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  Pippin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pippin, often also spelt Pepin, was the name of several important figures in the Carolingian family that ruled the Frankish Empire in what is now France and the western parts of Germany in the Middle Ages:
Pippin of Aquitaine (grandson of Charlemagne, son of Louis the Pious)
The protagonist in the novel The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck.
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 Encyclopedia: Charlemagne
Pippin of Landen, also known as Pippin the Elder (580 - 640), was the Frankish Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian kings Clotaire II, Dagobert I and Sigebert III from 615 or 623 to 629.
Pippin the Younger (714-September 24, 768) often known under the mistranslation Pippin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine, Pippin der Kurze, Pippin der Jüngere), was a King of the Franks (751-768).
House of Pippin / Dynasty of Charlemagne: Genealogy of Charlemagne.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charlemagne   (6525 words)

  
 Resume Of Italian History
After the fall of Rome, in 476, Italy was left largely to the mercy of the invader.
"...Italy had been one perpetual battlefield; whichever side won, the unfortunate natives had to lodge and feed a foreign army, and endure all the insolence of a brutal soldiery.
In the years that followed the dissolution of Charlemagne's empire, Italy, densely ignorant and spent with troubles, was threatened by the invasion of the Saracens.
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 Pope Stephen III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stephen turned to Pippin the Younger, the recently crowned King of the Franks, and even traveled to Paris to plead for help in person.
In return, Pippin assumed the role of ordained protector of the Church and set his sights on the Lombards.
Pippin invaded Italy twice to settle the Lombard problem and delivered the territory between Rome and Ravenna to the papacy, but left the Lombard kings in possession of their kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Stephen_III   (211 words)

  
 Pippin of Italy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
He was born Carloman, but when his brother (Click link for more info and facts about Pippin the Hunchback) Pippin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pippin passed to him.
He was made king of Italy at after his father's conquest of the (A member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century) Lombards in (Click link for more info and facts about 781) 781.
The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, but the empire went to Pippin's younger brother (Third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)) Louis the Pious.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pippin_of_italy.htm   (274 words)

  
 Pippin of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pippin of Italy (April, 773 – July 8, 810) was the third son of Charlemagne, and the second with his wife Hildegard of Savoy.
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empire.
The siege lasted six months and Pippin's army was ravaged by the diseases of the local swamps and was forced to withdraw.
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 King_of_Italy
Pippin of Italy, third son of Charlemagne, is crowned King of Italy by Pope Hadrian I in 781.
From 962 until 1806, the kingdom of Italy was subsumed into the Holy Roman Empire, and the emperors also claimed to be the kings of Italy.
During the Napoleonic period, a Kingdom of Italy was formed in Northern Italy.
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 Pippin of Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Pippin - the Musical This site features complete Pippin lyrics, a synopsis, MIDI files, pictures, and a Pippin store where you can buy the CD, video, or book from Amazon.com.
Pippin Line of Hill Pippin (b.1798) of NC, USA.
A Trip To Italy A Brazillian couples tour of Italy during September 1996.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Pippin_of_Italy.html   (287 words)

  
 On Board: Destination Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Italy is a lively, colorful nation, which once was home to the largest and most highly developed civilization of the Western world: Ancient Rome.
Italy is located on a boot-shaped peninsula bordered on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the east by the Adriatic Sea.
Italy’s economy was destroyed, inflation raged out of control, and soldiers returning from the war walked the streets jobless.
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 Pippin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Pippin of Aquitaine (grandson of (King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)) Charlemagne, son of (Third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)) Louis the Pious)
The protagonist in the novel The Short Reign of Pippin IV by (United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)) John Steinbeck.
The (Click link for more info and facts about Pippin games console) Pippin games console which was designed by (Click link for more info and facts about Apple Computer) Apple Computer and manufactured by (Click link for more info and facts about Bandai) Bandai in 1995.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pi/Pippin.htm   (420 words)

