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LANDEN 

[LAND171] Count Charles of Brabant m. ?
. [LAND181] Mayor Carolmannus of the Palace of Austrasia m. ?
. . [LAND191] Duke Pepin I of Landen m. [CLOD192] Itta de Metz
. . . [LAND202] Begga de Heristal m. [PEPI201] Ansegis de Metz

53.   [LAND171] Charles, Count of Brabant.

52.   [LAND181] Carolmannus (born c.570) was Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. He died c.615

51.   [LAND191] Pepin the elder (born c.591) of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, DUKE OF BRABANT, married [CLOD192] Itta de Metz, daughter of [CLOD181] Arnoldus Meroving, see SALIAN FRANKS). He died c.640.

Pepin was a nobleman of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia. He joined with [PEPI191] Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, (see AUSTRASIA), in the struggle to overthrow Brunhild, Queen of Austrasia (613), and subsequently governed the kingdom as Mayor of the Palace for Brunhild’s successor, [CHIL171] King Clotaire II (see CHILPERIC II). Itta died 639, and Pepin died 640.