Pepin (Pippin) the Hunchback (b. before 770, d. 813) was the first son of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) and his first wife (or concubine) Himiltrude. Accounts describe Pepin as normally proportioned with attractive features. However, his looks were marred by a spinal deformity from which his nickname is derived. Events Emperor Konin ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Empress Shotoku. ... Events June 22 - Byzantine Emperor Michael I is defeated in a war against the Bulgarians. ... Statue of Charlemagne in Frankfurt, a Romantic interpretation of his appearance from the 19th century Charlemagne (c. ... Himiltrude was Charlemagnes first wife. ...

Due to his disability, Pepin was never a strong contender to succeed his father to the Frankish throne. Nevertheless, Charles treated his son well, giving him precedence over his younger brothers as was appropriate for his age. Pepin was an amiable fellow, and he grew to be a well-liked member of Charles' court. The hunchbacked prince probably held some hope for succession from his father. In addition, Pepin was an easy target for discontented nobles, who lavished sympathies on him and lamented the treatment his mother had received when Charles had divorced her in favor of a Lombard princess. Thus, in 780, Charles formally disinherited Pepin and had the pope baptize his third son, Carloman, as Pepin. This move may have been prompted by Charles' third wife and the mother of Carloman, Hildegarde. The hunchbacked prince was a threat to her sons' succession, both due to Charles' doting attitude toward him and his name (Frankish succession had alternated between Charleses and Pepins for the last four generations). The term disability, as it is applied to humans, refers to any condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods. ... The Franks were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the region of Franconia in Germany, forming the historic kernel of both these two modern... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Events Constantine VI becomes Byzantine Emperor with Irene as guardian. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... Carloman is the name of several members of the Frankish ruling family. ... Hildegarde is also the name of an early composer named Hildegarde von Bingen (1098-1179) Hildegarde (born February 1st, 1906 in Adell, Wisconsin) was a United States cabaret singer - and worked in a travelling show throughout her career, appearing across the United States and Europe. ...

Pepin was allowed to remain at court, and Charles continued to give the boy precedence over his younger brothers. Pepin also remained a popular "friend" of discontented nobles, and in 792, several counts played upon Pepin's dislike for his brothers to convince the deformed prince to play the figurehead in their rebellion. The conspirators planned to kill Charles, his wife Hildegarde, and his three sons by her. Pepin the Hunchback would then be set upon the throne as a more sympathetic (and more easily manipulated) king. The day of the assassination, Pepin pretended to be ill in order to meet with the plotters. The scheme nearly succeeded, but a Lombard deacon named Fardulf ultimately exposed it. Events Irenes title of empress confirmed. ... Definition A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess. Originally the title comes denoted the rank of a high courtier or provincial (military or administrative) official in the late Roman Empire: before Anthemius was made emperor... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ...

King Charles held an assembly at Regensburg to try the conspirators, and all were found guilty of high treason and ordered executed. Charles seems still to have held fond feelings for his first son, however, for Pepin's sentence was commuted. Instead, Pepin was forced to enter the monastery of Prüm to live out the rest of his life as a monk. Pepin died there some twenty years later. Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Řezno) is a city (population 146,824 in 2002) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... Under English, and later British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... This article is about the city of Prüm; for information on the Abbey of Prüm, see: Abbey of Prüm Prüm is a city in the Westeifel (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ...