Född 773. [1]
Död 810-07-08. [1]
Pippin of Italy
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Pippin of Italy (April, 773 - July 8, 810) was the king of Italy (781-810) as holder of the Iron
Crown of Lombardy, won by his father in 774.
Pippin was the third son of Charlemagne, and the second with his wife Hildegard of Savoy. He
was born Carloman, but when his brother Pippin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal
name Pippin passed to him. He was made king of Italy after his father's conquest of the
Lombards, in 781, and crowned by Pope Hadrian I.
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empire. In 791, he marched
a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia, while his father marched along
the Danube into Avar territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in
792. Pippin and Duke Eric of Friuli continued, however, to assault the Avars' ring-shaped
strongholds. The great Ring of the Avars, their capital fortress, was taken twice. The booty
was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign
rulers, including King Offa of Mercia.
His activities included a long, but unsuccessful siege of Venice in 810. The siege lasted six
months and Pippin's army was ravaged by the diseases of the local swamps and was forced to
withdraw. A few months later Pippin died.
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Family and children
He married Bertha, daughter of William of Gellone, count of Toulouse, and had five daughters
with her, all of whom but the eldest were born between 800 and Pippin's death and died
before their grandfather's death in 814:
Adelaide, married Duke Guy I of Spoleto
Atala
Gundrada
Bertha
Tetrada
He also had an illegitimate son Bernard. Pippin was expected to inherit a third of his father's
empire, but he predeceased him. The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, but the
empire went to Pippin's younger brother Louis the Pious.
Preceded by:
Charlemagne
774 - 810 Barbarian King of Italy Followed by:
Louis the Pious
810 -818
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippin_of_Italy"
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Född 773. [1]
Död 810-07-08. [1]
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Född 773. [1]
Död 810-07-08. [1]
Pippin of Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Pippin of Italy (April, 773 - July 8, 810) was the king of Italy (781-810) as holder of the Iron
Crown of Lombardy, won by his father in 774.
Pippin was the third son of Charlemagne, and the second with his wife Hildegard of Savoy. He
was born Carloman, but when his brother Pippin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal
name Pippin passed to him. He was made king of Italy after his father's conquest of the
Lombards, in 781, and crowned by Pope Hadrian I.
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empire. In 791, he marched
a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia, while his father marched along
the Danube into Avar territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in
792. Pippin and Duke Eric of Friuli continued, however, to assault the Avars' ring-shaped
strongholds. The great Ring of the Avars, their capital fortress, was taken twice. The booty
was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign
rulers, including King Offa of Mercia.
His activities included a long, but unsuccessful siege of Venice in 810. The siege lasted six
months and Pippin's army was ravaged by the diseases of the local swamps and was forced to
withdraw. A few months later Pippin died.
[edit]
Family and children
He married Bertha, daughter of William of Gellone, count of Toulouse, and had five daughters
with her, all of whom but the eldest were born between 800 and Pippin's death and died
before their grandfather's death in 814:
Adelaide, married Duke Guy I of Spoleto
Atala
Gundrada
Bertha
Tetrada
He also had an illegitimate son Bernard. Pippin was expected to inherit a third of his father's
empire, but he predeceased him. The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, but the
empire went to Pippin's younger brother Louis the Pious.
Preceded by:
Charlemagne
774 - 810 Barbarian King of Italy Followed by:
Louis the Pious
810 -818
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippin_of_Italy"
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