Karl the child

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Karl the Child , Latin Karolus puer (Annales Bertiniani); (* approx. 849 ; † September 29, 866 on an estate near Buzançais in Aquitaine ) was the second son of Charles II and younger brother of Ludwig the Stammler .

In October 855, Charles was elected, anointed and crowned by the great Aquitaine in Limoges as the (sub) king of Aquitaine. No real powers over the Aquitanian sub-kingdom were associated with the establishment, as neither documentary records (such as that of Pippin I or Pippin II ) nor other chancellery activities can be proven today. In addition, Pippin II ruled parts of Aquitaine until 864, so that the power of Charles the Child was challenged in his part of the country.

In addition, the political situation in Aquitaine in the 850s presented itself as a landscape characterized by different interests of the nobility, which tried to withdraw from the political sphere of influence of the West Franconian ruling house. The repeated invitations to the East Franconian royal family ( Ludwig the German ) illustrate the opposing stance of aristocratic circles against the kingdom of Charles II. The appointment of the young king's son in Aquitaine should therefore, through the presence of a royal descendant, the actual loss of power of the royal house in the southwestern periphery of the west Franconian Counteract the rich.

Karl married in 862 , but the marriage was dissolved again in 863 . All that is known of his wife is that she was the widow of Count Humbert. The marriage may have been partly responsible for the fact that Karl fell out of favor with his father in 862 and was only reinstated in 865 at the request of Aquitaine greats.

Karl was killed in an accident: Driven by youthful recklessness, he wanted to put the boldness and often vaunted weaponry of a certain Albuin to the test. When he was returning home from the hunt one day in the evening, Karl attacked him without revealing himself, as if he wanted to steal the horse he was sitting on. Albuin drew his sword and hit Karl in the middle of the forehead and stretched him to the ground, where he left him covered with many wounds. Karl, paralyzed and with a bruised face, did not survive long and died without leaving any descendants.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Dümmler: The chronicle of the abbot Regio von Prüm. European History Publishing House , ISBN 3-7340-0647-3 , p. 48
predecessor Office successor
Pippin ii King of the Franks / Partial Kingdom of Aquitaine
855–862
and
865–866 		Ludwig II (France) , King of West Franconia
personal data
SURNAME Karl the child
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charles III of Aquitaine; Karolus puer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION second son of Charles II.
DATE OF BIRTH around 849
DATE OF DEATH 29th September 866
Place of death near Buzançais , Aquitaine