Pepin III of the Franks
Duke of Austrasia (747 – 751)
King of the Franks (751 – 768) after he deposed the last Merovingian ruler Childeric III (Nov, 751)
He was crowned (July 28, 754) at the Abbey of St Denis at Rheims by Pope Stephen III
Born (715) – Died (Sept 24, 768) at Jupille on the Meuse River
Buried in the Basilica of St Denis at Rheims
Father – Charles Martel
Mother – Rotrude of Haspengau
Pepin III was married (743) to Bertrada of Laon
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