Peppin+the+short

Keith Mandel477 words Peppin the short was the greatest ruler of all time since he conquered lots of land for his people and kept his father's kingdom going with his brother. Peppin the short was the first Frank king. His father was Charles Martel. The rule of the Frank kingdom was divided by the father between Peppin and his brother Carloman. Peppin and his brother together took over the Frank empire when his father died. Peppin and his brother Carloman together conquered a lot. Peppin had a son named Charlemagne. Peppin and Carloman split there empire up between the two. Peppin got to rule Burgundy, Neustria, and Provence. Carloman got to rule Austrasia and Thuringia. Peppin was the first king of the Franks in the Carolingian dynasty. Peppin was born in 714 and died in 768. Peppin and his brother Carloman had challenges from their other brother Griffon. Griffon had some territory too for the Franks. So three brothers are in control. Peppin and Carloman had numerous wars and won every time. The Franks were the reason why France was named France. Peppin was going to be the ultimate king. Griffon revolted but all his revolts were put down. The Franks had control over a lot of land in Europe. Peppin's greatest success was ruling so much land with Carloman. Peppin the short took care of the Lombards after they forced Pope Stephen out of Rome. Peppin was the king from 751 to 768. What made Peppin a great leader was that he conquered land and ruled the Franks. Peppin conquered a lot of land and ruled well with his brother, Carloman. Peppin also had a son named Charlomagne. Peppin was a great ruler because he conquered lots of land and ruled lots of people. I define being a great leader as conquering territory for your people and enforcing law on your people, but not controlling them and not killing people. Peppin was like this since he conquered a lot of territory for his people and made people obey him. I think Peppin's greatest failure was dying since his kingdom just wasn't the same without him. His son Charlemagne or Charles the great helped him in a lot of his battles.

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