▁Ch ilde brand . ▁ ▁Death ▁and ▁succession ▁ ▁Just ▁before ▁P ep in ' s ▁death , ▁P lect ru de ▁convinced ▁him ▁to ▁dis in herit ▁the ▁sons ▁he ▁had ▁with ▁his ▁mist ress ▁Al pa ida ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁his ▁grand son , ▁The udo ald ▁( the ▁son ▁of ▁P ep in ▁and ▁P lect ru de ' s ▁son ▁Gr imo ald ), ▁who ▁was ▁still ▁a ▁young ▁child ▁( and ▁am enable ▁to ▁P lect ru de ' s ▁control ). ▁P ep in ▁died ▁suddenly ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 7 9 ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁December ▁ 7 1 4 , ▁at ▁Jup ille ▁( in ▁modern ▁Belg ium ). ▁His ▁grand children ▁through ▁P lect ru de ▁claimed ▁themselves ▁to ▁be ▁P ep in ' s ▁true ▁success ors ▁and , ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁P lect ru de , ▁tried ▁to ▁maintain ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁mayor ▁of ▁the ▁palace ▁after ▁P ep in ' s ▁death . ▁However , ▁Charles ▁( son ▁of ▁P ep in ▁and ▁Al pa ida ) ▁had ▁gained ▁favour ▁among ▁the ▁Aust ras ians , ▁primarily ▁for ▁his ▁military ▁pro w ess ▁and ▁ability ▁to ▁keep ▁them ▁well ▁supplied ▁with ▁boot y ▁from ▁his ▁con quest s . ▁Despite ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁P lect ru de ▁to ▁silence ▁her ▁child ' s ▁rival ▁by ▁imprison ing ▁him , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁sole ▁mayor ▁of ▁the ▁palace — and ▁de ▁fact o ▁r uler ▁of ▁Francia — after ▁a