In 882 Engelschalk II rebelled against the Margrave of Pannonia, Aribo which started the Wilhelminer War. In 880 Carloman died with Arnulf being granted Pannonia or Carantanum as written by Regino of Prum. It is believed that Arnulf spent the majority of his child hood in Moosburg, which is in Carinthia.Īfter Carloman suffered from a stroke in 879, Louis the Younger inherited Bavaria, Charles the Fat was given the Kingdom of Italy and Arnulf was confirmed in Carinthia, but largely ruled the majority of Bavaria. It is mainly West-Franconian historiography that speaks of Arnulf’s illegitimacy and some believe that the two females may be one and the same person.Īrnulf was granted the Duchy of Carinthia, a Frankish vassal state and successor to the ancient Principality of Carantania by his father Carloman after Carloman had become reconciled with his own father Louis the German and was created King of Bavaria. He was the son of Carloman, King of Bavaria and his wife Liutswind, who was perhaps of Carantanian origin and possibly the sister of Ernst, Count of the Bavarian Nordgau Margraviate in the area of the Upper Palatinate or perhaps the burgave of Passau.Īfter Arnulf’s birth it is said that Carloman married another sister of Ernst before 861. Arnulf of Carinthia, was born around 850 A.D.
