Pepin I of Aquitaine

Pepin I of Aquitaine

Pepin I or Pepin I of Aquitaine (French: Pépin; 797 – 13 December 838) was King of Aquitaine and Duke of Maine. Pepin was the second son of Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye. When his father assigned to each of his sons a kingdom (within the Empire) in August 817, he received Aquitaine, which had been Louis's own subkingdom during his father Charlemagne's reign. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pepin I of Aquitaine has received more than 227,514 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Pepin I of Aquitaine is the 2,409th most popular politician (up from 2,613th in 2019).

Pepin I of Aquitaine was most famous for being the father of Charlemagne. Pepin I of Aquitaine was the son of Charles Martel, who was the founder of the Carolingian dynasty. Pepin I of Aquitaine was also the father of Charlemagne, who became the first Holy Roman Emperor.