♂ Pepin The Short

714 - 768

 

Pepin the Younger, King of the Franks

Pepin The Short
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Parents
Charles Martel
Charles Martel
0688 - 0741
Rotrude of Trier
Rotrude of Trier
0690 - 0724
Spouse
Bertrada of Laon
Bertrada of Laon
0720 - 0783
Children
Charlemagne
Charlemagne
0742 - 0814
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714

714 • Emperor Xuan Zong forbids all commercial vendors and shops in the Chinese capital city of Chang'an to copy and sell Buddhist sutras, so that the emperor can give the clergy of the Buddhist monasteries the sole right to distribute written sutras to the laity.

742


Apr 2
Age: 28y
742 Emperor Xuanzong of Tang begins to favor Taoism over Buddhism, adopting the new reign title Tianbao ('Heavenly Treasures') to indicate his divine mandate.

768


Age: 54y

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