Pepin of Italy
Pepin or Pippin (April 777 – 8 July 810) was King of Italy from 781 until his death in 810. Born Carloman, he was the third son of Charlemagne (his second by Queen Hildegard). Carloman was renamed Pepin upon his baptism in 781, where he was also crowned as king of the Lombard Kingdom his father had conquered. Pepin ruled the kingdom from a young age under Charlemagne, but predeceased his father. His son Bernard was named king of Italy after him, and his descendants were the longest-surviving direct male line of the Carolingian dynasty.
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Pepin depicted on a 10th century copy of a manuscript originally made in 829–836. | |
| King of Italy | |
| Reign | 781 – 810 |
| Coronation | 781 Rome |
| Predecessor | Charlemagne |
| Successor | Charlemagne and Bernard |
| Born | Carloman April 777 |
| Died | 8 July 810 (aged 33) |
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| House | Carolingian |
| Father | Charlemagne |
| Mother | Hildegard |
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