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Frankish Papacy. The "Donation of Pepin" (756): Pepin the Short grants the territories of Ravenna to Pope Stephen II. From 756 to 857, the papacy shifted from the influence of the Byzantine Empire to that of the kings of the Franks. Pepin the Short (ruled 751–768), Charlemagne (r. 768–814) (co-ruler with his brother Carloman I until 771 ...
Nov 7, 2018 · Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605/604-562 BCE) was the greatest King of ancient Babylon during the period of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626-539 BCE), succeeding its founder, his father, Nabopolassar (r. 626-605 BCE). He is best known from the biblical books of Daniel and Jeremiah where he is portrayed as the king who stands against God.
Pope Stephen II crowned Pepin king in 754. Pepin saved Pope Stephen from many raids by the Lombards and many other groups against the Catholic Church. Pepin died in 768 and he left the rule of his two realms to his two sons Charlemagne and Carloman. Charlemagne was probably born in Aachen, on April 2, 742. Pope Stephen anointed him along with ...
Pepin the Short. Pepin [a] the Short ( Latin: Pipinus; French: Pépin le Bref; c. 714 – 24 September 768), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king. [2] Pepin was the son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude. Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ...
papacy. Donation of Pippin, traditional name of the oral or written promise made by the Carolingian king Pippin III to Pope Stephen II (or III) granting the pope rights over large territories in central Italy. The Donation was an important step in the development of the Papal States and helped to solidify the alliance between the papacy and the ...
A priest named Stephen, elected immediately before him, died of a stroke three days after, without having received the episcopal consecration. Some chroniclers call that Pope Stephen II, and this one III. In 1959 the Vatican removed the other Stephen II from the official roll of popes. Roman Catholic Pope 26-Mar-752 to 26-Apr-757 AD
Amēl-Marduk, king of Babylon, the one who renovates Esagil and Ezida, son of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. [25] Given that few inscriptions of Amel-Marduk are known, no more elaborate versions of his titulature are known. [26] He may also have used the title ' king of Sumer and Akkad ', used by other Neo-Babylonian kings.
