Pepin the Short

/ ˈpɛpɪn /

noun

1. Pepin the Short768MFrankishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler died 768 ad , king of the Franks (751–768); son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. He deposed the Merovingian king (751) and founded the Carolingian dynasty

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Such itinerant royal agents had not been unknown in Merovingian times, and they had probably been made use of pretty frequently by Charles Martel 135 and Pepin the Short.

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"Teach me another, then," said the young girl, returning the instrument to him; and Chaudoreille intoned a virelay on the great feats of Pepin the Short.

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Childeric III. deposed, Pepin the Short, King, § 78, 5; 82, 1.

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We come now to one of the greatest men of all times, Charles the Great, son of Pepin the Short, a man who has left his mark on history for all time.

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A deafening shout was the reply, and the name of "Pepin the Short" was no longer a term of derision but of honor.

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