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Pepin or Pippin (777 – 8 July 810) was King of Italy from 781 until his death in 810. Born Carloman , he was the third son of Charlemagne (his second by Queen Hildegard ). Carloman was renamed Pepin upon his baptism in 781, where he was also crowned as king of the Lombard Kingdom his father had conquered.
- 781 – 810
- Hildegard
Feb 26, 2024 · He was crowned King of Italy by his father, Charlemagne in 781 Pépin, married Gondres, daughter of Duke Bernard and daughter unknown. Pépin King of Italy and Lombardy died on Thursday, 8 July 810 in Milan, Italy, at age 37 years and 3 months. PEPIN 781-811.
- Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Mistress/Es of Pepin
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- "Pipino d'Italia", "re dei Longobardi"
Pepin or Pippin was King of Italy from 781 until his death in 810. Born Carloman, he was the third son of Charlemagne. Carloman was renamed Pepin upon his baptism in 781, where he was also crowned as king of the Lombard Kingdom his father had conquered.
Charlemagne ruled over northern Italy as King of the Lombards. In 781, he named his son Pepin as King of Italy, though he still maintained suzerainty over the land. Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor in 800, while the Kingdom of Italy became one of the constituent kingdoms of the Empire. Beginning with Louis the Pious in 818, the Kingdom was ...
- 4 September 476
- Umberto II of Italy
Charlemagne conquered the Lombards in 774 at the invitation of Pope Adrian I. Charlemagne (774–781) in personal union, passed kingship to his third son, Pepin. Pepin (or Pippin) (781–810), king under authority of Charlemagne; Bernard (810–818) Lothair I (818–839) Louis II (839–875)
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.
Charlemagne (c.748-814) King of the Franks (768-814) King of the Lombards (774-814) Emperor (800-814) Greatly expanded Carolingian rule over large parts of Western Europe. He was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800. A map showing Charlemagne’s additions (in light green) to the Frankish Kingdom – map by Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons.