1564109 - King of Franks, Pepin III the Short

Events

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Birth [E37086]	714	Austrasia, France	8 9a 1a 2a 3b 4b 5b 6b 7b
Death [E37087]	768-09-24	Abbey of St Denys, Paris, Seine, France	8 9b 2b 1b 3c 4c 5c 6c
Death [E37088]	768-09-24	France	7c
_FA1 [E37089]		Mayor of the Palace. Founded the Carolingian dynasty.	3d 4d 5d 6d
_FA2 [E37090]	BET. 751 - 768	Chosen King of the Franks over the last feeble Merovingian monarch, Childeric.	3e 4e 5e 6e
_FA3 [E37091]		Boniface, with Papal blessings, anointed him King of the Franks.	4f 5f 6f
_FA4 [E37092]		This alliance w/ Pope conferred leadership of Westrn Christiandom on dynasty	4g 5g 6g
_FA5 [E37093]		Served as mayor of the palace in the Merovingian kingdom in France & Germany.	4h 5h 6h
_FA6 [E37094]		Pope Stephen II asked him for help against the Lombards.	4i 5i 6i
_FA7 [E37095]		Pepin sent his army to save Rome.	4j 5j 6j
_FA8 [E37096]		Lombards had captured Ravenna. Pepin recaptured the city.	4k 5k 6k
_FA9 [E37097]		He gave Ravenna & much of its adjacent territory to the Pope.	4l 5l 6l
_FA10 [E37098]		Known as ‘the Donation of Pepin, ’ it helped build the political power of Pope.	4m 5m 6m
_FA11 [E37099]		Pepin added Aquitaine to his own kingdom.	4n 5n 6n
_FA12 [E37100]		Began many important religious and educational reforms.	4o 5o 6o
_FA13 [E37101]		His son Charlemagne carried on these reforms.	4p 5p 6p

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Martel, Charles the Hammer Duc de Antrim [I28636]	676	741-10-22
Mother	Dss of Austrasia, Chrotrud of Allemania [I28635]	690	724
Brother	Duke of Franks, Bernard [I30694]
	King of Franks, Pepin III the Short [I28632]	714	768-09-24

Families

Family of King of Franks, Pepin III the Short and Cts of Laon, Bertrada [F7114]

Married

Wife

Cts of Laon, Bertrada [I18675] ( * 720 + 783-07-12 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E56614]		France			7d
Marriage [E56615]	740				2c 1c 4q

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
King of Franks, Charlemagne [I17116]	742-04-02	813/4-01-28 (Julian)
Abbess of Chelles, Gisela of Chelles [I28633]	757	811

Narrative

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Pepin 'The Short', King Of The Franks founded the Carolingian dynasty. Like his father, grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, Pepin served as mayor of the palace in the Merovingian kingdom in France and Germany. In each case, the mayor was the power behind the throne. In 751, an assembly of the Franks deposed Childeric, the last of the weak Merovingian kings, and proclaimed Pepin king. Pope Stephen II, who ruled Rome, asked Pepin for help against the Lombard king, Pepin sent his army to save Rome. The Lombards had captured Ravenna. Pepin recaptured the city and much of the nearby territory, known as 'the Donation of Pepin,' helped build the political power of the pope. Pepin added Aquitaine to his own kingdom, and began many important religious and educational reforms. His son Charlemagne, carried on these reforms.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, P245 'Royalty for Commoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 129.
'Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists ...', Frederick Lewis Weis, 1993, p cvi.

Pedigree

Martel, Charles the Hammer Duc de Antrim [I28636]
1. Dss of Austrasia, Chrotrud of Allemania [I28635]
  1. Duke of Franks, Bernard [I30694]
  2. King of Franks, Pepin III the Short
    1. Cts of Laon, Bertrada [I18675]
      1. King of Franks, Charlemagne [I17116]
      2. Abbess of Chelles, Gisela of Chelles [I28633]

Ancestors

King of Franks, Pepin III the Short
* 714
+ 768-09-24

Martel, Charles the Hammer Duc de Antrim
* 676
+ 741-10-22

Duc de Austrasia & Brabant, Pepin II de
* 635
+ 714

Mayor of Austrasia, Anchises (Ansegisel)
* 602
+ 685

de Austrasia, St. Beggue
* 613
+ BET. 694 - 698

(de Heristal), Elphide (Chalpaida)
* 654
+ ...

Dss of Austrasia, Chrotrud of Allemania
* 690
+ 724

Bishop of Troyes, St. Leutwinus de Treves
* 660
+ BET. 713 - 722

Ct de Poitiers, Guerin (Warin) (Warinus)
* 630
+ 677

de Treves, Gunza (Kunza)
* about 630
+ ...

of Rodobertus, daughter
* about 660
+ ...

Chrodobertus (Robert)
* about 620
+ after 678-10-00

Doda
*
+ ...

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Birth Name	King of Franks, Pepin III the Short 1 2 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a
Gramps ID	I28632
Gender	male
Age at Death	54 years, 8 months, 23 days