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Also Known As Pépin le Bref • Pippin the Short • Pippin der Kurze
Born c.714
Died September 24, 768 • Saint-Denis • Neustria
House / Dynasty Carolingian dynasty

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Chromolithograph of Pippin III wearing a gold tunic with scale-like armor, a blue cape, a crown, and holding a sword, standing against a plain background.
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