Pepin 3

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII/E IX
Dates799 (taq) / 800 (tpq)
PmbZ No.6260
Variant NamesPipinus
EthnicityFrank
LocationsVenetia;
Francia;
Rome
TitlesRuler of the Franks (office)
Textual SourcesAnnales Regni Francorum, ed. F. Kurze, MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 6 (1895; repr. 1950) (annals);
Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history);
Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle)

Pepin 3 was the son of the Frankish king Charles (Charlemagne; Karoulos 1); in 799 he was sent by his father to escort pope Leo III (Leo 11) to meet Karoulos 1; he had the title king ("proprium filium suum Pipinum excellentissimum regem"): Lib. Pont. 98. 16. He was in Rome when his father received the imperial crown from the hands of the pope: Lib. Pont. 98. 26. In 807 he and Niketas 166 made a truce over Venetia (Venice), to last until August 808: Annales Regni Francorum s.a. 807. King of Italy (ὁ ῥήξ; ὁ κατέχων τὸ ῥηγᾶτον Ἰταλίας, ἤτοι Παπίας); he attacked Venetia and failed to capture it after a long siege, but the Venetians made peace and agreed to pay an annual tribute: Const. Porph., DAI 28, 17ff. Cf. also Paulos 97. He had three brothers, who ruled over all the Frank and Slavonic regions: Const. Porph., DAI 28, 18ff.

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