Individual Details

Pepin II "the Middle" DE HERSTAL

(635 - 714)

As mayor of Austrasia, Pepin and Martin, the duke of Laon, fought the Neustrian mayor Ebroin, who had designs on all Francia. Ebroin defeated the Austrasians at Lucofao (Bois-du-Fay, near Laon) and came close to uniting all the Franks under his rule; however, he was assassinated in 681, the victim of a combined attack by his numerous enemies. Pepin immediately made peace with his successor, Waratton.

Events

Birth635Herstal, Near Liege, In Belgium
Occupation680Mayor of the Palace to King Theurdoric
Death714

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