Pepin "The Short" Franks

713 - 768  (55 years)

• Name	Pepin "The Short" Franks
  Born	713	, Austrasia, France
  Gender	Male
  AFN	9GCB-5M
  Died	20 Sep 768	St Denis, Paris, Seine, France
  Person ID	I19902	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Charles "Martel", Mayor Austrasia,   b. 675, Of Heristal, Liege, Belgium ,   d. 18 Oct 741, Quierzy, Aisne, France  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rotrude (Chrotude), Duchess Austrasia,   b. Abt 689, Of Austrasia, France ,   d. Abt 723  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Family ID	F7172	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Bertrada, Countess Of Laon, [Queen],   b. Abt 719, , Laon, Aisne, France ,   d. 8 Jul 783, , Choisy, Haute-Savoie, France  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	Abt 739
  Children	+ 1. Charlemagne, Emperor Of Holy Roman Empire, King of the Franks,   b. 29 Mar 742, Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt ,   d. 24 Jan 814, , Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia  (Age 71 years)   2. Rothaide, Princess Of Franks,   b. Abt 743, Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia ,   d. Dy, Austrasia, France   3. Adelaide, Princess Of Franks,   b. Abt 745, Of Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia ,   d. 12 May   4. Gertrude, Princess Of Franks,   b. Abt 747, Of Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia + 5. Carloman, King Of Burgundy,   b. Abt 750, Of Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia ,   d. 30 Nov 771, Samoucy, Aisne, France  (Age ~ 21 years)   6. Gilles, Prince Of Franks,   b. Abt 754, Of Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia   7. Pepin, Prince Of Franks,   b. 755, Of Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia ,   d. Abt 760  (Age 5 years)   8. Gisele, Princess Of Franks,   b. 756, Of Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia ,   d. 810  (Age 54 years)   9. Ade, Princess Of Franks,   b. 758, Of Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia ,   d. 12 May
  Family ID	F7168	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Leuthergis, [Concubine],   b. Abt 714, Austrasia, France
  Children	1. Talendus Bastard Of Franks,   b. Abt 736, Austrasia, France   2. Berthe Bastard Of Franks,   b. Abt 738, Austrasia, France
  Family ID	F7169	Group Sheet

  
  

• 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. ---------- Reference: "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.