▁first ▁Pi pp in id ▁King ▁of ▁the ▁Fran ks ▁in ▁ 7 5 2 . ▁The ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Pi pp in ids ▁was ▁P ep in ▁of ▁Land en , ▁who ▁was ▁probably ▁born ▁in ▁Land en ▁in ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg . ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁Fran ks , ▁the ▁region ▁begins ▁to ▁be ▁referred ▁to ▁with ▁new ▁pla cen ames , ▁which ▁last ▁into ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁into ▁modern ▁times . ▁A ▁g ouw ▁or ▁gau ▁was ▁a ▁Frank ish ▁administrative ▁region , ▁translated ▁into ▁Latin ▁as ▁pag us , ▁and ▁roughly ▁corresponding ▁to ▁English ▁" count y " ▁or ▁" shire ". ▁The ▁r uler ▁of ▁a ▁g ouw , ▁if ▁it ▁had ▁one ▁r uler , ▁was ▁typically ▁a ▁count ▁or ▁gra af , ▁but ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁g ou ws ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁smaller ▁count ies . ▁To x and ria , ▁in ▁the ▁K em pen , ▁remained ▁one ▁such ▁region . ▁The ▁eastern ▁part ▁of ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg , ▁border ing ▁the ▁river ▁Ma as ▁or ▁Me use , ▁was ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁" Ma as g au " ▁or ▁Ma as au . ▁The ▁southern ▁part , ▁received ▁its ▁modern ▁name ▁of ▁H asp eng ouw , ▁found ▁in ▁forms ▁such ▁as ▁H asp ing a , ▁pag us ▁Has ban i ensis ▁or ▁Has ban ia , ▁in ▁old ▁documents ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Tre aty ▁of ▁Me ers en ▁( 8 7