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Pepin the Short

British  
/ ˈpɛpɪn /

noun

  1. 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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At his death, Charles Martel passed on his power to his son, Pepin the Short.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Between 752 and 759 Pepin the Short resolved on the conquest of Septimania, i.e.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

I remember Carl had led them up to Pepin the Short when we left Berlin.

From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Parker, Cornelia Stratton

It was the Frankish ruler, Pepin the Short, who annexed their possessions there and drove them back across the Pyrenees to Spain.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

Such itinerant royal agents had not been unknown in Merovingian times, and they had probably been made use of pretty frequently by Charles Martel 135 and Pepin the Short.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

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