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King of the Franks (751-68) after overthrowing the Merovingians.
The
son of Charles Martel, Pepin founded
the Carolingian dynasty and was crowned
king by St Boniface. He checked Lombard expansion and in 756 presented
Pope Stephen II with the territories around Ravenna--the nucleus of the
papal states. His son Charlemagne inherited
the Frankish kingdom in 771.
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