  
 Franks and Anglo-Saxons 613-899 by Sanderson Beck
Pippin II defeated Radbod and invited Willibrord to go to Rome to be consecrated archbishop of the Frisians by Pope Sergius I. Thuringian dukes Theobald and Heden gave Willibrord land grants in Kitzingen.
Pippin re-captured Grifo and gave him some lands between the Seine and the Loire, but Grifo fled to Aquitane duke Waiofar and was not killed until 753 on his way to Italy.
Pippin sent Fulrad and bishop Burchard to ask Pope Zacharias about kingship to prepare the way for Pippin to be anointed by bishops king of the Franks in 751, replacing the last Merovingian, Childeric III, who was sent to a monastery.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: States of the Church
In Italy a national movement was started, which the youthful and energetic Innocent III utilized to reestablish and extend the States of the Church.
The emperors son Enzio, commander-in-chief in Central and Upper Italy, was captured by the Bolognese in 1249.
To protect itself against the remonstrances, Italy on 13 May, 1871, issued the so-called law of the Papal Guarantees (see GUARANTEES, LAW OF), which was to secure to the pope his sovereignty, the inviolability of his person, as well as the freedom of the conclave and of the œcumenical councils.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14257a.htm   (12122 words)

  
 Pippin, Horace - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Pippin, Horace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
A distinguished African-American folk artist, Pippin's work is characterized by simplified shapes and vivid blocks of colour.
Pippin was born and lived in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
After a solo exhibition in 1940 at the Carlen Gallery in Philadelphia, Pippin's work became widely known throughout the art world.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Pippin%2c+Horace   (277 words)

  
 Pippin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The Braintree High School Theater Guild will present "Pippin," a Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz musical, Nov. 10, 11, and 12 in the Grabosky Auditorium.
Mention "Pippin" to anyone familiar with 1972's original Broadway version of the musical and the immediate response isn't likely to include Stephen Schwartz's...
I wonder how many hours it would add up to if the precious time that each volunteer contributed to the production of "Pippin" would be tallied.
www.wikiverse.org /pippin   (213 words)

  
 King Of Italy Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
From 962 until 1806, the kingdom of Italy was subsumed into the Holy Roman Empire, and the emperors were also kings of Italy.
However, after the reign of Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190), imperial authority in Italy was increasingly challenged by Italian city states and the Emperors had to base their rule on cooperation with some of these states.
Rome was not part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy but of the Empire of France during the latter part of Napoleon's reign.
www.karr.net /encyclopedia/King_of_Italy   (639 words)

  
 Station Information - Verona, Italy
260,000), is an ancient town, an episcopal see and a province in Veneto, Italy, on the shores of the Adige River and near to those of the lake Garda.
The Arco dei Gavi (Gavi Arch), dedicated to the important Roman family of the Gavii, was built in the same 1st century CE, and is famous for having the name of the builder (architect Lucius Vitruvius Cordone) graved on it, a really rare case in the architecture of the epoque.
In its history many important names passed and events happened that were relevant for the European history, like Theodoric the Great, king of Ostrogoths, Alboin and Rosamunda, the Lombard Dukes, Charlemagne and Pippin of Italy, Berengar I, Dante.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/v/ve/verona__italy.html   (531 words)

  
 Pippin of Italy - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Pippin of Italy - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Pippin of Italy (April, 773 – July 8, 810) was the third son of Charlemagne, and the second with his wife Hildegard of Savoy.
He was made king of Italy at after his father's conquest of the Lombards in 781.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Pippin_of_Italy   (217 words)

  
 Papal States - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Pippin conquered much of northern Italy and made a gift (called the Donation of Pippin) of the properties formerly constituting the Exarchate of Ravenna to the Pope.
Later, with the French invasion of Italy in 1796, the Legations were seized and became part of the Cisalpine Republic.
After the Austro-Sardinian War, much of northern Italy was unified under the House of Savoy's government; in the aftermath, Garibaldi led a revolution that overthrow the Bourbon monarchy in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
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 chronology of boys' clothing : ancient civilizations -- Byzantine chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
This leaves Italy divided into areas controlled by the Lombards, the Eastern Empire, and the Papacy which has emerged as a temporal as well as a religious entity.
Pippin invades Italy and attacks the Lombards (755-56).
Pippin dies and Charles (Charlemagne) becomes king of the Franks (768).
histclo.hispeed.com /chron/ancient/byz/byz-chron.html   (3870 words)

