PEPIN [I] "le Vieux" or "de Landen", son of --- (-[640]). Adviser of King Dagobert I 622. He was banished to Orléans in 629. He was appointed maior domus in Austrasia in 639; according to Fredegar he was loved by the Austrasians "for his concern for justice and his goodness"[17]. The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Pippino duce" as united with "Sighiberto" in governing the kingdom and having been retained by his younger brother "Chlodovecho"[18]. According to Fredegar, Pépin died about a year after King Dagobert[19]. The AnnalesXantenses record the death in 647 of "Pippinusfilius Karlomanni, maior domus Lotharii"[20].
m ITTA [Ittaberga], daughter of --- (592-652). The Annales Metenses name "matertera ipsius [Pippini]…virgo Domino consecrate Geretrudis" and record that she founded the monastery "in loco…Nivella cum genitrice sua Itaberga"[21]. The Annales Xantenses record that "Itta relicta Pippini" founded the abbey of Nivelles in 650[22]. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) names “duarum filiarum...unam...Beggam, alteram...Gertrudem” as the children of “Dux Pipinus Regni Francorum” and his wife “Yduberga”[23]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 657 of "Beata Ittamater sancte Gerthrudis"[24].
Pépin [I] & his wife had three children