Pepin was the second son of emperor louis the pious and his first wife, ermengarde of hesbaye. Pepin ii, called the younger 823 after 864 in senlis, was king of aquitaine from 838 as the successor upon the death of his father, pepin i. Einhard was employed by charlemagne as a court historian. Yet carl sees that charlemagne is determined to do what he feels is best to serve god and europe. He was the first of the carolingians to become king the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin s upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st.
Pepin or pippin or pepin carloman, pepinno, april 773 8 july 810, born carloman, was the son of charlemagne and king of the lombards 781810 under the authority of his father pepin was the second son of charlemagne by his thenwife hildegard. Pepin ii was eldest son of pepin i and ingeltrude, 1 daughter of theodobert, count of madrie. Bought this book for my son for christmas he loved it. Johannes fried paints a compelling portrait of a devout ruler, a violent time, and. Pepin april 777 8 july 810 was the son of charlemagne and king of the lombards 781810 under the authority of his father. King charles of the franks is crossing the alps with his family and court on a journey to meet with pope hadrian. Son of charlemagne kindle edition by willard, barbara. He was the youngest son of pepin the short, the last. Pepin, the eldest son, was now being cast aside in the succession.
The manyfaceted story of the great emperor charlemagne and his son carl will stir the minds and imaginations of young people. When the legendary frankish king and emperor charlemagne died in 814 he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in western europe since the fall of rome. He was born carloman, but was rechristened with the royal name pepin also the name of his older halfbrother pepin the hunchback, and his. Discover the story of charlemagne, also known as charles the great, who united most of western europe and was crowned emperor of the romans by the pope. His work was a synthesis of the two great traditions of medieval art the renaissance and the christian. Charlemagne audiobook by johannes fried, peter lewis. Told from the point of view of charlemagnes son, carl, son of charlemagne tells of king charles of the franks reign through being crowned holy roman. Pepin, or pippin the hunchback was a frankish prince. Around 781, pepins half brother carloman was rechristened as pepin of italy a step that may have signaled charlemagnes decision to disinherit the elder. He was the eldest son of charlemagne and noblewoman himiltrude. He lived with his fathers court after charlemagne dismissed his mother and took another wife, hildegard. He knew his father would do whatever he judged to be best for the future of his kingdom and thus for europe and all christendom. When his father assigned to each of his sons a kingdom within the empire in august 817, he received aquitaine, which had been louiss own subkingdom during his father charlemagnes reign. But the king already had an heir, pepin the hunchback, mockingly called gobbo.
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