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Pepin III 'the Short' CAROLINGIAN (714-768) |
Pepin III 'the Short' CAROLINGIAN
Another name for Pepin was Peppin the Younger King of Franks 1907.,1909 FamilySearch ID: 9MWY-PTR General Notes: Pepin the Short (Pepin III), c. 714-768, first Carolingian king of the Franks (751-68), son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. Succeeding his father as mayor of the palace (741), he ruled Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his brother Carloman (d. 754) received Austrasia and what came to be Thuringia. In 743 the brothers chose Childeric III, a Merovingian, as nominal king of all the Franks. With their help St. Boniface effected far-reaching reforms that strengthened the Frankish church and advanced the conversion of the Saxons. After Carloman had retired (747) to religious life, Pepin, with the consent of the pope, St. Zacharias, forced Childeric into a monastery and had himself proclaimed king (751). In return for recognition by the pope, Pepin defended Rome against the Lombards (754, 756), from whom he wrested the exarchate of Ravenna and other cities. These he ceded to the pope, thus laying the foundation of the Papal States. Pepin also extended his territories and subdued Aquitaine. Noted events in his life were: 1. Title of Nobility: King of Frans,, in , , , Frankish Empire. Pepin married Bertrada BROADFOOT of Laon, daughter of Heribert Graf von Laon and Unknown, in 741 in , , , France.1914 (Bertrada BROADFOOT of Laon was born in May 726 in Laon, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France 1907,1909, christened in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France,1907 died on 12 July 783 in Choisy-au-Bac, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France 1907,1909 and was buried on 16 July 783 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France 1907,1909.) Noted events in their marriage were: 1. They have conflicting marriage information of 740 and Herstal, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. 1915 2. They have conflicting marriage information of 22 October 741. 1914 3. They have conflicting marriage information of Champagne, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. 1914 4. They have conflicting marriage information of 22 October 741. 1916 5. They have conflicting marriage information of Champagne, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. 1916 |