Childeric III
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Childeric III was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short. He was the last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty. Once Childeric was deposed, Pepin became king,
The Last of the Merovingians, a painting by Évariste Vital Luminais, depicting the cutting of Childeric's hair
Pope Stephen crowning Pepin (top) and the deposition of Childeric (bottom), from Sainte-Geneviève MS 782, a copy of the Grandes Chroniques de France
Theodebert I 534 548 king of Metz
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Pepin the Short
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Pepin the Short was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king.
Childeric III
…Childeric III (c. 718/728 – c. 755) was King of the Franks from 743 until he was deposed in 751 by Pepin the Short. He was the last Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty. Once Childeric was deposed, Pepin became king, initiating the Carolingian dynasty. Following…
Pepin the Younger, miniature, Anonymi chronica imperatorum, c. 1112–1114
Coronation in 751 of Pepin by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz
Arab and Berber Muslim troops retreating from Narbonne after the Frankish conquest of Septimania in 759. Illustration by Émile Bayard, 1880.
Allegoric depiction of Pepin