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Though Pippin was never canonized, he is listed as a saint in some old martyrologies. This article discusses the process of declaring saints. ...

He had two daughters:

• Begga, who married Ansegisel, the son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz. The son of this marriage, Pippin the Middle, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

• Gertrude (625 - 17 March 659) - Burried in the convent of Nijvel founded by her mother Itta. She was later canonised as a saint and is usually portrayed accompanied with mice.

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• Grimoald, Mayor of the Palace of the Austrasia from 650 to 661

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• http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=en;p=pepin;n=de+landen Roglo genealogy database
• http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/l3/LANG=engl/F=Pippin@I./N=v.Austrien