Pepin the Short

Pepin the Short (c.714–768), first Carolinian king of the Franks, who succeeded on the deposition (751) of Childeric, the last of the Merovingian kings. He was the younger son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. In return for papal recognition he helped to establish the temporal power of the papacy.

See also: Carolingian; Charlemagne.