Carloman (830-880) was a member of the Eastern Frankish Carolingian ruling house. The son of Louis the German, King of the East Franks, and Emma, daughter of the count Welf, he received the title of King of Bavaria from his father in 876. Upon the death of Charles the Bold of West Francia in 877, Carloman also became King of Italy, the first German ruler to do so. In 879 he was crippled by a stroke and abdicated in favor of his brothers, granting Louis Bavaria and Charles the Fat Italy. His son was the East Frankish king and Emperor, Arnulf of Carinthia.