Pepin 'The_Short' Franks

b 0714, , Austrasia, , France
d 24 Sep 0768, St Denis, Paris, Seine, France			St Arnoul 'De_Heristal' Metz	>
61 31 Mar 1927, !&		Ansigise, Mayor Of Austrasia	Dode (Ode) De Heristal
	Pepin, Mayor Of Austrasia	b 0602	Pepin Mayor Of Austrasia_(Lande, [de Landen]	>
	\| b 0635	St Beggue, Of Austrasia	Iduberga Itta, Of Austrasia	>
Charles 'Martel', Mayor Austrasia	d 16 Dec 0714	b 0613
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\|d 22 Oct 0741	Alpaide, [Concubine 1]
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Pepin 'The_Short' Franks
\|Leuthergis, [Concubine]-1 +		Count Warinus
\|m 0740	Leutwinus Treves	d 0677
\|	\|d 0713	Kunza
Rotrude (Chrotude), Duchess Austrasia
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d 0724

Children

1		Talendus Bastard Of Franks
2		Berthe Bastard Of Franks

Notes

Pepin 'The Short', King Of The Franks founded the Carolingian dynasty. Like his father, grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, Pepin served as mayor of the palace in the Merovingian kingdom in France and Germany. In each case, the mayor was the power behind the throne. In 751, an assembly of the Franks deposed Childeric, the last of the weak Merovingian kings, and proclaimed Pepin king. Pope Stephen II, who ruled Rome, asked Pepin for help against the Lombard king, Pepin sent his army to save Rome. The Lombards had captured Ravenna. Pepin recaptured the city and much of the nearby territory, known as 'the Donation of Pepin,' helped build the political power of the pope. Pepin added Aquitaine to his own kingdom, and began many important religious and educational reforms. His son Charlemagne, carried on these reforms.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, P245 'Royalty for Commoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 129. 'Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists ...', Frederick Lewis Weis, 1993, p cvi.

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