PIPPINID Pepin

Abt 0645 - 0714  (69 years)

• Name	PIPPINID Pepin
  Birth	Abt 0645	Herstal, Austrasia [Liège, Belgium]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Dec 0714	Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium
  Notes	Pepin II "le gros" d'Herstal (645/50 - 16 Dec 714 Jupille, near Liège)[1] bur. Basilique de Saint-Arnoul, Metz[1] Titles 676/80: duke in Austrasia[2] 688: maior domus of Neustria 688/90: maior domus of Austrasia Parents Father: Ansegisel (612 - 655/65)[3][1][4] Mother: Begga (d. 693, 698 or 709)[1] sources dates from 11th century[5] Marriages m.1 (670/5) Plectrudis (d. after 717; p. Hugobert, comes palatii and Irmina, Abbess of Oereon).[6] Issue: 2[7] Drogo (d. 24 Mar 708) Grimoald (d. Apr 714 Liège)[8] m.2 (bigamy) Chalpais "Alpais" UNKNOWN (sibling: Dodo).[9] Issue: 1[10] Charles Martel (690 - 16 or 22 Oct 741 Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne) Mistress 1. UNKNOWN. Issue: 1[11] Childebrand (d. after 751 or after 762) Rule Pepin and Martin, duke of Laon, fought Ebroin, who defeated the Austrasians at Lucofao (Bois-du-Fay, near Laon) and came close to uniting all the Franks under his rule; however, he was assassinated. Pepin immediately made peace with his successor, Waratton. However, Waratton's successor Berthar, and Neustrian king Theuderic III, made war on Austrasia. The king and his mayor were decisively defeated at the Battle of Tertry (Textrice) in the Vermandois in 687. Berthar and Theuderic withdrew themselves to Paris, where Pepin followed and eventually forced on them a peace treaty with the condition that Berthar leave his office. Pepin was created mayor in all three Frankish kingdoms (Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy) and began calling himself Duke and Prince of the Franks (dux et princeps Francorum). In the ensuing quarrels, Berthar killed his mother-in-law Ansfled and fled. His wife Anstrude married Pepin's eldest son Drogo, Duke of Champagne, and Pepin's place in Neustria was secured. Pepin subdued the Alemanni, Frisians, and Franconians, bringing them within the Frankish sphere of influence. He also began the evangelisation of Germany. In 695, he placed Drogo in the Burgundian mayorship and his other son, Grimoald, in the Neustrian one. Pepin of Herstal (635?-714), reunited Frankish realms in the late Merovingian period. Pepin's death was followed by a civil war and the succession of his illegitimate son Charles Martel. Space:Annalium et Historiae Francorum (Claude Chappelet, rue Saint Jacques, Paris, 1588, p. 296) [2][12] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website ↑ Liber Historiæ Francorum ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at FMG 81 ↑ Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis[1] ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at FMG 90 ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at FMG 124 ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at FMG 134 ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at FMG 158 ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at Chalpais ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at FMG 178 ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Charles Cawley, available at FMG 180 ↑ Monk Odorannus of St. Pierre-le-Vif at Sens (c. 985-1046) reports Pepin becoming "maior domus" in the year 688. He also reports the death of Pepin in the year 712 (DCCXII Obiit Pipinus) and then his son, Charles Martel, became the ruler (& filius eius qui dicitur Karolus Martellus principatum suscepit). See also: Weis, F. (1992). Ancestral Roots, (7th ed). Wikipedia: Pepin of Herstal Find A Grave: Memorial #131325529 Pepin of Herstal (ca.635-)
  Person ID	I58178	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	ARNULFING Ansegisel,   b. 0602, Metz, France d. 0662 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	PIPPINID Begga,   b. Abt 0625, Landon, Liège, Belgium d. Abt 0693, Andenne, royaume des Francs (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 0644
  Family ID	F25950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN Alpaïs,   b. Abt 0654   d. Abt 0714 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	0690	France
  Children	1. PIPPINID Charles,   b. 23 Aug 0676, fränkisches Reich, Austrasien d. 22 Oct 0741, Quierzy, Austrasia (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026