Wilhelm War - military conflict in the Pannonian mark from 882 to 884. In fact, it was an uprising of the sons of previous Margraves - Wilhelm II and Engelshalk I of the Wilhelm dynasty - against the new Margrave Aribo , the ancestor of the Aribonid dynasty. Svyatopolk I of Moravia also spoke on the side of Aribo.
Initially, the Wilhelms succeeded. However, Aribo turned for help not only to the ruler of Great Moravia , but also to Emperor Karl III Tolstoy , who confirmed the rights of Aribo to this brand, whose ruler he was appointed Karl's father, Louis II of Germany in 871. Svyatopolk invaded Pannonia and captured one of the Wilhelmins, who was then mutilated. The rest of the Wilhelmins refused the oath given to Charles III, and swore allegiance to the illegitimate nephew of Karl Arnulf of Carinthia , who worsened relations with his uncle by this act. The confrontation between Arnulf and Svyatopolk escalated after the latter refused to surrender to the Wilhelmins. After two and a half years of confrontation, Charles III himself arrived in Kaumberg to take the vassal oath and the promise of peace from Svyatopolk. However, an agreement was not reached until 885.
Literature
- MacLean, Simon. Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century: Charles the Fat and the end of the Carolingian Empire . Cambridge University Press: 2003.
- Reuter, Timothy (trans.) The Annals of Fulda . (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992.