Pepin (Pippin) "De Landen" Mayor AUSTRASIA

585 - 639  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Pepin (Pippin) "De Landen" Mayor AUSTRASIA
  Nickname	De Landen
  Birth	Between 576 and 585	Landen, Liege, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Relationship (J,M&L)	40th Great-grandparent
  Titled	Duke of Brabant
  Titled	623
  	Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
  Name	De Landen
  Name	Pepin (Pippin) De LANDEN
  Name	Pepin De BRABANT
  Name	Pepin Mayor Of The Palace Of AUSTRASIA
  _UID	22CCB646CFB24FB084470F2CFDBE246BBA5E
  Death	21 Feb 638-639	Landen, Liege, Belgium
  Burial	Landen, Liege, Belgium (Relics Later Moved To Nivelle)
  Person ID	I9515	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	22 May 2011

  
  

  Father	Carloman Of AUSTRASIA, Mayor Of The Palace,   b. Abt 550, Landen, Liege, Belgium d. 645 (Age ~ 95 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Of BAVARIA,   b. 555, Of Belgium d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Saint Itta "Blessed Ida" Of NIVELLES, Saint,   b. Abt 591, Landen, Liege, Belgium d. 652, Abbey Of Nivelles, Brabant, Belgium (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	614
  Children	1. St. Begga (Begue) Of LANDEN,   b. Abt 613, Landen, Liege, Belgium d. 17 Dec 693 (Age ~ 80 years)   2. Grimoalde "De Landen" Mayor Palace AUSTRASIA,   b. Abt 620, Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. Abt 656 (Age ~ 36 years)   3. Gertrude (St.) Abbess Of Nivelles Of LANDEN,   b. 626, Landen, Liege, Belgium d. 17 Mar 658-659, Abbey Of Nivelles, Brabant, Belgium (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F4758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  [Blessed Pepin of Landen (AC) (also known as Pippin) Died February 21, c. 639. Pepin was, perhaps, the most important, powerful person in the empire during his age. As duke of Brabant and mayor of the palace (first minister) of kings Clotaire II, Dagobert I, and Sigebert III, he determined much of the policy of the Franks. Pepin, the ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty of French kings, was the husband of Blessed Itta and father of Grimoald, of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and of Saint Begga. He is described as "a lover of peace and the constant defender of truth and justice," though it may not seem that way at first glance. Pepin and Bishop Arnulf of Metz aided King Clotaire II of Neustria in overthrowing Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia in 613. In recognition of the important roles they played, Clotaire appointed them mayors of the palace to rule Austrasia for Clotaire's son Dagobert I from 623. When Pepin rebuked Dagobert (who had succeeded his father about 629) for his licentious life, Dagobert discharged him and he retired to Aquitaine. Dagobert still respected him enough to appoint him tutor of his three-year-old son Sigebert before his death in 638, and Pepin returned and ruled the kingdom until his own death the following year. Pepin worked to spread the faith throughout the kingdom, defended Christian towns from Slavic invaders, and chose responsible men to fill vacant sees. The marriage of his daughter, Begga, and Bishop Arnulf's son, Segislius, produced Pepin of Herstal, the first of the Carolingian dynasty in France. Pepin of Landen was buried at Landen, but his relics were later translated to Nivelle, where they are now enshrined with those of his wife and daughter Gertrude. Here is feast is kept. Pepin was never canonized but is listed as a saint in some of the old Belgic martyrologies and a litany published by the authority of the archbishop of Mechlin (Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth). Source: lorenfamily.com