  
 Suzuki Verona|Verona Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
But other Roman monuments too are in the town, like the Roman theatre, built in the 1st century BC and retrieved in the 18th century thanks to Andrea Monga, a wealthy ''Veronese'' who bought all the houses that in time had been built over the theatre, demolished them and saved the monument.
The ''Arco dei Gavi'' (Gavi Arch), dedicated to the important Roman family of the GaviusGavii, was built in the same 1st century AD, and is famous for having the name of the builder (architect Lucius Vitruvius Cordone) engraved on it, a really rare case in the architecture of the epoque.
Image:Verona Italy San Zeno DSC08217.JPGthumbright250pxSan Zeno Basilica, like many other Veronese churches, is built with alternating layers of white stone and bricks.
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 Louis the Pious: History and Maps
Pippin died in 810 and Charles in 811, before Charlemagne.
To Pippin he gave Aquitaine to have and to hold, and to Louis the German he gave an area in the east of the empire, north of Italy.
In 833, after revolt, Louis took Pippin's kingdom from him and transferred it to Charles.
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 Pippin of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was born Carloman, but when his brother Pippin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pippin passed to him.
Pippin was expected to inherit a third of his father's empire, but Pippin died before him.
This page was last modified 01:54, 30 August 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pepin%2C_King_of_Italy   (202 words)

  
 CHARLEMAGNE FACTS AND INFORMATION
On the death of Pippin, the kingdom was divided between Charlemagne and his brother Carloman.
Carloman died on 5_December 771, leaving Charlemagne the leader of a reunified Frankish kingdom.
Pursuing his father's reforms, Charlemagne did away with the monetary system based on the gold ''sou''.
www.bellabuds.com /Charlemagne   (1476 words)

  
 All Abbey Ancestors - pafg25 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
married Ermengarde of Lorraine, Princess of Italy on 846.
Lothaire I, King of Italy [Parents] was born 795 in Frankfort on Main, Germany.
Carloman Pippin King of Italy was born Apr 773.
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 Articles - Verona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The ancient town, and the centre of the modern city, are in a loop of the Adige River near Lake Garda.
It was captured by Charlemagne in 774, and became the residence of his son, Pippin.
In 1866 Verona was captured by Italian troops during the Austro-Prussian War, and was annexed into the Kingdom of Italy.
www.lastring.com /articles/Verona,_Italy?mySession=a28adc103be018d98c2f73fc77c9c4e1   (2206 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pepin the Short
They laid before Pepin their claims to the central provinces of Italy, which had belonged to them before Liutprand's conquest.
The Frankish king received the title of the former representative of the Byzantine Empire in Italy, i.e.
Pepin's policy marked out the tasks to which Charlemagne devoted himself: quieting the Saxons, the subjection of the duchies and lastly, the regulation of the ecclesiastical question and with it that of Italy.
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 The Damon and Taber Family Connections - Person Page 11780   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
     King Pippin (Carloman) (of Italy) was born in April 773 of Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia.
King Pippin (Carloman) (of Italy) was christened on 12 April 781 in Rome, Italy.
King Pippin (Carloman) (of Italy) died on 8 July 810 in Milan, Italy, at age 37.
www.richard.damon.name /genealogy/p11780.htm   (239 words)

  
 Verona, Italy
The ancient town, and the centre of the modern city, is situated in a loop of the Adige River near Lake Garda.
The Arco dei Gavi (Gavi Arch), dedicated to the important Roman family of the Gavii, was built in the same 1st century AD, and is famous for having the name of the builder (architect Lucius Vitruvius Cordone) engraved on it, a really rare case in the architecture of the epoque.
The most famous example of this can lead to confusion, however, as the Renaissance painter, Paolo Veronese is often referred to as simply "Veronese".
www.visititalia.com /verona.html   (610 words)

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