Search results
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.
Sep 18, 2024
6.8K Views
- Assumption of Power
- First Carolingian King
- Expansion of The Frankish Realm
- Legacy
- References
On the death of Pepin's father, Charles Martel, in 741, power was passed down to Charles' legitimate sons, Carloman and Pepin as mayors of the palaces of Neustria and Austrasia respectively. Power may also have been intended for Charles' illegitimate son, Grifo, but he was imprisoned in a monastery by his two half-brothers. Carloman, who by all evi...
Since Pepin had control over the magnates and actually had the power of the king, he decided it was time to do what his father had never bothered to do, make the Carolingian name royal in law as well as fact. Pepin asked Pope Zachary who the royal ruler should be: The person with the title of King, or the person who makes the decisions as King. Sin...
Pepin added to his power after Pope Stephen II traveled all the way to Paris to anoint him in a lavish ceremony at Saint Denis Basilica, bestowing upon him the additional title of patricius Romanorum (Patrician of the Romans). As life expectancies were short in those days, and Pepin wanted family continuity, the Pope also anointed Pepin's sons, Cha...
Pepin died at Saint Denis in 768, and is interred there in the basilica with his wife, Bertrada. Pepin was buried "outside that entrance (of St. Denis basilica), face down, for the sins of his father, Charles Martel." Historical opinion often seems to regard him as the lesser son and lesser father of two greater men, though a great man in his own r...
James, Edward. The Origins of France From Clovis to the Capetians, 500-1000. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. ISBN 9780312588625Jones, Colin. The Cambridge Illustrated History of France. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 9780521432948Lasko, Peter. The Kingdom of the Franks: North-West Europe Before Charlemagne. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. ISBN 9780070364998Pippin III 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. He was the first Frankish king to be.
- Eleanor Shipley Duckett
Oct 19, 2023 · Pepin is called short simply because of misattributed honorifics. Back in the day, when Latin ruled the figurative roost, people used all sorts of fancy Latin terms as epithets, monikers and nicknames. Pepin’s happened to be “Pippinus” or “Pippinidus.”
- 3 min
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.
Nov 14, 2022 · Pepin (Pippinid) des Francs. (abt. 715 - 768) Pepin (Pepin III) "le bref, the Short, the Younger, King of Franks" des Francs formerly Pippinid. Born about 0715 in Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium. Ancestors.
People also ask
Who was Pepin the short?
Who was Pepin III?
Was Pepin a king?
How do you know if Pepin was short?
Jun 11, 2018 · Pepin (c. 714–68), known as Pepin the Short, son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne; he became the first king of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty on the deposition of the Merovingian Childeric III. (See also Donation of Pepin.)
