Pepin I the Old of Austrasia
(Cir 580-639)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Itta

Pepin I the Old of Austrasia 1 2 3

  • Born: Cir 580, Landen, Brabant, Belgium
  • Marriage: Itta
  • Died: 27 Feb 639-640 aged 59

   Another name for Pepin was Pepin of Landen.

  General Notes:

Pepin the Elder, founder of the Carolingian dynasty. A noble of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, Pepin, also known as Pepin of Landen, joined with Arnulf, bishop of Metz, in the struggle to overthrow Brunhild, queen of Austrasia, in 613, and subsequently governed the kingdom as mayor of the palace for Brunhild's successor, Clotaire II. Pepin's descendants remained dominant in Austrasia, and in the following century displaced the Merovingians as the royal house of the Franks.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Mayor of Austrasia.


Pepin married Itta.


Sources


1 Microsoft, Encarta Encyclopedia 99 (© 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.), "Pepin the Elder,".

2 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

3 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

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