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Pepin of Herstal

635 - 714

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Pepin II (c. 635 – 16 December 714), commonly known as Pepin of Herstal, was a Frankish statesman and military leader who was the de facto ruler of Francia as the Mayor of the Palace from 680 until his death. He took the title Duke and Prince of the Franks upon his conquest of all the Frankish realms. The son of the powerful Frankish statesman Ansegisel, Pepin worked to establish his family, the Pippinids, as the strongest in Francia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pepin of Herstal is the 1,240th most popular politician (down from 997th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 40th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Belgian Politician.

The most famous of the pepin family is pepin the short. Pepin the short was the first king of the carolingian dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pepin of Herstal ranks 1,240 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Edmund Ironside, Itō Hirobumi, James Connolly, Grigory Zinoviev, and Samuel of Bulgaria. After him are James I of Aragon, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Maria Anna of Savoy, Miloš Zeman, Jérôme Bonaparte, and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 635, Pepin of Herstal ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict II, and Pope John V. After him are Clovis II, Yijing, Lambert of Maastricht, and Cuthbert. Among people deceased in 714, Pepin of Herstal ranks 1. After him are Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, and Grimoald the Younger.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pepin of Herstal ranks 46 out of 1,190. Before him are William III of the Netherlands (1817), Jacques Brel (1929), Hergé (1907), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Henri La Fontaine (1854), and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864). After him are Margaret of Parma (1522), Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), and Victor Horta (1861).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Pepin of Herstal ranks 19. Before him are Albert I of Belgium (1875), Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), William III of the Netherlands (1817), and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864). After him are Margaret of Parma (1522), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927).

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