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Pepin, in turn, besieged the Aquitanian-held towns and strongholds of Bourbon, Clermont, Chantelle, Bourges and Thouars, defended by Waiofar's Gascon troops, who were overcome, captured and deported into northern France with their children and wives. [16] In 763, Pepin advanced further into the heart of Waiofar's domains and captured major ...
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.
The short story by Alexandre Dumas, "Episodes from Pepin et Charlemagne", has been incorrectly cited as being about Pepin the Hunchback. In fact, the story is about his namesake and grandfather, Charles's father Pepin. The story tells how Pepin met his bride Berthe (which was the name of the wife of Pepin of Italy and so it is possible Dumas ...
Rotrude and Charles had five children: [citation needed] Carloman, Mayor of the Palace; Pepin the Short, King of the Franks and father of Charlemagne; Hiltrude, Duchess Consort of Bavaria, married to Odilo, Duke of Bavaria (perhaps) Landrade (perhaps) Auda of France, married to Thierry IV, Count of Autun. [citation needed]
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
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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 ...