• Born: Between 645 and 650, Heristal, Austrasia
• Died: 16 Dec 714, Junille, Meuse, France
• Buried: basilique de Saint-Arnoul, Metz

  Research Notes:

The Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis names “Anschisus” as father of “Pippinum". “Pippinus” declares himself “filius Ansegisili” in his charter dated 20 Feb 691, which also names “matrona mea Plectrudis”. The Annales Xantenses name “Pippinus” as son of “Anchisus dux” when recording that he succeeded on the death of his father in 685, although this is misdated. “Pipinum secundum” is named as son of Ansegisel and Begga in the Chronicon Sancti Huberti.

Duke of Austrasia [675]. He fled from the palace in 679 after opposing maior domus Ebroin. Civil war with Neustria broke out, and Pepin defeated the Neustrians at Tertry, Somme in Jun 687 before becoming maior domus of Austrasia in [688/90]. He became maior domus of Neustria in 688 after the murder of maior domus Berchar. “Pippinus filius Ansegisili quondam necnon…matrone mea Plectrudis” donated property to the church of St Arnulf at Metz by charter dated 20 Feb 691. “Childebertus rex Francorum” names “Pippino maiorem domus nostro” in his charter dated 14 Mar 697. Fredegar (Continuator) records that he defeated Radbod Duke of the Frisians at Duurstede in [692/97].

The Liber Historiæ Francorum records the death of “Pippinus” after ruling for 27 years. The Chronicon Sancti Medardi Suessionensis records the death in 714 of “Pippinus senior Princeps Francorum et Dux, Præfectus Palatii et Major-domus” and the accession of “Carolus dictus Martellus in loco patris”. The Annales Metenses record the death “XVII Kal Ian 714" of “Pippinus princeps”. ¹