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Carloman may refer to:
- Carloman (fl. late 6th century), father of Pepin of Landen
- Carloman (mayor of the palace) (ruled 741–47)
- Carloman I, king of the Franks (768–71)
- Carloman, birth name of Pepin of Italy (781–810)
- Carloman, son of Charles the Bald (died 876)
- Carloman of Bavaria (ruled 876–80)
- Carloman II, king of the Franks (879–84)
Carloman (between 706 and 716 – 17 August 754) was the eldest son of Charles Martel, majordomo or mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud of Treves. On Charles's death (741), Carloman and his brother Pepin the Short succeeded to their father's legal positions, Carloman in Austrasia, and Pepin in Neustria. He was a member of the family later called the Carolingians and it can be argued that he was instrumental in consolidating their power at the expense of the ruling Merovingian kings of the Franks. He withdrew from public life in 747 to take up the monastic habit, "the first of a new type of saintly king," according to Norman Cantor, "more interested in religious devotion than royal power, who frequently appeared in the following three centuries and who was an indication of the growing impact of Christian piety on Germanic society".