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Pepin [a] the Short (Latin: Pipinus; French: Pépin le Bref; c. 714 – 24 September 768), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king. [2] Pepin was the son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude.
Septimania during Pepin's expedition and conquest (752–759) The Frankish king Pepin the Short finally lay siege to the Gothic-Andalusian Narbonne in 752 with a view to seizing it with no delay. However, Pepin suffered a major blow when his main local, Gothic ally Ansemund was killed by a rival Gothic faction during the besieging operations in ...
Saint Fulrad, counselor to both Pepin the Short and Charlemagne; Ebbo, Archbishop of Reims, counselor to Louis the Pious; Adalard of Corbie, grandson of Charles Martel, played a key role in the rule of Louis the Pious; Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims, principal advisor, friend, and chief propagandist for Charles the Bald. [2] Lord Chancellor. The ...
Childeric III (c. 717 – c. 754) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short.He was the last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty. . Once Childeric was deposed, Pepin became king, initiating the Carolingian dyn
Pope Stephen met Pepin the Short at the royal estate at Ponthion on 6 January 754. The king led the Pope's horse, while the pope in sackcloth and ashes bowed down and asked Pepin that in accordance with the peace treaties [between Rome and the Lombards] he would support the suit of St Peter and of the republic of the Romans.
The sandals are the remains of an ornate fabric shoe (slipper) allegedly given to the Abbey by Pepin the Short in the Carolingian period (7th to 9th centuries). [1]They are mentioned by Pepin in the deed of 762, and he is said to have received them from Rome as a gift of Pope Stephen II.
Pepin the Short (714–768) Carloman I (751–771) Charlemagne (742–814) ... Pepin I of Aquitaine (797–838) After the Treaty of Verdun (843) Lothair I, Holy Roman ...
Pippin or Pepin is a given name and surname.It is a masculine given name of Frankish origin with uncertain meaning. The name was borne by various members of the Carolingian family that ruled the Austrasian Empire in the Middle Ages, in what is now France and the western parts of Germany; most notably Pepin the Short, the first Carolingian king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne.