Pepin III "The Short", King of Franks: NH genealogy

Nielsen Hayden genealogy

714 - 768 (54 years)

Generation: 1

Pepin III "The Short", King of Franks was born in 714 in Austrasia, France (son of Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Rotrude of Trier); died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, France.

Family/Spouse: Berthe "Broadfoot" of Laon. Berthe (daughter of Charibert) died on 8 Jun 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Charlemagne was born about 747; died on 28 Jan 814 in Aachen, Westphalia, Germany.

Generation: 2

Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia was born in 689 (son of Pepin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Alpaida of Aupois); died in 741.

Notes:

Remembered in Western history as the victor over the Umayyad Caliphate at Tours, October 732, long alleged to have been the decisive turning point in repelling the Muslim advance into Europe. Some modern historians question whether this single battle was quite so determinative. Some also question whether it happened in 732, or at Tours.

Charles married Rotrude of Trier. Rotrude died in 724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rotrude of Trier died in 724.

Notes:

Also called Chrotrude, Chrothrudis; Rotrou of Treves.

Children:

1. Pepin III "The Short", King of Franks was born in 714 in Austrasia, France; died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, France.

Generation: 3

4.	Pepin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia was born about 645 (son of Ansegisel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and St. Begga of Landen); died in 714. Pepin married Alpaida of Aupois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.
Alpaida of Aupois
Notes:
Also called Aupais; Chalpaida.

Children:

2. Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia was born in 689; died in 741.

Generation: 4

Ansegisel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia was born in 602; died between 648 and 669; was buried in 679.

Notes:

Also called Ansgise; Ansigisel of Metz; Ansegis; Ansegisus, Duke d'Austrasie.

Murdered in consequence of his feud with Gundewin.

He has been long claimed as a son of Arnulf (~582-640), later-sainted bishop of Metz, but in recent decades scholarship has tipped strongly away from accepting this.

Ansegisel married St. Begga of Landen before 639. Begga died in 693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9.
St. Begga of Landen died in 693.
Children:

4. Pepin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia was born about 645; died in 714.