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| | Pepin the Short |
 | | Pippin the Younger (or Pepin; French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine, Pippin der Kurze, or Pippin der Jüngere) (714 – September 24, 768), often known under the mistranslation Pippin the Short or the ordinal Pippin III, was the king of the Franks from 751 to 768. |
 | | He was born in 714 in Jupille, close to the city of Liège, in what is today part of Belgium, where the Carolingian dynasty originated. |
 | | Pippin's first major act was to go to war against the Lombard king Aistulf, who had continued a policy of expansion against the popes, as a partial repayment for papal support in his quest for the crown. |
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