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Pepin the Short (Pepin III), c.714–768, first Carolingian king of the Franks Franks, group of Germanic tribes. By the 3d cent. A.D., they were settled along the lower and middle Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the Ripuarian Franks in the south.
..... Click the link for more information. (751–68), son of Charles Martel Charles Martel (märtĕl`) [O.Fr.
..... Click the link for more information. and father of Charlemagne Charlemagne (Charles the Great or Charles I) (shär`ləmān) [O.Fr.
..... Click the link for more information. . Succeeding his father as mayor of the palace (741), he ruled Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his brother Carloman Carloman, d. 754, mayor of the palace in the kingdom of Austrasia after the death (741) of his father, Charles Martel. Ruling with his brother, Pepin the Short , he carried on successful wars against the dukes of Aquitaine, the Saxons, the Swabians, and the Bavarians.
..... Click the link for more information. (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 Ravenna (rävĕn`nä), city (1991 pop. 135,844), capital of Ravenna prov.
..... Click the link for more information. and other cities. These he ceded to the pope, thus laying the foundation of the Papal States Papal States, Ital. Lo Stato della Chiesa, from 754 to 1870 an independent territory under the temporal rule of the popes, also called the States of the Church and the Pontifical States. The territory varied in size at different times; in 1859 it included c.
..... Click the link for more information. . Pepin also extended his territories and subdued Aquitaine Aquitaine (ăk`wĭtān, äkētĕn`), Lat. Aquitania, former duchy and kingdom in SW France.
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Pepin the Short

died 768 ad, king of the Franks (751--768); son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. He deposed the Merovingian king (751) and founded the Carolingian dynasty

Pepin the Short

first Frankish king; progenitor of Carolingian dynasty. [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 20, 25]

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