CARLOMAN (d. 884)  , king of France, was the eldest son of King Louis II., the Stammerer, and became king, together with his brother Louis III., on his father's death in 879 . Although some doubts were cast upon their legitimacy, the brothers obtained recognition and in 88o made a division of the kingdom, Carloman receiving Burgundy and the southern part of France . In 882 he became sole king owing to his brother's death, but the kingdom was in a very deplorable condition, and his power was very circumscribed . Carloman met his death while hunting on the 12th of December 884 . See E . Lavisse, Histoire de France, tome ii . (Paris, 1903) .