Pepin the Short

British

/ ˈpɛpɪn /

noun

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

Charlemagne in half-mourning, because Pepin the Short had just died.

From Happy Days by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

Pepin the Short, the son of the famous Charles Martel, who succeeded his father as Master of the Palace, hardly knew how to handle the situation.

From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Pepin was quite low in stature, and therefore was called Pepin the Short.

From Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Poland, Addison B.

He was the elder son of Pepin the Short, and succeeded, on the death of his father in A.D.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

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