Pip of Herstal

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Pip II of Herstal or Pépin the Young person (towards 653 - December 16th 714) is Maire of the palate of Austrasie. He is the son of Ansegisèle (itself wire of Arnoul Saint) and of Begga, girl of Pépin Ier.

Land big landowner, it enjoys a great number of faithful which will make its force and that of his successors. He shows himself more careful than his uncle Grimoald Ier and does not try to place its family instead of the Mérovingiens.

But after the assassination of Dagobert II by Ebroïn, it takes the head of the aristocracy austrasienne. Against the hegemonic claims of the mayor of the Palate Ébroïn, it attacks the Neustrie and is made beat close to Laon.

After the death of Ébroïn in 681, it is reconciled with the mayor of the palate of Neustrie Waratton, recognizes for king Thierry III, then is scrambled with Berchaire, son-in-law and successor of Waratton, and definitively beats Neustriens with Tertry in 687.

Pip II then recognizes again Thierry III but is established as mayor of the Palate of the frankly whole kingdom, which it controls until his death. It then imposes the franque authority on the Alamans, the Frisons and the Franconiens, and brings its assistance to the first missions of evangelization into Germanic.

Its succession will be difficult, its sons Drogon de Champagne and Grimoald II having died before him: rather than her grandsons Thibaut, Arnoul and Hugues, than their grandmother Plectrude, it supports is an illegitimate son of Pip, Charles Martel, which will seize the power.

Genealogy

See also Carolingian Pépinides and

Pip of Herstal was born v. 653 with Herstal (from where its name) and he died the December 16th 714 with Jupille (Belgium).

┌─ Arnoul known as '' holy Arnoul '' (v. 582 - † v. 647), bishop of Metz. Monk with the Saint-Mount. ┌─ Ansegisèle (? - † front 679), mayor of the palate of Austrasie (629 - 639). │ └─ Dode known as '' holy Dode '' (? -?). │ Pip of Herstal │ │ ┌─ Pip of Landen known as '' the Old man '' (585 - † 639), mayor of the palate of Austrasie (615 - 639). └─ Begga (620 - † 693). └─ Itta de Nivelles (? - † 652).

Pip of Herstal 1) ép. Plectrude (cf Hugobertides) 2) conc. Alpaïde de Bruyères │ ├─De 1 Drogon de Champagne (670 - † 708), Champagne duke. │ ép. Anstrude │ ├─De 1 Grimoald II (? - † 714), mayor of the palate of Burgundy, mayor of the palate of Neustrie (700). │ ép. Théodelinde │ ├─De 2 Childebrand (? - † 695), Duke of the Francs, count de Bourgogne. │ ép. X │ └─De 2 Charles known as '' Martel '' (v. 685 - † 741), mayor of the palate of Austrasie (719), mayor of the palate of Neustrie (719), mayor of the palate of Burgundy (719). (Carolingian cf )

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