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Pepin the Short, Father of Charlemagne > 
Pepin the Short (or Pepin the Younger or Pepin III), was the King of the Franks from 751 to 768 and is best known for being the father of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. He was born in 714 in Jupille, close to the city of Liège, in what is today Belgium, where the Carolingian dynasty originated. That territory was then a part of the kingdom of Austrasia. His father was Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks.
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The Lombards invade Italy
The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, Longobards found in older English texts), were Germanic people who migrated southwards to occupy the Hungarian plains during the 6th cent... |
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Charles Martel, Ruler of the Franks
Charles Martel (in Latin, Carolus Martellus; in German, Karl Martell) - grandfather of Charlemagne - was the illegitimate son of Pippin II of Herstal and, after an... |
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Charlemagne, Charles the Great
First Holy Roman Emperor: 800-814. (French for Carolus Magnus, or Carlus Magnus; Charles the Great, German Karl der Grosse). The name given by later generations to Charle... |
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