Mayor Pepin the Old of Austrasia

  General Notes:

Another name for Pepin was Pepin of Landen.
General Notes:
Pepin the Elder, founder of the Carolingian dynasty. A noble of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, Pepin, also known as Pepin of Landen, joined with Arnulf, bishop of Metz, in the struggle to overthrow Brunhild, queen of Austrasia, in 613, and subsequently governed the kingdom as mayor of the palace for Brunhild's successor, Clotaire II. Pepin's descendants remained dominant in Austrasia, and in the following century displaced the Merovingians as the royal house of the Franks.
Noted events in his life were:
• He was a Mayor of Austrasia.
Pepin married Itta.


Biography*: Pepin I, byname PEPIN OF LANDEN, or PEPIN THE ELDER, French PÉPIN DE LANDEN, or PÉPIN LE VIEUX (d. c. 640), councillor of the Merovingian king Chlotar II and mayor of the palace in Austrasia. Through the marriage of his daughter Begga with Ansegisel, son of Arnulf (d. 641; bishop of Metz), Pepin was the founder of the Carolingian dynasty. Deprived of his mayoralty at the accession (629) of Dagobert I, he regained power in Austrasia after that king's death (January 639) but did not long survive to enjoy it. Source: "Pepin I" Britannica Online. [Accessed 10 February 1998].

Pepin married Itta (Itte) of Austrasia, daughter of Ausbert and Princess Blithilda of France. (Itta (Itte) of Austrasia was born about 597 in Landen, Austraia, France and died in 652.)