King Pepin I Of France^[1]

714 - 768  (54 years)

• Name	Pepin I Of France
  Prefix	King
  Birth	714	Austria
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Sep 768	St. Denis, France
  Person ID	I52541	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia Charles Martel, Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia,   b. Abt 676, Of, Heristal, Liege, Belgium d. 22 Oct 741, Quierzy, Aisne, France (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Duchess Rotrude Of Austrasia,   b. Abt 690, Moselle, Austrasia, France d. 724 (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F21610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess Bertha Of Laon,   b. 720, Laon, Austrasia d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy, Bourgogne, France (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 740
  Children	1. Emporer Charles Charlemagne,   b. 2 Apr 747, Aix La Chapelle, Austrasia d. 29 Jan 813-814, Aix La Chapelle, France (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F21608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 714 - Austria Death - 24 Sep 768 - St. Denis, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  -when his father died in 741, Pepin III and his brother Carloman succeeded as joint Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia. In 746, Carloman abdicated and became a monk, leaving Pepin to rule all of Austrasia on his own.   In 750, Pepin received papal permission from Pope Zachary to take the Frankish crown from King Childeric III. In 751, Zachary formerly deposed Childeric, and Pepin became the first Caroliginian king of the Franks. In 753, Pope Stephen went to Gaul to affirm Pepin's crown. In 755, on Stephen's wishes, Pepin attacked the Lombards of Italy who were harrasing the Roman See, and peace was made. The next year, the Lombard king again marauded near Rome, was again defeated, and again made peace with Pepin. That year, Pepin promised the Church Frankish protection, thus breaking ties with the Eastern Empire that were only needed for Italian safety. In 760, Pepin and Duke Waifar of independent Aquitaine started a war which lasted many years.   In 764, both sides were tired, and the war took a one year break. Pepin launched a final campaign against Aquitaine in 766 with full force, Aquitaine was defeated, and Waifar and his family were executed. By 768, the year Pepin died, Aquitaine had been completely conquered.   Pepin III (also called Pippin, or Pepin the Short) (died 768), first Carolingian king of the Franks, son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S1340] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg: J. A. Stargardt, 1980-), I:2 (Reliability: 3).