Pépin "le Gros"

  Noted events in his life were:

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Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands Pépin "le Gros" or d'Herstal" was the son of Ansegisel and his wife Begga. "The Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis names "Anschisus" as father of "Pippinum" [Pauli Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis, MGH SS 2, p. 265]. "Pippinus" declares himself "filius Ansegisili" in his charter dated 20 Feb 691, which also names "matrona mea Plectrudis" [MGH Diplomatum Imperii I, Diplomata Maiorum Domum, 2, pp. 91-2]. "Pipinum secundum" is named as son of Ansegisel and Begga in the Chronicon Sancti Huberti [Chronicon Sancti Huberti Andaginensis 3 (7), MHG SS VIII, p. 570]." Pépin "le Gros" married Plectrudis, daughter of Hugobert. They had two children, Drogo and Grimoald. His second wife who he married bigmously, was Chalpais or Alpais, sister of Dodo. Pepin and Alpais were the parent of Charles Martel. "Fredegar (Continuator) records that Pépin married another wife ("aliam duxit uxorem") "nobilem…Chalpaida" by whom he had "filium…Carlo" [Fredegar (Continuator), 6, MGH SS rer Merov, Tome II, p. 172]."

Pépin married Alpais.