Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NamePbepin II , Mayor de Palace 
Birthabt 645
Death16 Dec 714
FatherAnsegisel (Domesticus) (602-~662)
MotherBegga , Abb. d'Ardenne (~613-693)
Notes for Pbepin II , Mayor de Palace
Notes:
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (190:10). Called Pepin of Herisatal. Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.
The first of the great Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. Ruler of the Franks in 687, he managed, through the Battle of Tertry in 687, to unite Neustria and Austrasia under his own "puppet" Merovingian king. But the power struggles in northern Gaul seriously weakened the power of the merovingians and their mayors. The Aquitanians had their own Duke; the "Patricius" of Provence was for all practical purposes an independent ruler.; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north.34
Pepin established himself as mayor of the palace in Austrasia after the death of Dagobert II in 679 and defended its autonomy against Theodoric III of Neustria and Ebroon, Theodoric's mayor of the palace. Defeated by Ebroon in 680 at Lucofao (near Laon), Pepin gained his revenge on the Neustrians in 687 at Tertry (near Pironne) and became sole effective ruler of the Franks. He nevertheless retained Theodoric III on the throne and after his death replaced him with three successive Merovingian
kings. After several years of warfare Pepin defeated the Frisians on his
northeastern border (689) and married his son Grimoald to Theodelind,
daughter of the Frisian chief Radbod. He also forced the Alemanni to
recognize Frankish authority again and encouraged Christian
missionaries in Alemannia and Bavaria.
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (190:10). Called Pepin of Herisatal. Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.
The first of the great Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. Ruler of the Franks in 687, he managed, through the Battle of Tertry in 687, to unite Neustria and Austrasia under his own "puppet" Merovingian king. But the power struggles in northern Gaul seriously weakened the power of the merovingians and their mayors. The Aquitanians had their own Duke; the "Patricius" of Provence was for all practical purposes an independent ruler.; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north.34
Pepin established himself as mayor of the palace in Austrasia after the death of Dagobert II in 679 and defended its autonomy against Theodoric III of Neustria and Ebroon, Theodoric's mayor of the palace. Defeated by Ebroon in 680 at Lucofao (near Laon), Pepin gained his revenge on the Neustrians in 687 at Tertry (near Pironne) and became sole effective ruler of the Franks. He nevertheless retained Theodoric III on the throne and after his death replaced him with three successive Merovingian
kings. After several years of warfare Pepin defeated the Frisians on his
northeastern border (689) and married his son Grimoald to Theodelind,
daughter of the Frisian chief Radbod. He also forced the Alemanni to
recognize Frankish authority again and encouraged Christian
missionaries in Alemannia and Bavaria.
Notes for Alpaida (Spouse 1)
Notes:
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (190:10).
The "Dictionary of Royal Lineage" calls her Alpaida, the sister of Dodon of Saxony.
Comments posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL by Don Stone: . . . "Gerberding (1987) provides a detailed analysis of the status of
Alpaida and the political significance of her union with Pippin, and Stone refers to her as probably a secondary wife."
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (190:10).
The "Dictionary of Royal Lineage" calls her Alpaida, the sister of Dodon of Saxony.
Comments posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL by Don Stone: . . . "Gerberding (1987) provides a detailed analysis of the status of
Alpaida and the political significance of her union with Pippin, and Stone refers to her as probably a secondary wife."