Pépin, King of the Franks

715 - 768  (53 years)

• Name	Pépin
  	Pépin served as Mayor of the Palace. [1]
  Nickname	the Short
  Birth	714/15	Austrasia Austrasia Austrasia was the northeastern kingdom within the core of  the Frankish Empire during the Early Middle Ages, centering  on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title(s)	741 (26 years)  [5]
  Following the death of their father Charles Martel in 741, Pépin the Short along with his older brother Carloman imprisoned their half brother Grifo and took control of the Frankish Empire as joint Mayors of the Palace. Pépin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy and Provence and Carloman ruled in Austrasia. In order to legitimize their rule, the brothers revived the kingship by raising Childeric III to the throne in 743. Pépin and Carloman continued to hold the real power. That same year, Pépin and Carloman conquered their brother-in-law Duke Odilo of Bavaria. However, discord in Bavaria continued; and it was not until 757 that Odilo's son (Pépin's nephew) Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria and the magnates of Bavaria were finally forced to acknowledge themselves as vassals of Pépin the Short.
  Crowned	751 (36 years)  [1, 5]
  In 747, Carloman withdrew from politics. With the support of the church and the Pope, Pépin had himself declared King of the Franks in 751. The former king, Childeric III, retired to a monastery.
  	The Coronation in 751 of Pépin the Short conducted by St. Boniface, who was acting the representative of the pope.
  Reign	From 751 to 768 (36 years)  [1, 5]
  King of the Franks (Carolingian dynasty)
  Military	753 (38 years)  [5]
  In the winter of 753-754 after the Lombards forced Pope Stephen to leave Rome, the Pope visited Pépin the Short. The next summer, Pope Stephen anointed Pépin and his two sons Charlemagne and Carloman, and declared that the Franks were never to elect a king who was not of the sacred lineage of Pépin the Short. In return for Pope Stephen's support, Pépin the Short took his army to Italy and defeated the Lombards. Pépin's gift of a wide strip of land in central Italy to the Pope became known as the "Donation of Pépin". This land, called the Papal States, remained under the control of the popes until the unification of Italy in the 19th century.
  Death	24 Sep 768  [1]
  Burial	Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Pépin, King of the Franks,   b. 714/15, Austrasia Austrasia Austrasia was the northeastern kingdom within the core of  the Frankish Empire during the Early Middle Ages, centering  on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers. d. 24 Sep 768  (Age 53 years) ▻ Bertha,  m. Abt 740 + 2. Duke Bernard   d. About 784 ▻ daughter of Caribert + 3. Landrée of Hesbaye ▻ Sigrand, Count of Hesbaye   4. Jerome
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Charles Martel and Chrotrude )
  + 1. Carloman, Mayor of the Palace   d. 754, Abbey of Monte Cassino, Lazio, Italy ▻ daughter of Alard   2. Grifo > 3. Chiltrud ▻ Odilo, Duke of Bavaria,  m. 749
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Clovis, Frankish King of Cologne   (9 x Great Grandfather)  Doda   d. After 678  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3022	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace,   b. 688, Heristal, Wallonia, Belgium d. 22 Oct 741, Quierzy, Hauts-de-France, France (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Rotrou of Allemania   d. 724
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Bertha,   b. Abt 720, Laon, Hauts-de-France, France d. 12 Jul 783 (Age 63 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Marriage	Abt 740  [2, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years - She : ~ 20 years.
  Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
  +   1. Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 2 Apr 747, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 66 years) ▻ Himiltrude  m. 798;   Desiderata of the Lombards  m. 770;   Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau  m. 771;   Fastrada  m. 783;   Luitgard  m. 794;   unknown partner >   2. Carloman, King of Burgundy,   b. 751   d. 4 Dec 771 (Age 20 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Gisela, Abbess of Chelles  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Pépin   d. young  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2020

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Pépin, King of the Franks(714/15 – 768) 2Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace(688 – 741) 4Pépin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia(Abt 635 – 714) 8Duke Ansgise, Mayor of the Palace(602 – 685) 16Saint Arnulf, Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz(Abt 582 – 641) 17Clothilde(Abt 586 – ) 9Saint Begga of Landen(Abt 613 – Abt 698) 18Pépin "the Old", Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia(Abt 585 – 640) 19Saint Itta( – 652) 5Aupais(Abt 654 – ) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Rotrou of Allemania( – 724) 6Saint Liévin, Count and Bishop of Trèves( – 724) 12Guérin, Count of the Palace of Poitiers( – 677) 24Bodilon de Trèves, Count of Tréves(600 – 643) 25Saint Sigrade de Verdun(605 – 678) 13Gunza(596 – 690) 26Saint Clodulf, Bishop of Metz(596 – 690) 27 7daughter of Rutpert 14Rutpert, Count Palatine 28Lantbertus I 29 15Doda( – 678) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 714/15 - Austrasia Burial - - Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

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