Pepin Of The Franks
714 - 768 (54 years)-
Name Pepin Of The Franks Born 714 Austrasia 
Gender Male Occupation The Short Died 24 Sep 768 St Denis, Paris, Seine, France Person ID I61746 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 22 Jun 2003
Father Charles 'Martel' Mayor Of Austrasia, b. 676, Heristal, Liege, Belgium , d. 22 Oct 741, Quierzy, Aisne, France (Age 65 years) Mother Rotrude Duchess Austrasia, b. cir 690, France , d. cir 724 (Age ~ 34 years) Family ID F22858 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bertrada Countess Of Laon, b. 720, Laon, Aisne, France , d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy, Haute-Savoie, France (Age 63 years) Married 740 Children 1. Charlemagne, b. 02 Apr 742, Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany , d. 28 Jul 813, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 71 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F22869 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Pepin the Short (circa 714-68), mayor of the palace of Austrasia and king of the Franks (751-68), the son of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel, and the grandson of Pepin of Herstal. He was mayor of the palace during the reign of Childeric III (reigned about 743-751), the last of the Merovingian dynasty. In 751, Pepin deposed Childeric and thus became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was crowned by Pope Stephen II (III) in 754. When the pope was threatened by the Lombards of northern Italy, Pepin led an army that defeated them (754-55). He ceded to the pope territory that included Ravenna and other cities. This grant, called the Donation of Pepin, laid the foundation for the Papal States. Pepin enlarged his own kingdom by capturing Aquitaine, or Aquitania, in southwestern France. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman and Charlemagne as joint kings.
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- Pepin the Short (circa 714-68), mayor of the palace of Austrasia and king of the Franks (751-68), the son of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel, and the grandson of Pepin of Herstal. He was mayor of the palace during the reign of Childeric III (reigned about 743-751), the last of the Merovingian dynasty. In 751, Pepin deposed Childeric and thus became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was crowned by Pope Stephen II (III) in 754. When the pope was threatened by the Lombards of northern Italy, Pepin led an army that defeated them (754-55). He ceded to the pope territory that included Ravenna and other cities. This grant, called the Donation of Pepin, laid the foundation for the Papal States. Pepin enlarged his own kingdom by capturing Aquitaine, or Aquitania, in southwestern France. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman and Charlemagne as joint kings.