“Pipinus Rex”: Pippin's Plot of 792 and Bavaria
Carl Hammer
Two serious internal challenges to Carolingian royal authority disturbed the middle years of Charlemagne's reign. Neither is mentioned in officially approved recensions Frankish Royal Annals, but Einhard tells us about both them twentieth chapter that ruler's “Life,” and various information was included other annalistic traditions (Exhibit 1). In 785/86 a group magnates Eastern Francia Thuringia opposed policies denied or renounced their loyalty king; opposition aggravated, no doubt, by demands campaigns against Saxons, which placed heavy burdens on adjacent territories.” The second, 792, centered around palace at Regensburg Danube where Charlemagne had been since spring 791 order direct operations Avars suppress any lingering Bavaria, he annexed barely three earlier 788. most noteworthy aspect this second domestic insurrection participation senior member family itself: oldest son, Pippin, who born mid-to-Iate 760s and, thus, certainly major age responsible adult capable independent rule.
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