 He developed a humped back after birth, leading early medieval historians to give him the epithet "hunchback".He lived with his father's court after Charlemagne dismissed his mother and took another wife, Hildegard.Around 781, Pepin's half brother Carloman was rechristened as "Pepin of Italy"—a step that may have signaled Charlemagne's decision to disinherit the elder Pepin, for a variety of possible reasons.