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2 days ago · A member of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty, Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. With his brother, Carloman I, he became king of the Franks in 768 following Pepin's death and became the sole ruler three years later.
3 days ago · In 751, Pope Zachary had Pepin the Short crowned king in place of the powerless Merovingian figurehead King Childeric III. Zachary's successor, Pope Stephen II , later granted Pepin the title Patrician of the Romans .
May 6, 2024 · Definitions of Pepin the Short. noun. king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768) synonyms: Pepin, Pepin III. see more.
22 hours ago · In 754 Pepin the Short defeated the Lombards and granted their conquered territories in central Italy to Pope Stephen II, establishing the Papal States. Reign 759 - December 25, 800 Preceded by Kingdom of the Lombards Succeeded by Holy Roman Empire The Papacy Flag of the Papal States During the period Christianity was the dominant…
2 days ago · Italy - Lombards, Byzantines, Unification: In 568–569 a different Germanic tribe, the Lombards, invaded Italy under their king, Alboin (c. 565–572). They came from Pannonia (modern western Hungary), which had itself been a Roman province. Exactly how Romanized they were is a matter of dispute, but they certainly did not have the political ...
22 hours ago · Detail of the Cantiga #63 (13th century), which deals with a late 10th-century battle in San Esteban de Gormaz involving the troops of Count García and Almanzor.. The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") or the reconquest of al-Andalus was the successful series of military campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim ...
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5 days ago · At the death of Charles Martel (741), the lands and powers in his hands were divided between his two sons, Carloman and Pippin III (the Short), as was the custom. This partition was followed by unsuccessful insurrections in the peripheral duchies—Aquitaine, Alemannia, and Bavaria.
