Pepin I King of Italy
M, b. 12 April 773, d. 8 July 810
| Father | Charlemagne Emperor of the West b. 2 Apr 747, d. 28 Jan 814 |
| Mother | Hildegarde of Vinzgau b. 758, d. 30 Apr 783 |
| Relationship | 36th great-grandfather of Pamela Joyce Wood |
Pepin I King of Italy was born on 12 April 773 at Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. He was the son of Charlemagne Emperor of the West and Hildegarde of Vinzgau. Pepin I King of Italy married Bertha of Toulouse.1 Pepin I King of Italy died on 8 July 810 at Milan, Italy, at age 37. He was buried on 11 July 810 at Verona, italy.
Pippin was the third son of Charlemagne, and the second with his wife Hildegard. He was born Carloman, but when his brother Pippin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pippin passed to him. He was made king of Italy after his father's conquest of the Lombards, in 781, and crowned by Pope Hadrian I with the Iron Crown of Lombardy.
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empire. In 791, he marched a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia, while his father marched along the Danube into Avar territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in 792. Pippin and Duke Eric of Friuli continued, however, to assault the Avars' ring-shaped strongholds. The great Ring of the Avars, their capital fortress, was taken twice. The booty was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign rulers, including King Offa of Mercia.
His activities included a long, but unsuccessful siege of Venice in 810. The siege lasted six months and Pippin's army was ravaged by the diseases of the local swamps and was forced to withdraw. A few months later Pippin died.
He married Bertha, daughter of William of Gellone, count of Toulouse, and had five daughters with her (Adelaide, married Duke Guy I of Spoleto; Atala; Gundrada; Bertha; and Tetrada), all of whom but the eldest were born between 800 and Pippin's death and died before their grandfather's death in 814. Pippin also had an illegitimate son Bernard. Pippin was expected to inherit a third of his father's empire, but he predeceased him. The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, but the empire went to Pippin's younger brother Louis the Pious.1
Pippin was the third son of Charlemagne, and the second with his wife Hildegard. He was born Carloman, but when his brother Pippin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pippin passed to him. He was made king of Italy after his father's conquest of the Lombards, in 781, and crowned by Pope Hadrian I with the Iron Crown of Lombardy.
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empire. In 791, he marched a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia, while his father marched along the Danube into Avar territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in 792. Pippin and Duke Eric of Friuli continued, however, to assault the Avars' ring-shaped strongholds. The great Ring of the Avars, their capital fortress, was taken twice. The booty was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign rulers, including King Offa of Mercia.
His activities included a long, but unsuccessful siege of Venice in 810. The siege lasted six months and Pippin's army was ravaged by the diseases of the local swamps and was forced to withdraw. A few months later Pippin died.
He married Bertha, daughter of William of Gellone, count of Toulouse, and had five daughters with her (Adelaide, married Duke Guy I of Spoleto; Atala; Gundrada; Bertha; and Tetrada), all of whom but the eldest were born between 800 and Pippin's death and died before their grandfather's death in 814. Pippin also had an illegitimate son Bernard. Pippin was expected to inherit a third of his father's empire, but he predeceased him. The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, but the empire went to Pippin's younger brother Louis the Pious.1
Family | Bertha of Toulouse b. c 775 |
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| Last Edited | 19 Nov 2012 |
Citations
- [S831] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org, Pepin of Italy.