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Pippin of Landen
Saint Pepin of Landen, also known as Pepin the Elder (b. 580 - d. 640), was the Frankish Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian kings Clotaire II, Dagobert I and Sigebert III from 615 or 623 to 640.
He had two daughters:
- Begga, who married Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz. The son of this marriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.
- Gertrude , (b.625 - 17 march 659) burried in the convent of Nijvel founded by her mother itta. She was later canonised as a saint and is usually portrayed accompanied with mice.
and a son:
- Grimoald Mayor of the Palace of the Austrasia
Sources:
- [http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=en;i=48811 Les Amis de Roglo genealogy database
- http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/l3/LANG=engl/F=Pippin@I./N=v.Austrien
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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