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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
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Pepin the Short

first Frankish king; progenitor of Carolingian dynasty. [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 20, 25]
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- 741) and his son Pepin the Short (c714 - 68), who finally deposed the nominal ruler in 751 and was anointed king of the Franks by the Pope in 754.
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