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Pippin of Landen - Definition and Overview

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Saint Pepin of Landen, also known as Pepin the Elder (b. 580 - d. 640), was the Frankish Mayor of the Palace of the Austrasia under the Merovingian kings Clotaire II, Dagobert I and Sigebert III from 615 or 623 to 640.

He had two daughters:

Begga, who married Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz and the son of this marriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

Gertrude, (b.625 - 17 march 659) burried in the convent of Nijvel founded by here mother itta. She was later canonised as a saint and usually portrayed accompanied with mice.

and a son: Grimoald Mayor of the Palace of the Austrasia

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