Pepin 'the Short' King of the Franks Pippinid

Abt 715 - 768  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Pepin 'the Short' King of the Franks Pippinid  [1]
  Birth	Abt 715	Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium
  Gender	Male
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  Name	Pepin the Short
  Death	24 Sep 768	Saint-Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Person ID	I7557	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Martel Prince of the Franks Peppinid,   b. 23 Aug 676   d. 22 Oct 741 (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 713
  Family ID	F2432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertrada 'au grand pied' Laon,   b. Abt 720, Laon, Austrasia d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy-Au-Bac, France (Age ~ 63 years)
  Children	+ 1. Charles Charlemagne Carolingian,   b. Abt 2 Apr 748, Austrasia, Francia d. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, Austrasia, Francia (Age ~ 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

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  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pippinid-18 BIOGRAPHY from genealogics.org: Pippin was born in 714, the son of Charles Martel and Chrodtrud. With his wife Bertrada, daughter of Heribert/Caribert, count of Laon, he had two sons Charles and Carloman, of whom Charles would have progeny. Pippin inherited the joint right with his brother Carloman to rule the kingdom of the Franks. In 747 he became sole ruler when Carloman retired to the monastery of Monte Casino. In 751 he asked Pope Zacharias to end the nominal rule of the Merovingians and give him sole power, together with the title 'King of the Franks'. The pope agreed and King Childeric III was placed in a monastery. Boniface, Apostle of the Germans (later canonised as St. Boniface) anointed Pippin as King of The Franks at Soissons, possibly in 751. Two years later Pippin saved the next pope, Stephen II, from the Lombards. The pope himself again anointed Pippin at the Abbey of St. Denis, together with his two young sons. Pippin proved a much more able king than the Merovingian 'Rois faineants' (do nothing kings). The Franks descended on Italy to support the pope, and they defeated Astolfo, king of the Lombards. Pippin was made a senator of Rome though he could neither read nor write. After the pope was attacked again, Pippin again defeated Astolfo and made a gift to the pope of Lombard lands near Rome. This bequest was the beginning of the pope's status as a temporal sovereign. Pippin died at the Abbey of St. Denis in 768. His sons Charles and Carloman divided the Frank domains. Carloman soon died, leaving Charles, as the sole ruler of the kingdom of the Franks, to become the most important ruler ever to have 'the Great' added to his name. Charles The Great, or Carolus Magnus, became better known as Charlemagne. Biography from wikitree: Pepin "The Short" 741: Pippin and Carloman respectively became mayors of Neustria and Austrasia palaces. ... Grifo, was imprisoned in a monastery ... Carloman, retired to a monastery in 747. This left Pippin as sole mayor and dux et princeps Francorum, a title originated by his grandfather and namesake Pippin of Heristal. Under reorganization of Francia by Charles Martel the dux et princeps Francorum were the kingdom's army commanders, palace mayor, and specifically commander of the year-round standing guard Martel began in 721. Pippin and Carloman, installed Childeric III as a puppet king, even though Martel left the throne vacant since the death of Theuderic IV. When Carloman's retired, Grifo escaped and fled to Duke Odilo of Bavaria, who was married to Hiltrude. Odilo was forced by Pippin to acknowledge Frankish overlordship, but died soon after (January 18, 748). Pippin invaded Bavaria and installed Tassilo III as duke under Frankish overlordship. Since Pippin controlled the magnates and was the de facto ruler, he made the Carolingian name royal in law as well as fact. Pippin asked Pope Zachary who should be the royal ruler: the person with the title of King, or the person who makes the decisions as King. Since the Pope depended on the Frankish armies for his independence, and had depended on them for protection from the Lombards since the days of Charles Martel, and Pippin, as his father had, controlled those armies, the Pope's answer was determined well in advance. The Pope agreed that de facto power was more important than de jure. Thus, Pippin, having obtained the support of the papacy, discouraged opposition. With an army at his side to enforce the Papal Bull, Pepin was elected King of the Franks by an assembly of leading Franks and anointed at Soissons, perhaps by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz. Meanwhile, Grifo continued rebellion, but was eventually killed in the battle of Saint-Jean de Maurienne in 753. He added to that power after Pope Stephen II traveled all the way to Paris to anoint Pippin 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 Pippin wanted family continuity, the Pope also anointed Pippin's sons, Charles (eventually known as Charlemagne) and Carloman. Pippin fell ill in 768 and died in September of that year at Saint Denis where he is interred in the basilica with his wife Bertrada.[1] 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 right. He continued to build the cavalry his father began, and maintained the standing army. He kept his father's policy of containing the Moors, and drove them over and across the Pyrenees by taking Narbonne. He continued his father's expansion of the Frankish church (missionary work in Germany and Scandinavia) and the infrastructure (feudalism) that would prove the backbone of medieval Europe. His rule, while not as great as either his father's or son's, was historically important and of great benefit to the Franks as a people In 740, Peppin married Bertrada of Laon, his second cousin. (Her father, Charibert, was the son of Pippin II's brother, Martin of Laon.) Of their children, two sons and a daughter survived to adulthood name: Pépin (FR); Pippin (DE). nickname:, le Bref -- translated as "the Short" or "the Younger". The Younger -- he was the younger of the two Arnulfing Pepins who were palace mayors the Short -- as deriving from the tales of Notker Balbalus regarding the King's diminutive size. ... novel suggestions ... referred to his hair, since he was the first Frankish king to wear it short. Dutton, PE, Charlemagne's Mustache. Charles Knight, The English Cyclopaedia: Volume IV, (London : 1867); pg 733 "We have no circumstantial account of this important event, except that Pepin was anointed at Soissons, in March 752, by Boniface, bishop of Mainz, called the Apostle of Germany, before the assembly of the nation." Claudio Rendina & Paul McCusker, The Popes: Histories and Secrets, (New York : 2002), pg 145 "Pepin the Short". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. Sources ↑ Settipani, Christian. La Préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993. Pages 181-184. Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V page 483 Treffer Gerd Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette (8.-18. Jahrhundert) Pustet, Regensburg (1996) pp. 23-29 ISBN 3791715305 ISBN 978-3791715308 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short See also: Find A Grave: Memorial #21102 Pepin "The Short" of the Franks (714-768)

  
  

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