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Pepin the Short crowned King of the Franks

Type Event Region Western Europe Time 751

In 751 Pepin was raised up as King of the Franks at Soissons, formally ending the Merovingians' nominal rule and founding the Carolingian dynasty;…

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  1. 751Rome · ItalyPope Zachary answered the inquiry of Pepin's envoys, endorsing that the man holding real power was more fit to be king, thereby providing religious and legal grounds for Pepin's replacement of the Merovingian king.
  2. 751Soissons · FrancePepin was elected king by the Frankish nobles at Soissons; the last Merovingian king, Childeric III, was deposed and sent to a monastery, and the Carolingian dynasty thereby began.

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