Pepin The Hunchback, Monk At Prüm

Abt 769 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Pepin The Hunchback
  Suffix	Monk At Prüm
  Birth	Abt 769
  Gender	Male
  disinherited	780
  rebelled	792
  	rebelled against his father
  	Pepin was forced to enter the «u»monastery of Prüm «/u» to live out the rest of his life as a monk. Pepin died there some twenty years later.
  Name	Pépin le Bossu
  _FSFTID	L7J6-CPQ
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=L7J6-CPQ
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Hunchback In 780, Charles formally disinherited Pepin and had the pope baptize his third son, «u»Carloman «/u», who now received the name Pepin. The name had a special significance as Pepin had been a recurring name in the Carolingian dynasty. This move may have been prompted by «u»Hildegard «/u», Charles' wife and Carloman's mother, who felt her son's inheritance expectations were threatened by the hunchbacked prince. Pepin was allowed to remain at court, and Charles continued to give the boy precedence over his younger brothers. Pepin also remained a popular "friend" of discontented nobles, and in 792, several counts played upon Pepin's dislike for his brothers to convince the deformed prince to play the figurehead in their rebellion. The conspirators planned to kill Charles, his wife Hildegarde, and his three sons by her. Pepin the Hunchback would then be set upon the throne as a more sympathetic (and more easily manipulated) king. The day of the assassination, Pepin pretended to be ill in order to meet with the plotters. The scheme nearly succeeded, but a Lombard deacon named Fardulf ultimately exposed it. Charlemagne held an assembly at «u»Regensburg «/u» to try the conspirators, and all were found guilty of high treason and ordered executed. Charles seemed still to have held fond feelings for his first son, however, for Pepin's sentence was commuted. Instead, Pepin was forced to enter the «u»monastery of Prüm «/u» to live out the rest of his life as a monk. Pepin died there some twenty years later.
  Person ID	I2789	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Charlemagne Emperor of the West, King of Frank,   b. 2 Apr 742, Ingolheim d. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, Kaln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Himiltude,   b. Abt 742   d. Abt 780 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Marriage	Abt 768
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Pepin the Hunchback Charlemagne and Pepin the Hunchback. 10th century copy of a lost original from about 830