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Apr 1, 2024 · Pippin III (born c. 714—died September 24, 768, Saint-Denis, Neustria [now in France]) was the first king of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty and the father of Charlemagne. A son of Charles Martel, Pippin became the sole de facto ruler of the Franks in 747 and then, on the deposition of Childeric III in 751, king of the Franks.
- Eleanor Shipley Duckett
Pepin fell ill on campaign there and died on 24 September 768, and Charlemagne and Carloman succeeded their father. They had separate coronations, Charlemagne at Noyon and Carloman at Soissons , each on 9 October. [60]
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After vanquishing King Aistulf of the Lombards for a second time in 756, King Pepin gave all of the recovered church lands to the Papacy. Aistulf died a short time later in a hunting accident. Pepin returned to Italy later in the year and successfully besieged both Pavia and Ravenna.
Apr 3, 2018 · Upon Pepin's death, the Kingdom of Francia was divided according to Salic law between his two sons Charlemagne (742-814) and Carloman I (751-771). Despite being of the most powerful and triumphant leaders of the era, Pepin's reign is often overshadowed by that of his father Charles Martel and his son Charlemagne.
- Gregory Sousa
Oct 26, 2009 · Shiloh Pepin, born with a rare condition called sirenomelia, also known as "Mermaid Syndrome," died Friday at age 10 at the Maine Medical Center near her family's Kennebunkport home. The fifth-grader, who was born with fused legs, defied the odds until the end.
Pepin died at Saint Denis and is buried in the basilica with his wife, Bertrada of Laon. His sons, Charlemagne and Carloman, were each King of half the Kingdom of the Franks after him. Categories: 714 births. 768 deaths. Frankish rulers.
Jun 27, 2023 · What is known is that Pepin died in 768, and Charlemagne’s rule began (it wasn’t quite that clean—he had a brother, Carloman, who co-ruled with him in a strained relationship, but then his ...
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