General Notes

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Pippin of Italy (April, 773 – July 8, 810) was the third son of Charlemagn
e, and the second with his wife Hildegard of Savoy. He was born Carloma
n, but when his brother Pippin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the ro
yal name Pippin passed to him. He was made king of Italy after his father
's conquest of the Lombards in 781. He was crowned King by Pope Hadrian I.
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empir
e. This included a long, but unsuccessful siege of Venice in 810. The sie
ge lasted six months and Pippin's army was ravaged by the diseases of t
he local swamps and was forced to withdraw. A few months later Pippin died
.
He married Bertha of Toulouse and had five daughters with her: Adelheid, A
tala, Gundrada, Berthais, and Tetrada. He also had an illegitimate son Ber
nard. Pippin was expected to inherit a third of his father's empire, but P
ippin died before him. The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, b
ut the empire went to Pippin's younger brother Louis the Pious.