Landers Genealogy King Pepin III of the Franks

Pepin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace
(Abt 635-714)

Alpais of Saxony
(Abt 654-)

Saint/Bishop Leutwinus de Treves
(Abt 665-722)

Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace
(686-741)

Duchess Rotrude of Austrasia
(Abt 690-Abt 724)

King Pepin III of the Franks
(714-768)

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Spouses/Children:
Queen Bertha of Laon

King Pepin III of the Franks

Born: 714, Jupille, Austrasia ⁷⁷³ ^,774 ^,784
Marriage: Queen Bertha of Laon in 740 ⁷⁷³
Died: 24 Sep 768, St. Denis Basilica, Seine-Saint-Denis, France at age 54 ⁷⁷³ ^,774 ^,780 ^,784
Buried: 768, St. Denis Abbey Basilica, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Other names for Pepin were Pepin the Short, Pepin the Younger and Pippin III of the Franks.

General Notes:

Ended the mockery of the Merovingian dynasty by deposing King Childeric III and, with the assistance of Pope Zacharias, had himself crowned King of the Franks. {Encyclopedia of Military History} [GADD.GED]

Mayor of the Palace, deposed the last of the Merovingian Kings and became the first King of the Franks of the second race, 751-768. [Pedigrees of Some of Charlemagne's Descendants by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich]

Noted events in his life were:

• Title: Mayor of the Palace of Neustria, 741-751.

• Title: Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, 747-751. ⁷⁷³

• Title: King of the Franks, 751-768. ⁷⁷³

Pepin married Queen Bertha of Laon, daughter of Count Claribert I of Laon and Princess Bertrada of France, in 740.⁷⁷³ (Queen Bertha of Laon was born about 720 in Laon, Aisne, France,⁷⁷³ ^,784 died on 12 Jul 783 in Choisy, Bourgogne ⁷⁷³ ^,774 ^,784 and was buried in 783 in St. Denis Abbey Basilica, Seine-Saint-Denis, France ⁷⁷³.)