!!!Arnulf von Kärnten

b. around 850, 
d. Regensburg (Germany), Dec. 8, 899, East Frankish King and German 
Emperor; illegitimate son of the East Frankish King Karlmann. 876 
Prefect of Pannonia and Carantania, where he established himself at  
Karnburg Palace ("Curtis Carantana"). 887 was elected East Frankish 
King; 896 crowned Emperor, the last of Carolingian descent. He could 
not prevent the disintegration of his realm and had little success in 
his punitive expedition against the Moravian Prince  Swatopluk I. His 
main seat was at Regensburg.

!Literature
H. Appelt, A. v. Kaernten und das Karolingerreich, in: 
Kaernten in europaeischer Schau, 1961.



%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Arnulf_von_Kärnten|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]