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Birth:           585 
Death:           640 

Notes
see http://members.aol.com/crgtx/peplan.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_of_Landen
Pepin I (also Peppin, Pipin, or Pippin) of Landen (c. 580 – 27 February 640), also 
called the Elder or the Old, was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under the 
Merovingian king Dagobert I from 623 to 629. He was also the mayor for Sigebert III 
from 639 until his death.

Through the marriage of his daughter Begga to Ansegisel, a son of Arnulf of Metz, the 
clans of the Pippinids and the Arnulfings were united, giving rise to a family which 
would eventually rule the Franks as the Carolingians.

Life[edit]

Pepin's father is named Carloman[1] by the Chronicle of Fredegar, the chief source for 
his life. His byname comes from his probable birthplace: Landen, modern Belgium. 
However, according to Godefroid Kurth, it was only in the twelfth century that the 
chroniclers of Brabant began to associate him with that locality.[2] He is sometimes 
called Pepin I and his other nicknames (Elder and Old) come from his position at the 
head of the family called the Pippinids after him.

He was lord of a great part of Brabant, and governor of Austrasia, when Theodebert 
II. king of that country was defeated by Theodoric II, king of Burgundy.[1] In 613, 
several leading magnates of Austrasia and Burgundy abandoned Brunhilda, the great-
grandmother and regent of their king, Sigebert II, and turned to Chlothar II of Neustria 
for support, promising not to rise in defense of the queen-regent and recognizing 
Chlothar as rightful regent and guardian of the young king. Chief among these leading 
men were Warnachar II, Rado, Arnulf, and Pepin. The latter two were described by 
Fredegar as the "two most powerful barons of Austrasia" and they made some 
agreement with Chlothar at Andernach. However, while Rado was confirmed as mayor 
in Austrasia and Warnachar in Burgundy, Pepin did not receive his reward until 623, 
when he was appointed mayor in Austrasia after Chlothar made his young son 
Dagobert king there. Arnulf, his lifelong friend, was appointed adviser to the new king 
alongside him.

Pepin was praised by his contemporaries for his good government and wise counsel. 
Though some enemies tried to turn the king against him, their plots were foiled and 
Pepin remained on good terms with the king until 629, when, for reasons unknown, he 
retired (or was retired) to his estates, where he remained for the next decade, until 
Dagobert's death.

On his death, Pepin came out of retirement to take on the mayoralty in Austrasia for 
the heir Sigebert III[2] and to oversee the distribution of the treasury between Sigebert 
and his brother, Clovis II, and his stepmother Nanthild, who was ruling on Clovis' 
behalf in Neustria and Burgundy. Sigebert's share of the inheritance was amicably 
surrendered, partly because of the friendship between Pepin and the Burgundian 
mayor of the palace, Aega. Pepin and Arnulf's successor as chief counselor to the 
king, Cunibert, Bishop of Cologne, received the treasure at Compiègne and brought it 
back to Metz. Pepin died in 639.[2] He was so popular in Austrasia that, though he 
was never canonized, he was listed as a saint in some martyrologies. Butler lists him 
as "blessed".[1] His feast day was 21 February.

He left two daughters and two sons by his equally famous wife, Itta:
Begga, married the aforementioned Ansegisel and later canonized
Grimoald, later mayor of the palace like his father
Bavo (or Allowin), became a hermit and later canonized
Gertrude, entered the convent of Nivelles founded by her mother, also later canonized

Parents
____ Carloman ()

Siblings
OF LANDEN Pepin "the Old" ( 585 -  640)

Marriage To ____ Itta "Saint" ( 592 - 8 May  652)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Arnoldus ()
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Children by ____ Itta "Saint"  592 - 8 May  652
____ Begga (Begue) "Saint" ( 615 - 17 Dec  693)

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