Pippin of Landen

Pippin of Landen, also known as Pippin the Elder (580 - 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 629.

Related Topics:
580 - 640 - Frankish - Mayor of the Palace - Austrasia - Merovingian - Clotaire II - Dagobert I - Sigebert III - 615 - 623 - 629

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Though Pippin was never canonized, he is listed as a saint in some old martyrologies.

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He had two daughters:

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• Begga, who married Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz. The son of this marriage, Pippin the Middle, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.
• Gertrude (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:

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• Grimoald, Mayor of the Palace of the Austrasia from 650 to 661

Sources:

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• http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=en;p=pepin;n=de+landen Roglo genealogy database
• http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/l3/LANG=engl/F=Pippin@I./N=v.Austrien