 I Pepin, Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia, son of Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia Carloman and Daughter Of Alard.Died 640 Name Suffix: Name Suffix: 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. Married/ Related to: CHAN17 May 2004 Children: 1. UNKNOWN GrimoaldStill Living. 2.  Gertrude Of NivellesStill Living. | |||
| 2nd marriage/ relation I Pepin, Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia, son of Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia Carloman and Daughter Of Alard.Married/ Related to: UNKNOWN Itta, daughter of Margrave Of Schelde Arnoldus and UNKNOWN Oda.Born 592, died 652, 59 or 60 years [blended.FTW] [mergebase.FTW] Itta was the wife of the Austrasian Mayor Pepin I. Accordin g to later Carolingian Frankish mythology, Itta was the dau ghter of Arnoldus, a Margrave of Schelde and Oda. Arnoldu s was the son of Blithildis (suposed to be a daughter of Ki ng Chlotar I of the Franks, however he had no such daughter ) and Ansbertus. Ansbertus was the son of Deuteria and anot her Scheldian Margrave Ansbertus Ferreolus. Ansbertus was t he son of Tonantius, son of Papinilla and Tonantius Ferreol us (c420-c475). Papinilla was said to be a daughter of th e Roman Emperor Avitus, and Tonantius Ferreolus said to b e a grandson of the Roman general Syagrius who was kicked o ut of Gaul by King Clovis I of the Salian Franks. CHAN17 May 2004 Children: 1. Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia GrimoaldDied 656 [blended.FTW] [mergebase.FTW] Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia 640-656 Grimoald succeeded his father Pepin I as Mayor of the Palace, and he allowed the boy king Sigebert III to rule on his own. In 640, this proved to be a bad idea when Sigebert failed to stop a Thuringian revolt. In 656, when Sigebert died, Dagobert II his son became king, although Grimoald had him sent off to be a monk in Ireland and installed his own son Childebert, who conviently had a Merovingian name. The installation was not at all accepted, and that year Grimoald and his son were executed on the order of the Neustrian/Burgundian King Clovis II. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 2. UNKNOWN Saint GertrudeBorn 626, died 659, 32 or 33 years | |||