of Carinthia, Holy Roman Emperor gained the title of King Arnulf of Germany. He succeeded to the title of Emperor Arnulf of the Holy Roman Empire in 887.1 He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 896.

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From http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps08/ps08_336.htm

Arnulf was illegitimate son of Carloman (?) and grandson of Carloman's father Louis the German, King of the East Franks (d. 880; son of Emperor Louis I - see AEM's Chart 310C:4). Arnulf's wife is Oda, daughter of Theodore of Bavaria.

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Also called Arnulf of Carinthia , German Arnulf Von Kärnten duke ofCarinthia who deposed his uncle, the Holy Roman emperor Charles III theFat, and became king of Germany, later briefly wearing the crown of theemperor.
Arnulf was the illegitimate son of Charles the Fat's eldest brother,Carloman, who was king of Bavaria. Arnulf inherited the march ofCarinthia from his father but was excluded from the succession to
the kingdom on Carloman's death. Arnulf maintained and consolidated hisfrontiers, though in constant tension with the Moravian kingdom ofSvatopluk. In November 887, at Frankfurt, the East Frankish magnatesrevolted against the incompetent emperor Charles the Fat, who since 885had ruled the reunited Carolingian empire. Arnulf was elected king of theEast Franks, and Charles yielded without a struggle. The West Franks,Burgundy, and Italy refused to recognize Arnulf, however, and elected newkings from their own nobility. The Carolingian empire thus finallydisintegrated.
Arnulf's base of operations remained in Bavaria, but he successfullydefended his authority as German king in Lotharingia (now Lorraine), andhe even maintained a loose feudal authority over the other kings. He wasan energetic ruler whose suzerainty was acknowledged even by the sons ofSvatopluk after their father's death in 894. In 891 Arnulf inflicted acrushing defeat on the Vikings at the Dyle River, north of Brussels, andtheir raids up the Rhine River consequently ended in 892. Arnulf alsogave his son Zwentibold the crown of Lotharingia.
The king of Italy, Guy of Spoleto, had had himself crowned Holy Romanemperor by Pope
Stephen V. In 893, after reluctantly crowning Guy's son, Lambert, ascoemperor, the new pope, Formosus, sought help against Guy from Arnulf,who accordingly invaded Italy in 894. Arnulf withdrew from Italy laterthat same year, but, after Guy's death in 894, Pope Formosus urged Arnulfto invade Italy once more. Crossing the Alps in October 895, Arnulf,although handicapped by bad weather, illness, and the absence of expectedsupport from Berengar of Friuli, appeared before the walls of Rome. Romefell,
and in St. Peter's on Feb. 22, 896, Arnulf was crowned emperor byFormosus, who declared Lambert deposed. After a two-week stay in thecity, Arnulf marched south to settle accounts with his rival at Spoleto,but en route he was suddenly taken ill and had to return to Germany.Lambert remained emperor despite the pope's action.
The last three years of Arnulf's life, during which his illnesscontinued, saw Germany
invaded by Moravians and Hungarians, Lotharingia in revolt againstZwentibold, Italy lost, and France free of Arnulf's influence.

To cite this page: "Arnulf" Encyclopædia Britannica
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He was King of Germany from 887 to 899. He was poisoned.

He was King of Germany from 887 to 899. He was poisoned.

Arnulf of Carinthia
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Emperor of Holy Roman Empire from 896 till death in 899

OR "ARNOUL"; EMPORER OF GERMANY

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Arnulf of Carinthia (German: Arnulf von Kärnten; Slovene: Arnulf Koroški; 850 - December 8, 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia[1] from 887 and Holy Roman Emperor from 896 until his death. He was the illegitimate son of Carloman, King of Bavaria, and his concubine Liutswind,[2] perhaps of Carantanian origin, sister (?) of one Bavarian Count Ernst, count of the Bavarian Nordgau Margraviate in the area of the Upper Palatinate, or perhaps the burgrave of Passau, as some sources say. After Arnulf's birth, Carloman married, before 861, a daughter of that same Count Ernst, who died after August 8, 879. As it is mainly West-Franconian historiography [3] that speaks of Arnulf's illegitimacy, it is quite feasible that the two females are one and the same person and that Carloman lateron actually married Liutswind thus legitimizing his son,[4] who was given the Duchy of Carinthia, a Frankish vassal state and successor of the ancient Principality of Carantania, by his father when he divided his realm, giving Bavaria to Louis the Younger and the Kingdom of Italy to Charles the Fat, in 880 on his death.

