NamePepin King Of Italy, 35G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for Pepin King Of Italy
Settipani's "La prehistoire des Capetiens".
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (50:14). Pepin's father, CHARLEMAGNE, conquered Italy and removed the last of the Lombard kings in 774. He had Pepin crowned as king of Italy in 781, when he was four years old. The administration of the kingdom was by various guardians appointed by CHARLEMAGNE. Armies under Pepin's authority annihilated the Avars in 796 and took Chieti from Benevento in 801. Pepin died in 810, four years before his father. His son, Bernard succeeded him as king of Italy.