{"slug": "pepin-ii-of-aquitaine", "label": "Pepin II of Aquitaine", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_II_of_Aquitaine", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378702", "qid": "Q378702", "description": "Frankish king", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [823, 865], "span_label": ["823 CE", "865 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "louis-the-pious", "label": "Louis the Pious", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "duchy-of-aquitaine", "label": "Duchy of Aquitaine", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "louis-the-german", "label": "Louis the German", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "charles-the-bald", "label": "Charles the Bald", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lothair-i", "label": "Lothair I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pepin-i-of-aquitaine", "label": "Pepin I of Aquitaine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-burgundy", "label": "Kingdom of Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-welf", "label": "House of Welf", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "judith-of-bavaria-died-843", "label": "Judith of Bavaria (died 843)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 823, "year_label": "823 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Pepin II (the Younger), king of Aquitaine", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073980#Births", "title": "823", "revid": 1267073980, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 838, "year_label": "838 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – King Pepin I of Aquitaine dies after a 21-year reign. Emperor Louis the Pious appoints his youngest son Charles the Bald as his successor. The Aquitainian nobility, however, elects Pepin's son Pepin II as the new Frankish ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941885#Europe", "title": "838", "revid": 1340941885, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 839, "year_label": "839 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Third Civil War: King Louis the German, grandson of Charlemagne, invades Swabia. His nephew, Pepin II of Aquitaine, and his Gascon subjects, conquer territory all the way to the Loire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073737#Europe", "title": "839", "revid": 1267073737, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 841, "year_label": "841 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Battle of Fontenay: Frankish forces of Emperor Lothair I, and his nephew Pepin II of Aquitaine, are defeated by allied forces of King Louis the German, and his half-brother Charles the Bald, at Fontenoy (Eastern France), in a civil war among the three surviving sons of the former emperor Louis the Pious. A total of 40,000 men are killed, including the Frankish nobles Gerard of Auvergne and Ricwin of Nantes, fighting on the side of Charles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360650312#Europe", "title": "841", "revid": 1360650312, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 851, "year_label": "851 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September", "text": "September – King Pepin II of Aquitaine is captured by the forces of Count Sans II Sancion, and handed over to Charles the Bald. He is detained in the monastery of Saint Medard in Soissons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073715#Europe", "title": "851", "revid": 1267073715, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 858, "year_label": "858 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kingdom and secures Aquitaine for his nephew Pepin II (\"the Younger\"). King Charles the Bald flees to Burgundy; he is saved by the help of the bishops, and by the fidelity of the family of the Welfs, who are related to Judith (second wife of former emperor Louis the Pious).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129132#Europe", "title": "858", "revid": 1341129132, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pepin II joins the Vikings in an attack on Toulouse. He is captured while besieging the Frankish city. Pepin is deposed as king of Aquitaine, and imprisoned in Senlis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Europe", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 865, "year_label": "865 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Pepin II, king of Aquitaine (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129586#Deaths", "title": "865", "revid": 1341129586, "section": "Deaths"}}]}