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Pépin III, King of the Franks
714 - 768 (54 years)
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Name Pépin III Suffix King of the Franks Birth 2 Apr 714 Gender Male Death 24 Sep 768 Saint-Denis, royaume des Francs 
Burial Aft 24 Sep 768 Saint-Denis Basilica, Saint-Denis, France Person ID I824 Our Family History Last Modified 1 Apr 2024
Father Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, b. Abt 688, Quierzy, Aisne, Austrasia, Frankish Empire d. 22 Oct 741, Quierzy Royal Palace, Franconian Empire (Age 53 years) Mother Chrodtrud, b. Abt 688, Wormsgau, Franconian Empire d. 22 Oct 725, Trier, Austrasia, France (Age 37 years) Family ID F8998158 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Berthe de Laon, Queen of the Franks, b. About 720, Laon, France d. 12 Jul 783, Choisy-au-Bac, Neustrie, royaume des Francs (Age 63 years) Children + 1. Charlemagne, King of the Franks, b. 2 Apr 748, Franconian Empire d. 28 Jan 814, Royal Palace, Aachen, France (Age 65 years)Family ID F8998155 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Apr 2024
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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.
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm#PepinLeBrefFranksA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84128337/
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84128337.html
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1840857/
https://viaf.org/viaf/264661907/#skos:Concept
https://wikimonde.com/article/P%C3%A9pin_le_Bref
- 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.