Arnulf of Bavaria
| Arnulf I | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Bavaria | |
| Reign | 907–937 |
| Died |
14 July 937 Regensburg, Bavaria |
| Buried | St. Emmeram's Abbey |
| Noble family | Luitpoldings |
| Spouse(s) | Judith of Friuli (?) |
| Issue | |
| Father | Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria |
| Mother | Cunigunde of Swabia |
Arnulf (birth unknown; died 14 July 937), also known as the Bad (German: der Schlimme) or the Evil (der Böse), a member of the Luitpolding dynasty, held the title of a Duke of Bavaria from about 907 until his death in 937.
The year of Arnulf's birth is unknown, but it is said that he was the namesake of other Arnulfs and so would have been born around the time of the reign of the seventh century bishop Arnulf of Metz and the Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia. Arnulf was the son of Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria and Cunigunde, herself a member of the Ahalolfing dynasty, daughter of Berthold I, the count palatine of Swabia. Her brother Erchanger assumed the Swabian ducal title in 915.
Under the weak rule of the East Frankish king Louis the Child, Margrave Luitpold had already achieved a strong position in the Bavarian lands, succeeding the Wilhelminer margraves. He ruled over extended estates along the Danube with Regensburg (Ratisbon), and in the adjacent Nordgau.
Together with numerous Bavarian nobles, Arnulf's father was killed in the 907 Battle of Pressburg (Bratislava), when the Bavarian Heerbann under his command suffered a crushing defeat in a campaign against the Hungarian forces of Grand Prince Árpád. After the death of his father, Arnulf succeeded him in his Bavarian lands, and soon after he assumed the title of a "Duke of Bavaria" as ruler of the estates around Regensburg. An energetic and combative man, he received broad support by the local nobles, however, already during his ascension in to dukedom, he was faced with constant raids from the Hungarians. These attacks had laid waste to the East Frankish lands of Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia.
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