Duc de Austrasia & Brabant, Pepin II de

Birth Name Duc de Austrasia & Brabant, Pepin II de 1a 2 3 4a 5a 6a
Also Known As Duc de Austrasia & Brabant, Pepin II the Fat
Gramps ID I17150
Gender male
Age at Death 79 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Nobility Title [E22171]     II
 
Birth [E22172] 635 Heristal, France  
1b
Birth [E22173] 635 Heristal, Liege (Belgium)  
7 3a 2a 4b 5b 6b
Death [E22174] 714 France  
1c
Death [E22175] 714-12-16 Villa de Jupille, on the Meuse River, near Leige, Belgium  
8a 3b 2b 4c 5c 6c
_FA1 [E22176]   Carolingian mayor of The Palace of Austrasia circa 680.  
5d 6d
_FA2 [E22177]   Reunited Frankish realms in the late Merovingian period.  
5e 6e
_FA3 [E22178] 687 Extended Carolingian rule to the other Frankish kingdoms, Neustria and Burgundy.  
5f 6f
_FA4 [E22179]   Retained members of the Merovingian dynasty as figurehead monarchs in all three.  
5g 6g
_FA5 [E22180]   Extended control in 689 over the Frisians, pagans living on the North Sea coast.  
5h 6h
_FA6 [E22181]   Death was followed by a civil war.  
5i 6i
_FA7 [E22182]   The succession was won by his illegitimate son Charles Martel.  
5j 6j
_FA8 [E22183]   Known also as “Pepin the Fat”, Duke of Brabant.  
5k 6k
_FA9 [E22184]   Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Neustria & Burgundy under Childeric II.  
5l 6l

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Mayor of Austrasia, Anchises (Ansegisel) [I35342]602685
Mother de Austrasia, St. Beggue [I35341]613BET. 694 - 698
    Brother     de Laon, Martin [I36344] 660
         Duc de Austrasia & Brabant, Pepin II de [I17150] 635 714

Families

    Family of Duc de Austrasia & Brabant, Pepin II de and (de Heristal), Elphide (Chalpaida) [F14815]
Unknown Partner (de Heristal), Elphide (Chalpaida) [I35339] ( * 654 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Partners (Primary) [E59981]      
2c 3c 4d 5m
_FA1 [E59982]   She is named as “a concubine”.  
5n
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Lord Perracy, Childebrand [I35343]BET. 743 - 751
Martel, Charles the Hammer Duc de Antrim [I28636]676741-10-22

Narrative

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Pepin of Heristol (Liege, Belgium); Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia.

Pepin of Herstal (635?-714), Carolingian mayor of the palace, who reunited the Frankish realms in the late Merovingian period. A grandson of Pepin the Elder, he succeeded to his position in the kingdom of Austrasia around 680. In 687 he
extended Carolingian rule to the other Frankish kingdoms, Neustria and Burgundy, but retained members of the Merovingian dynasty as figurehead monarchs in all three. Two years later he extended his control over the Frisians, a pagan people living on the North Sea coast. Pepin's death was followed by a civil war and the succession of his illegitimate son Charles Martel.

Source: 'Pepin of Herstal,' Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation 'Royalty for Commoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 129.

"The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe, Holmes, George, Oxford University Press, 1988":
The first of the great Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. Ruler of the Franks in 687, he managed, through the Battle of Tertry in 687, to unite Neustria and Austrasia under his own "puppet" Merovingian king. But the power struggles in northern Gaul seriously weakened the power of the merovingians and their mayors. The Aquitanians had their own Duke; the "Patricius" of Provence was for all practical purposes an independent ruler.; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north.34

"Britannica On-Line":
The son of Begga and Ansegisel, who were, respectively, the daughter of
Pepin I and the son of Bishop Arnulf of Metz, Pepin established himself as mayor of the palace in Austrasia after the death of Dagobert II in 679 and defended its autonomy against Theodoric III of Neustria and Ebroon, Theodoric's mayor of the palace. Defeated by Ebroon in 680 at Lucofao (near Laon), Pepin gained his revenge on the Neustrians in 687 at Tertry (near Pironne) and became sole effective ruler of the Franks. He nevertheless retained Theodoric III on the throne and after his death replaced him with three successive Merovingian kings. After several years of warfare Pepin defeated the Frisians on his northeastern border (689) and married his son Grimoald to Theodelind, daughter of the Frisian chief Radbod. He also forced the Alemanni to recognize Frankish authority again and encouraged Christian missionaries in Alemannia and Bavaria. Charles Martel was his son.

Pedigree

  1. Mayor of Austrasia, Anchises (Ansegisel) [I35342]
    1. de Austrasia, St. Beggue [I35341]
      1. de Laon, Martin [I36344]
      2. Duc de Austrasia & Brabant, Pepin II de
        1. (de Heristal), Elphide (Chalpaida) [I35339]
          1. Lord Perracy, Childebrand [I35343]
          2. Martel, Charles the Hammer Duc de Antrim [I28636]

Ancestors

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