In short, Carloman & this brother inherited titles from Pepin the Short
He was much more powerful than the King Childeric III, who only had a 
title... [DOC] [TLE] Pepin the Short - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] 754); Pepin the Short (714768); Carloman (751771); Charlemagne (d. ... and 
the title of Patrician of Rome, were harbingers of his son's imperial coronation, 
which is ... As time passed, and his brother bowed out of the picture, Pepin 
became... [DOC] [TLE] Lineages - Order of the Crown of Charlemagne [PAR] In 768 he and his brother Carloman inherited the Frankish kingdom (most of ... 
France and a part of western Germany) from their father Pepin "The Short".