Pepin II "The Young" De Heristal Duke of France, Mayor of the Palace

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Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.48 <../wc_src.htm>
Mayor Pepin II"fat"of the Palace of France.47 <../wc_src.htm>
Pepin II, byname PEPIN OF HERSTAL, French PÉPIN D'HÉRISTAL (d. Dec. 16, 714, Jupille, near Liège [now in Belgium]), ruler of the Franks (687-714), the first of the great Carolingian mayors of the palace.
The son of Begga and Ansegisel, who were, respectively, the daughter of Pepin I and the son of Bishop Arnulf of Metz, Pepin established himself as mayor of the palace in Austrasia after the death of Dagobert II in 679 and defended its autonomy against Theodoric III of Neustria and Ebroïn, Theodoric's mayor of the palace. Defeated by Ebroïn in 680 at Lucofao (near Laon), Pepin gained his revenge on the Neustrians in 687 at Tertry (near Péronne) and became sole effective ruler of the Franks. He nevertheless retained Theodoric III on the throne and after his death replaced him with three successive Merovingian kings. After several years of warfare Pepin defeated the Frisians on his northeastern border (689) and married his son Grimoald to Theodelind, daughter of the Frisian chief Radbod. He also forced the Alemanni to recognize Frankish authority again and encouraged Christian missionaries in Alemannia and Bavaria. Charles Martel was his son. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD, 1996, PEPIN II].

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Pepin married Aupis (Alpais) (Aupis) De Heristal. (Aupis (Alpais) (Aupis) De Heristal was born in 654 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium and died in Orplegrand Monastery, Brabant, Vosges, France.)