Pepin II "the Young" OF HERSTAL

635 - 714  (79 years)

• Name	Pepin II "the Young" OF HERSTAL
  Birth	635	Heristal, Leige, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Dec 714	Junille, Meuse, Haure-Marne, Champagne-ArDEnnes, France
  Person ID	I5914	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Ansegisel VON HERSTAL, Mayor Palace Austrasia,   b. 610, Austrasia, France d. 685, Andene Monastery, Austrasia, France (Age 75 years)
  Mother	St. Begga DE LANDEN,   b. 613, Landen, Belgium d. 649 (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F25272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aupaide OF SACHSEN,   b. 654, Austrasia, France d. 748 (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	Mistress
  Children	+ 1. Charles 'the Hammer' MARTEL, Mayor of Austrasia and Neustria,   b. 23 Aug 689, Heristal, Leige, Belgium d. 22 Oct 741, Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne, PicarDE, France (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F25266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Pepin of Heristal, Carolingian mayor of the palace, who reunited the Frankish realms in the late Merovingian period. A grandson of Pepin the Elder, he succeeded to his position in the kingdom of Austrasia around 680. In 687, he extended Carolingian rule to the other Frankish kingdoms, Neustria and Bourgoyne, but retained members of the Merovingian dynasty as figurehead monarchs in all three. Two years later he extended his control over the Frisians, a pagan people living on the North Sea coast. Pepin's death was followed by a civil war and succession of his illegitimate son Charles Martel.