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Pepin of Landen (Pepin I), d. 639?, mayor of the palace of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia Austrasia (ôstrā`zhə), northeastern portion of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . With Arnulf, bishop of Metz, he called in King Clotaire II Clotaire II, d. 629, Frankish king, son of Chilperic I and Fredegunde . He succeeded (584) his father as king of Neustria, but his mother ruled for him until her death (597).
..... Click the link for more information. of Neustria to overthrow (613) Queen Brunhilda Brunhilda (brənhĭld`ə) or Brunehaut
..... Click the link for more information. of Austrasia. Clotaire II became king of Austrasia as well as Neustria but was forced to concede much of his authority to Pepin and Arnulf. From 623 they ruled Austrasia in the name of Clotaire's son Dagobert I Dagobert I (dăg`ōbûrt), c.612–c.639, Frankish king, son and successor of King Clotaire II.
..... Click the link for more information. , whom he had designated king. After Dagobert succeeded his father (629), Pepin lost his influence and withdrew into Aquitaine. By the marriage of Pepin's daughter with Arnulf's son, Pepin and Arnulf founded the Carolingian Carolingians (kărəlĭn`jēənz), dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent.
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