The Council of Cannstatt, also referred to as the blood court at Cannstatt (''

Blutgericht High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judicial power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents. Low ju ...

zu Cannstatt''), was a council meeting at

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, now a part of

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, in 746 that took place as a result of an invitation by the Mayor of the Palace of

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, Carloman, the eldest son of

Charles Martel Charles Martel ( – 22 October 741) was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. He was a son of the Frankish statesm ...

, of all nobles of the

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. According to the annals of

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, the '' annales Petaviani'' and an account by

Childebrand Childebrand I (678 – 743 or 751) was a Frankish duke (''dux''), illegitimate son of Pepin of Heristal and Alpaida, and brother of Charles Martel. He was born in Autun, where he later died. He married Emma of Austrasia and was given Burgundy by h ...

, Carloman arrested several thousand noblemen who attended accusing them of taking part in the uprising of

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and

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, and summarily executed them all for

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. The number of deaths is a matter of debate. The action eliminated virtually the entire tribal leadership of the Alemanni and ended the independence of the duchy of

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, after which it was ruled by Frankish dukes.

Bibliography

*R. Christlein et al.: ''Die Alamannen. Archäologie eines lebendigen Volkes''. Stoccarda 1978 *Karlheinz Fuchs, Martin Kempa, Rainer Redies: ''Die Alamannen'' (Catalogo della mostra), Theiss, Stoccarda, 2001 *Dieter Geuenich: ''Geschichte der Alemannen''.

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, Stoccarda 2004 , *''Zur Geschichte der Alamannen (Wege der Forschungen)'', Darmstadt, 1979

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