Pepin 'the Short' King of the Franks Pippinid

Abt 715 - 768  (~ 53 years)

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• Name	Pepin 'the Short' King of the Franks Pippinid  [1]
  Born	Abt 715	Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Name	//
  Name	Pepin the Short
  Reference Number	8199
  Died	24 Sep 768	Saint-Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Person ID	I8199	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Martel Prince of the Franks Peppinid,   b. 23 Aug 676,   d. 22 Oct 741  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Chrodtrudis Pippinid Unknown,   b. Abt 690, Austrasia ,   d. Abt 725  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2439	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. Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor Carolingian,   b. Abt 2 Apr 748, Austrasia, Francia ,   d. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, Austrasia, Francia  (Age ~ 65 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F2443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S807] Genealogics.org.