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Also Known As Pippin of Landen • Pippin der Ältere • Pepin le Vieux • Pippin the Elder • Pépin de Landen
Died 639 or 640
Founder Carolingian dynasty
Notable Family Members son Grimoald
Dagobert I
Merovingian king
Grimoald
Merovingian official
Charles Martel in full armour.
Charles Martel
Frankish ruler
Chlotar II
Chlotar II
Merovingian king
Childeric II
Merovingian king
Carloman
king of the Franks [715-754]
Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]
Grimoald
duke of Benevento
Jody Powell
American presidential adviser
Arthur F. Burns
American economist
Ashraf Ghani
president of Afghanistan
Yaḥyā ibn Khalid
ʿAbbāsid vizier
Charles Colson
American political and religious figure
John M. Poindexter
United States government official
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
American political strategist, media executive, and filmmaker
Clovis I
Merovingian king