Pepin III "the Short" King of FRANKS

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Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Pepin III
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 50-12
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                   Pepin III, King des Francs (Andre Roux: Scrolls, 191.)

(Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians.)

(Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 129, Line 171-42.)

(Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Pages 269 - 283, 369).Also Known As: Pepin "Le Bref".

Born: in 714 in Austrasia, son of Charles Martel and Rotrude=Chrotrud,Duchesse d'Austrasie ). Married circa 740: Berthe=Bertrada de Laon,daughter of Charibert, Count de Laon and Bertrade N? ;

Berthe was for may years, at least since 740, the concubine of Pepin III.In 749 she convinced him to marry her. Note - between 742 and 753: PepinIII was baptized by the then future Saint Willibrod, famous apostle ofFrisia and was brought up at the Monastery of Saint-Denis. He wouldprotect the bishops.

Upon the death of his father, Charles Martel in Quierzy-sur-Oise on 22October 741, Pepin III received Neustria, Burgundy and the Provence. Thenext year, Pepin "Le Bref", whose surname was derived in the 9th. centurybecause of his size, joined his older brother, Carloman in militaryoperations in Aquitaine. They ravaged the region of Bourges and set fireto the Castle of Loches. By Autumn, they had pushed beyond the Rhine,defeated Duke Odilon of Bavaria and forcing the Allemanians to submit. Inthe year 743, they re-establish a Merovingian King by taking ChildericIII from an abbey, purportedly one of the sons of Childeric II. In 744,Hunaud, son of Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine, undertakes his campaign inAllemania, crosses the Loire and destroys Chartres, burning itscathedral. The next year, he was forced by Carloman and Pepin III toretire at the Monastery of the Ile de Re. Hunaud's son Waifre succeedshim. Pepin decides to free Grifon, his half-brother, and to thank him,Grifon joins a rebellion against Pepin, refusing Pepin's offer of a dozenNeustrian countships. In 749, Pepin III forces the Allemanians inrebellion to submit as well as the Bavarians. Grifon escapes but diesthat year on his way to seek the help Waifre, Duke of Aquitaine, nearSaint-Jean-de-Maurienne. The Merovingian dynasty comes to an end inNovember of 751 when Pepin III receives the Holy Oil from Boniface,Bishop of Soissons, thus becoming King. His wife becomes Queen of theFrancs the same day. Childeric III and his son Thierry both are shavenand they are sent to the Monastery of Saint-Berton, near Arras.

Pepin III, King des Francs (Andre Roux: Scrolls, 191.)

(Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians.)

(Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 129, Line 171-42.)

(Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Pages 269 - 283, 369).Also Known As: Pepin "Le Bref".

Born: in 714 in Austrasia, son of Charles Martel and Rotrude=Chrotrud,Duchesse d'Austrasie ). Married circa 740: Berthe=Bertrada de Laon,daughter of Charibert, Count de Laon and Bertrade N? ;

Berthe was for may years, at least since 740, the concubine of Pepin III.In 749 she convinced him to marry her. Note - between 742 and 753: PepinIII was baptized by the then future Saint Willibrod, famous apostle ofFrisia and was brought up at the Monastery of Saint-Denis. He wouldprotect the bishops.

Upon the death of his father, Charles Martel in Quierzy-sur-Oise on 22October 741, Pepin III received Neustria, Burgundy and the Provence. Thenext year, Pepin "Le Bref", whose surname was derived in the 9th. centurybecause of his size, joined his older brother, Carloman in militaryoperations in Aquitaine. They ravaged the region of Bourges and set fireto the Castle of Loches. By Autumn, they had pushed beyond the Rhine,defeated Duke Odilon of Bavaria and forcing the Allemanians to submit. Inthe year 743, they re-establish a Merovingian King by taking ChildericIII from an abbey, purportedly one of the sons of Childeric II. In 744,Hunaud, son of Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine, undertakes his campaign inAllemania, crosses the Loire and destroys Chartres, burning itscathedral. The next year, he was forced by Carloman and Pepin III toretire at the Monastery of the Ile de Re. Hunaud's son Waifre succeedshim. Pepin decides to free Grifon, his half-brother, and to thank him,Grifon joins a rebellion against Pepin, refusing Pepin's offer of a dozenNeustrian countships. In 749, Pepin III forces the Allemanians inrebellion to submit as well as the Bavarians. Grifon escapes but diesthat year on his way to seek the help Waifre, Duke of Aquitaine, nearSaint-Jean-de-Maurienne. The Merovingian dynasty comes to an end inNovember of 751 when Pepin III receives the Holy Oil from Boniface,Bishop of Soissons, thus becoming King. His wife becomes Queen of theFrancs the same day. Childeric III and his son Thierry both are shavenand they are sent to the Monastery of Saint-Berton, near Arras.