Pepin the Short
Britishnoun
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At his death, Charles Martel passed on his power to his son, Pepin the Short.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Pepin was quite low in stature, and therefore was called Pepin the Short.
From Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Poland, Addison B.
Martel contrived to make his peculiar office hereditary, and at his death in 741 left it to be filled jointly by his two elder sons, Karlmann 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
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)
There lie round-bellied Charlemagne, with his pipe in his mouth, and Pepin the Short, with his sword in his hand, and a lion, the emblem of courage, under his feet.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
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