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expected her elder son to become king and for herself to rule as his regent; however, Carloman's former supporters - his cousin Adalhard, Abbot Fulrad of Saint Denis and Count Warin - turned against her, and invited Charlemagne to annex Carloman's territory, which he duly did. Gerberga then fled (according to Einhard, "for no reason at all") with her sons and Count Autchar, one of Carloman's faithful nobles, to the court of Desiderius, who demanded of the new Pope Hadrian I

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