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.
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
Siege of Narbonne (752–759)
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The siege of Narbonne took place in France between 752 and 759, led by the Frankish king Pepin the Short against the Umayyad temporary camp defended by a small garrison of Arab and Berber Muslim troop
Septimania during Pepin's expedition and conquest (752–759)