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Pepin ΙΙ
Duke and Prince of the Franks
Reign
687 – 714
Successor
Charles Martel
Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
Reign
680 – 714
Predecessor
Wulfoald
Successor
Theudoald
Mayor of the Palace of Neustria
Reign
687 – 695
Predecessor
Berchar
Successor
Grimoald
Mayor of the Palace of Burgundy
Reign
687 – 695
Predecessor
Position reestablished
Successor
Drogo
Born
635
Died
16 December 714 Jupille, Austrasia
Burial
Basilique Notre-Dame de Chèvremont, Liège
Spouse
Plectrude Alpaida (mistress)
Issue
Grimoald Drogo Charles Childebrand Others
House
Arnulfings Pippinids (maternal)
Father
Ansegisel
Mother
Begga
Carolingian dynasty
Pippinids
Pippin the Elder (c. 580–640)
Grimoald (616–656)
Childebert the Adopted (d. 662)
Arnulfings
Arnulf of Metz (582–640)
Ansegisel (d. 662 or 679)
Chlodulf of Metz (d. 696 or 697)
Pepin of Herstal (635–714)
Grimoald II (d. 714)
Drogo of Champagne (670–708)
Theudoald (d. 741)
Carolingians
Charles Martel (686–741)
Carloman (d. 754)
Pepin the Short (714–768)
Carloman I (751–771)
Charlemagne (742–814)
Pepin the Hunchback (768–811)
Charles the Younger (772–811)
Pepin of Italy (773–810)
Louis the Pious (778–840)
Pepin I of Aquitaine (797–838)
After the Treaty of Verdun (843)
Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor (795–855; Middle Francia)
Charles the Bald (823–877) (West Francia)
Louis the German (804–876) (East Francia)
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The painting of St Hubert of Liège as he offers his services to Pepin of Heristal
Pepin II (c. 635 – 16 December 714), commonly known as Pepin of Herstal, was a Frankish statesman and military leader who de facto ruled Francia as the Mayor of the Palace from 680 until his death. He took the title Duke and Prince of the Franks upon his conquest of all the Frankish realms.
The son of the powerful Frankish statesman Ansegisel, Pepin worked to establish his family, the Pippinids, as the strongest in Francia. He became Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia in 680. Pepin subsequently embarked on several wars to expand his power. He united all the Frankish realms by the conquests of Neustria and Burgundy in 687. In foreign conflicts, Pepin increased the power of the Franks by his subjugation of the Alemanni, the Frisians, and the Franconians. He also began the process of evangelisation in Germany.
Pepin's statesmanship was notable for the further diminution of Merovingian royal authority, and for the acceptance of the undisputed right to rule for his family. Therefore, Pepin was able to name as heir his grandson Theudoald. But this was not accepted by his powerful son Charles Martel, leading to a civil war after his death in which the latter emerged victorious.
Pepin II (c. 635 – 16 December 714), commonly known as PepinofHerstal, was a Frankish statesman and military leader who de facto ruled Francia as the...
father, PepinofHerstal, had united the Frankish realm by conquering Neustria and Burgundy. Pepin was the first to call himself Duke and Prince of the Franks...
Carolingian dynasty. Under the nearly continuous campaigns ofPepinofHerstal, Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne, and Louis the Pious—father, son...
Pepin the Short (Latin: Pipinus; French: Pépin le Bref; c. 714 – 24 September 768), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the...
Pepin, or Pippin the Hunchback (French: Pépin le Bossu, German: Pippin der Buckelige; c. 768/769 – 811) was a Frankish prince. He was the eldest son of...
Pepin or Pippin (777 – 8 July 810) was King of Italy from 781 until his death in 810. Born Carloman, he was the third son of Charlemagne (his second by...
Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Martin of Laon (647 - 680) (though this is disputed) Clotilda ofHerstal (650–699), married King Theuderic III of Neustria...
mayor of the palace, briefly unopposed in 714 after the death of his grandfather, PepinofHerstal. In 715, the nobility acclaimed Ragenfrid mayor of Neustria...
Pepin I or Pepin I of Aquitaine (French: Pépin; 797 – 13 December 838) was King of Aquitaine and Duke of Maine. Pepin was the second son of Emperor Louis...
grandmother of PepinofHerstal and one of the matriarchs of the great Carolingian family. Her sons were Grimoald, later Mayor of the Palace, and father of King...
married Begga daughter ofPepin I, Pepinof Landen. Arnulf is thus the male-line grandfather ofPepinofHerstal, great-grandfather of Charles Martel and...
son, Pippin ofHerstal and his descendants. Since the late eighth century, the rise of the family has been depicted as the defining feature of the late Merovingian...
after victory over the western kingdom of Neustria, the Austrasian mayor, Pippin ofHerstal, took the title Duke of the Franks to signify his augmented rule...
in 687, and the Kingdom of Burgundy—in 711. Real power, however, still remained with the Mayor of the Palace, Pippin ofHerstal, who died in 714. Pippin's...
next year. The family reappeared in politics with the rise of Ansegisel’s son, PepinofHerstal. Liber Historiæ Francorum 43, MGH SS rer Merov II, page 316...
Martinus) and PepinofHerstal were the leading noblemen of Austrasia and led the resistance against Neustrian mayor Ebroin, who had designs on all of Francia...
nominations as a main cast member for all three shows in this category, two of which feature him as the same character. "Jonathan Banks". TV Guide. Retrieved...
of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, ended the strife between various kings and their mayors with his victory at the Battle of Tertry. Pepin was...
his succession in 691 until her own death in 692, though in reality PepinofHerstal controlled government. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens :...
having an older half-brother named Pepin, called Pepin the Hunchback. In 774, as Charlemagne was besieging Pavia, capital of the Lombard Kingdom, he sent for...
princess, the daughter of Redbad, King of the Frisians. In 711 she was married to Grimoald the Younger the eldest son ofPepinofHerstal.: 794 The marriage...
Steinbeck Pepinof Landen (c. 580–640), nicknamed the Elder, sometimes listed as a saint PepinofHerstal (c. 635–714), nicknamed the Middle Pepin the Short...
Younger, son of Charlemagne, who received Neustria; King Louis the Pious, who received Aquitaine; and King Pepin, who received Italy. Pepin died with an...
as sole ruler of the Franks. He becomes a puppet—a roi fainéant—of his uncle PepinofHerstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia. Battle of Maskin: An Umayyad...
the 7th century retained much of their former independence, Frankish rule being mostly nominal, but in 709, PepinofHerstal conquered the territory and...
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