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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.
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.
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 ...
First son of Pepin the Short: Carloman I 24 September 768 – 4 December 771 28 June 751 Soissons Son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon: Gerberga 741 2 sons 4 December 771 Aged 20 Samoussy: Second son of Pepin the Short: Charles The Younger 25 December 800 – 4 December 811 c. 772 Son of Charlemagne and Hildegard: 4 December 811 Aged ...
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
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 ...
Bertrada married Pepin the Short, the son of Charles Martel, the Frankish "Mayor of the Palace", in around 740 or 741.However, Pepin and Bertrada were too closely related for their marriage to be legal at that time; the union was not canonically sanctioned until 749, after the birth of Charlemagne.
Chelles Abbey, reconstruction of nuns' dormitory.Engraving by Eugène Guillaumot. Gisela (757, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [1] – 810–11, Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France) was a Frankish princess and abbess.