PEPIN III 'The Short' ap CHARLES MARTEL
Mayor of Austrasia
King of The Franks
| BIRTH: 714 in Jupille, Austrasia (today a part of Belgium) DEATH: 24 Sep 768 in Paris, Seine, France BURIAL: 768 in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, Seine, France FATHER: Charles Martel 'The Hammer' ap PEPIN II MOTHER: Rotrude verch LEUTWINUS FIRST MARRIAGE: Abt 740 - Bertrada verch Claribert (Broadfoot) in Austrasia, France CHILDREN:
1. Charlemagne ap PEPIN III - 2 Apr 742 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia (now Nordrhein-Wesfalen
2. Rothaide verch PEPIN III - Abt 744 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia 3. Adelaide verch PEPIN III - Abt 746 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia 4. Gertrude verch PEPIN III - Abt 748 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia 5. Bertbelle verch PEPIN III - Abt 750 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
6. Carloman ap PEPIN III - Abt 751 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia 7. Gilles ap PEPIN III - Abt 755 - Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia 8. Pepin ap PEPIN III - Abt 756 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia 9. Gisela verch PEPIN III - Abt 757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
10. Ade ap PEPIN III - Abt 759 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia 11. Emeric ap PEPIN III - Abt 762 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia
SECOND MARRIAGE: Leuthergis of the FRANKS |
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Pepin became the first king of the Carolingian Dynasty. Pope Stephen III traveled to Paris and crowned him in 754 in a lavish ceremony at St. Denis Basilica. Pepin defeated the Lombards of northern Italy and ceded Ravenna and other cities to the Pope. The foundation for the Papal States was laid by this grant called 'the Donation of Pepin'.
He was succeeded by his sons Carloman and Charlemagne as joint kings.
Pepin the Short was mayor of the palace of Austrasia and King of the Franks from 751 to 768. In 751 Pepin deposed Childeric III which ended the Merovingian Dynasty. Childeric was sent to a monastery.