Arnulf spent his childhood on the Mosaburch, which is widely believed to be Moosburg in Carinthia, only a few miles away from one of the imperial residences, the Carlovingian Kaiserpfalz at Karnburg, which before as Krnski grad had been the residence of the Carantanian princes. From later events it may be inferred that the Carantanians, from an early time, treated him as their own Duke.

When, in 882, Engelschalk II rebelled against the Margrave of Pannonia, Aribo, and ignited the so-called Wilhelminer War, Arnulf supported him and even accepted his and his brother's homage. This ruined Arnulf's relationship with his uncle the emperor and put him at war with Svatopluk of Moravia. Pannonia was invaded, but Arnulf refused to give up the young Wilhelminers. Arnulf did not make peace with Svatopluk until late 885, by which time the Moravian was a man of the emperor. Some scholars see this war as destroying Arnulf's hopes at succeeded Charles.

He took the leading role in the deposition of his uncle, the Emperor Charles the Fat. With the support of the nobles, Arnulf held a Diet and deposed Charles in November 887, under threat of military action. Charles peacefully went into his involuntary retirement, but not without first chastising his nephew for his treachery and asking only for a few royal villas in Swabia, which Arnulf mercifully granted him, on which to live out his final months. Arnulf was elected by the nobles of the realm (only the eastern realm, though Charles had ruled the whole of the Frankish lands) and assumed his title of King.

Arnulf was not a negotiator, but a fighter. At the decisive Battle of Leuven in September 891, he defeated an invading force of the Northmen, or Vikings, essentially ending their invasions on that front. The Annales Fuldenses report that the bodies of dead Northmen blocked the run of the river. After his victory, Arnulf built a new castle on an island in the Dijle river (Dutch: Dijle, English and French: Dyle).[5]

In 893 or 894, Great Moravia probably lost a part of its territory - present-day Western Hungary - to him. Arnulf, however, failed to conquer the whole of Great Moravia when he attempted it in 892, 893, and 899. In 895, Bohemia broke away from Great Moravia and became his vassal. An accord was made between him and the Bohemian Duke Borivoj I (reigned 870-95); Bohemia was thus freed from the dangers of invasion.

In 893, Pope Formosus, not trusting the newly crowned co-emperors Guy and Lambert, sent an embassy to Ratisbon (German: Regensburg) to request Arnulf come and liberate Italy, where he would be crowned in Rome. Arnulf sent his son Zwentibold with a Bavarian army to join Berengar of Friuli. They defeated Guy, but were bought off and left in autumn. Arnulf then personally led an army across the Alps early in 894. He conquered all of the territory north of the Po, but went no further before Guy died suddenly in late autumn. Lambert and his mother Ageltrude travelled to Rome to receive papal confirmation of his imperial succession, but Formosus, still desiring to crown Arnulf, was imprisoned in Castel Sant'Angelo.

In September 895, a new embassy arrived in Ratisbon beseeching Arnulf's aid. In October, Arnulf undertook his second campaign into Italy. He crossed the Alps quickly and took Pavia, but then he continued slowly, garnering support among the nobility of Tuscany. First Maginulf, Count of Milan, and then Walfred, Count of Pavia, joined him. Eventually even the Margrave Adalbert II abandoned Lambert. Finding Rome locked against him and held by Ageltrude, he had to take the city by force on 21 February 896, freeing the pope. Arnulf was there crowned King and Emperor by Formosus on 22 February. He only retained power in Italy as long as he was personally there. Arnulf marched on Spoleto, where Ageltrude had fled to join Lambert, but he suffered a stroke and had to call off the campaign. That same year, Formosus died, leaving Lambert once again in power. Rumours of the time made Arnulf's condition to be a result of poisoning at the hand of Ageltrude. He returned to Germany and had no more control in Italy for the rest of his life.

On Arnulf's death in 899, he was succeeded as a king of the East Franks by his son by his wife Ota (died 903), Louis the Child. Arnulf's illegitimate son Zwentibold, whom he had made King of Lotharingia in 895, continued to rule there until the next year (900).

He is entombed in St. Emmeram's Basilica at Ratisbon, which is now known as Schloss Thurn und Taxis, the palace of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis.

Iligitimate son who took the Kingdom from Charles III the Fat.

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