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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 ...
- 751 – 24 September 768
- Rotrude of Hesbaye
Louis the German (804–876) (Eastern Francia) Pepin the Short or Pippin (714 – September 24, 768), often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was mayor of the palace of Austrasia and the King of the Franks, from 751 to 768, and is best known for being the father of Charlemagne, or "Charles the Great." His rule, while not as great as ...
Pippin III, or Pepin or Pippin the Short, (born c. 714—died Sept. 24, 768, Saint-Denix, Neustria), King of the Franks (751–768), the first king of the Carolingian dynasty and the father of Charlemagne. A son of Charles Martel, he became mayor of Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence in 741 and de facto ruler of the Franks when his brother ...
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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
An event of great significance in early medieval Europe occurred in 753, when newly ensconced Pope Stephen II decided to journey north to Metz to confer with Frankish King Pepin III (known as “The Short”). Although previous popes had traveled east, none had ever journeyed into what the Italians regarded as the hinterlands of northern Gaul.
Apr 3, 2018 · Pepin III, known as Pepin the Short, was born in 714 AD, the second son of Charles Martel (c. 686-741) and his wife Rotrude (?-724). Pepin was given a clerical upbringing, which he acquired from the monks at the Basilica of St. Denis. Martel who held the title Duke and Price of the Franks, as well as Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Pepin the Short (Pepin III), c.714–768, first Carolingian king of the Franks [1] (751–68), son of Charles Martel [2] and father of Charlemagne [3]. Succeeding his father as mayor of the palace (741), he ruled Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his brother Carloman [4] (d.
