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Pepin (II) of Vermandois, Seigner of St. Quentin and Peronne.

Pepin married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Valois, Count of Bayeux Pepin de Senlis de Count
2. Pepin, Count of Senlis II died in 922.
3. Herbert, Count of Vermandois I was born in 840; died about 902.

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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 50-14: "Apparently by a dau. of Duke
Bernard, yr. bro. of Pepin the Short, [Pepin] had Bernard a natural son."
He reigned as King from 813 to December, 817.

Bernard married Cunigunde on Yes, date unknown. Cunigunde died on 15 Jun 835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Pepin
• Title: King of Lombardy
• Baptism: 4 Dec 781, Rome

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He was king of Lombary and of Italy, 781-810.

Baptism:
by Pope Adrian I

married Toulouse, Bertha of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles died after four years of failing health, from pleurisy, and is buried in the chapel at Aachen (now part of the cathedral)(Aachen = Aix la Chapelle).  A contemporary account states that he was almost seven feet in height, in an era when few

men were even six feet - "large and strong, and of lofty stature, though not disproportionately tall...the upper part of

his head was round, his eyes very large and animated, nose a little long, hair fair, and face laughing and merry."  He was warm, outgoing and athletic. {Popular account: "Charlemagne," Harold Lamb (Doubleday, 1954).}

        ---  Compton's Encyclopedia (America On-Line, 1995) reports:  CHARLEMAGNE 742?-814). "By the sword and the cross," Charlemagne (Charles the Great) became master of Western Europe. It was falling into decay when Charlemagne became joint king of

the Franks in 768. Except in the monasteries, people had all but forgotten education and the arts. Boldly

Charlemagne conquered barbarians and kings alike. By restoring the roots of learning and order,  he preserved many political rights and revived culture.

   Charlemagne's grandfather was Charles Martel, the warrior who crushed the Saracens (see Charles Martel). Charlemagne was the elder son of Bertrade ("Bertha Greatfoot") and Pepin the Short, first "mayor of the palace" to become king of the Franks.

Although schools had almost disappeared in the 8th century, historians believe that Bertrade gave young Charles some education and that he learned to read. His devotion to the church motivated him throughout life.

   Charlemagne was tall, powerful, and tireless. His secretary, Eginhard, wrote that Charlemagne had fair hair and a "face laughing and merry . . . his appearance was always stately and dignified." He had a ready wit, but could be stern. His tastes

were simple and moderate. He delighted in hunting, riding, and swimming. He wore the Frankish dress--linen shirt and breeches, a silk-fringed tunic, hose wrapped with bands, and, in winter, a tight coat of otter or marten skins. Over all these garments

"he flung a blue cloak, and he always had a sword girt about him."

   Charlemagne's character was contradictory. In an age when the usual penalty for defeat was death, Charlemagne several times spared the lives of his defeated foes; yet in 782 at Verden, after a Saxon uprising, he ordered 4,500 Saxons beheaded. He

compelled the clergy and nobles  to reform, but he divorced two of his four wives without any cause. He forced kings and princes to kneel at his feet, yet his mother and his two favorite wives often overruled him in his own household.

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A map of Charlemagne's empire is posted (1/99) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/karemp.htm

Died:
9 a.m.

married Swabia, Hildegard of in 771. Hildegard (daughter of Geroud Count of Swabia and Emma) was born in 758; died on 30 Apr 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
probl. his 3rd

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William was Duke of Toulouse. {Ref. Allstrom's "Dictionary of Royal
Lineage," 1904, Vol. II, p. 418.}