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| Name |
Pepin Karling |
| Suffix |
King of the Franks |
| Nickname |
The Short |
| Birth |
714 |
Metz, Austrasia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
24 Sep 768 |
Saint-Denis, Neustria |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
2 Aug 1923 |
| FamilySearch ID |
9MWY-PTR |
| Burial |
Basilica of Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Neustria |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I13680 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Charles "Martel" Martel, Mayor of the Palace, b. 676, Herstal, Liège, België d. 22 Oct 741, Quierzy, Aisne, Picardie, République française (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Rotrude, b. Abt 690, Austrasia d. Abt 724 (Age 34 years) |
| Family ID |
F5207 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Bertrada, of Laon, b. Abt 720, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, République française d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, République française (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 740 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Charlemagne "Charles the Great" Karling, King of the Franks, b. 2 Apr 742, Ingelheim, Daxweiler, Rhineland, Deutschland d. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland (Age 71 years) |
| | 2. Pepin Karling, b. 756, Aachen, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland d. Abt 761 (Age 5 years) |
| | 3. Gisele Karling, Abbess of Chelles Abbey, b. 757, Aachen, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland d. 810 (Age 53 years) |
| + | 4. Carloman Karling, King of the Franks, b. 751, Austrasia d. 4 Dec 771, Samoussy, Aisne, Picardie, République française (Age 20 years) |
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| Family ID |
F7068 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Pepin the Short, also called the Younger (German: Pippin der Jüngere, Fr e nch: Pépin le Bref, c. 714 – 24 September 768) was King of the Franks f ro m 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become k ing .
The younger son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotru d e, Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical educatio n h e had received from the monks of St. Denis. Succeeding his father a s th e Mayor of the Palace in 741, Pepin reigned over Francia jointly wit h hi s elder brother Carloman. Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy and Prov ence , while his older brother Carloman established himself in Austrasia , Alem annia and Thuringia. The brothers were active in suppressing revol ts le d by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons and the Alemanni in the ear ly yea rs of their reign. In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum b y choosin g Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, a s figurehea d king of the Franks.
Being well disposed towards the church and papacy on account of their ec c lesiastical upbringing, Pepin and Carloman continued their father's wo r k in supporting Saint-Boniface in reforming the Frankish church and eva ng elising the Saxons. After Carloman, who was an intensely pious man, re tir ed to religious life in 747, Pepin became the sole ruler of the Frank s. H e suppressed a revolt led by his half-brother Grifo and succeeded i n beco ming the undisputed master of all Francia. Giving up pretence, Pep in the n forced Childeric into a monastery and had himself proclaimed kin g of th e Franks with the support of Pope Zachary in 751. The decision wa s not su pported by all members of the Carolingian family and Pepin had t o put dow n a revolt led by Carloman's son, Drogo, and again by Grifo.
As king, Pepin embarked on an ambitious program to expand his power. H e r eformed the legislation of the Franks and continued the ecclesiastica l re forms of Boniface. Pepin also intervened in favour of the papacy o f Steph en II against the Lombards in Italy. In the midsummer of 754, Ste phen I I anointed Pepin afresh, together with his two sons, Charles and C arloman . The ceremony took place in the Abbey Church of St. Denis, nea r Paris, a nd the Pope formally forbade the Franks ever to elect as a kin g anyone wh o was not of the sacred race of Pepin. He also bestowed upo n Pepin and hi s sons the title of 'Patrician of Rome'.[2] He was able t o secure severa l cities, which he then gave to the Pope as part of the D onation of Pepin . This formed the legal basis for the Papal States in th e Middle Ages. Th e Byzantines, keen to make good relations with the grow ing power of the F rankish empire, gave Pepin the title of Patricius. I n wars of expansion , Pepin conquered Septimania from the Islamic Umayyad s and subjugated th e southern realms by repeatedly defeating Waiofar an d his Gascon troops , after which the Gascon and Aquitanian lords saw n o option but to pledg e loyalty to the Franks. Pepin was, however, troubl ed by the relentless r evolts of the Saxons and the Bavarians. He campaig ned tirelessly in Germa ny, but the final subjugation of these tribes wa s left to his successors.
Pepin died in 768 and was succeeded by his sons Charlemagne and Carloma n . Although unquestionably one of the most powerful and successful rule r s of his time, Pepin's reign is largely overshadowed by that of his mo r e famous son, Charlemagne.
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