Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Pepin de Landen, I

580 - 640  (60 years)

• Name	Saint Pepin de Landen  [1]
  Title	Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
  Suffix	I
  Birth	580	Liege, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, Lawrence Adolph Twomey, and Cecil Lamar Moon
  Ordained	St. Pepin of Landen was never canonized, he is listed as a saint in some old martyrologies. His feast day was 21 February.  [2]
  		†Saint Pepin Pepin I (580 – 27 Feb 640), also called the Elder or the Old, was the Mayor of the palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian King Dagobert I from 623 to 629. He was also the Mayor for Sigebert III from 639 until his death. Though he was never canonized, he was listed as a saint in some martyrologies.
  Religion	Pepin earned a reputation for defending the interests of the Church, promoting the spread of Christianity, and working to have only truly worthy bishops appointed to Frankish sees
  Death	27 Feb 640  [1]
  Person ID	I10042	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Carloman de Landen,   b. Liege, Belgium d. Liege, Belgium
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gertrude de Agilofinges,   b. Bavaria, Germany d. 17 Mar, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Ancient Austrasia  [1]
  Family ID	F2842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Saint Itta de Metz,   b. 592, Liege, Belgium d. 652, Belgium (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Saint Begga de Landen,   b. Abt 613, Liege, Belgium d. 17 Dec 693, Ardennes, Hainaut, Belgium (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 580 - Liege, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  †Saint Pepin Pepin I (580 – 27 Feb 640), also called the Elder or the Old, was the Mayor of the palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian King Dagobert I from 623 to 629. He was also the Mayor for Sigebert III from 639 until his death. Though he was never canonized, he was listed as a saint in some martyrologies.

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S547] Saints, Saint Pepin I. Frankish mayor of the palace, duke of Brabant, and the chief political figure during the reigns of the Frankish kings Clotaire II, Dagobert I, and Sigebert TI . The husband of Blessed Ita, he was a close ally of Bishop Arnulf of Metz with whom he overthrew Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. He was soon appointed mayor of the palace for his role. Following an incident in which he reprimanded King Dagobert I for his adulterous life, he was exiled from the court and went into retirement near Aquitaine. Re called to serve as tutor to Dagobert’s three year old son, Pepin once more became the chief figure of the king dom until his death. Pepin earned a reputation for defending the interests of the Church, promoting the spread of Christianity, and working to have only truly worthy bishops appointed to Frankish sees. While never canonized, he is listed as a saint in some old martyrologies. He was an ancestor of Charlemagne; his grandson, Pepin of Heristal, founded the Carolingian dynasty. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5293