Pepin of Italy King of Italy [2794] 24
- Born: Apr 777
- Marriage (1): Bertha of Toulouse [2878] [9CNZ-GQS] in 795
- Marriage (2): Unknown [63284]
- Died: 8 Jul 810 at age 33
Another name for Pepin was Carloman.
General Notes:
Acceded: 781
King of the Langobardians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_of_Italy
He and Bertha had five daughters: (Adelaide , married Lambert I of Nantes ; Atala; Gundrada; Bertha; and Tetrada), all of whom but the eldest were born between 800 and Pepin's death and died before their grandfather's death in 814. Pepin also had an illegitimate son Bernard . Pepin was expected to inherit a third of his father's empire, but he predeceased him. The Lombard crown passed on to his illegitimate son Bernard, but the empire went to Pepin's younger brother Louis the Pious .
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal3021
He was born Carloman, but when his half-brother Pepin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pepin 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 with the Iron Crown of Lombardy .
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: king of the Lombards, 781. He was born Carloman, but when his half-brother Pepin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pepin 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 with the Iron Crown of Lombardy . king of the Lombards (781-810) under the authority of his father.
Pepin married Bertha of Toulouse [2878] [9CNZ-GQS] [MRIN: 794], daughter of Saint William of Gellone Count of Toulouse [8009] and Guibour (Witberga) of Hornbach [64665], in 795.
Pepin next married Unknown [63284] [MRIN: 551618475].
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