{"slug": "carloman-ii", "label": "Carloman II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192846", "qid": "Q192846", "description": "King of West Francia from 879 to 884", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [866, 884], "span_label": ["866 CE", "884 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "louis-iii-of-france", "label": "Louis III of France", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rhine", "label": "Rhine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saxony", "label": "Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "flanders", "label": "Flanders", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "danegeld", "label": "Danegeld", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "amiens", "label": "Amiens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-burgundy", "label": "Kingdom of Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "compiegne", "label": "Compiègne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-the-stammerer", "label": "Louis the Stammerer", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbeville", "label": "Abbeville", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 866, "year_label": "866 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Carloman II, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129580#Births", "title": "866", "revid": 1341129580, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – King Louis the Stammerer dies at Compiègne, after a reign of 18 months. He is succeeded by his two sons, Louis III and Carloman II. They are crowned at Ferrières Abbey, and rule the West Frankish Kingdom together as joint-kings.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Europe", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 881, "year_label": "881 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: The West Frankish kings Louis III, and his brother Carloman II, rout Viking raiders (near Abbeville).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129955#Europe", "title": "881", "revid": 1341129955, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 882, "year_label": "882 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – King Carloman II becomes sole ruler of the West Frankish Kingdom, after the accidental death of his brother, Louis III. His power is limited by rebellious nobles in Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345951089#Europe", "title": "882", "revid": 1345951089, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 883, "year_label": "883 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Viking raiders ravage Flanders, and sack the abbey at Saint-Quentin. King Carloman II blocks their passage at Laviers, which had been on the banks of the Somme. Meanwhile, Vikings enter the Rhine, but are turned back by Henry of Franconia (possibly a margrave of Saxony). They over-winter at Duisburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129939#Europe", "title": "883", "revid": 1341129939, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 884, "year_label": "884 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – King Carloman II reverts to the former fall-back of 'pay and pray', buying (with Danegeld) a truce at Amiens, while he raises 12,000 lbs of silver for the Vikings to depart.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654158#Europe", "title": "884", "revid": 1366654158, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 884, "year_label": "884 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – Carloman II, king of the West Frankish Kingdom", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654158#Deaths", "title": "884", "revid": 1366654158, "section": "Deaths"}}]}