Notes: yor of The Palace of Austrasia BIOGRAPHY: Pepin was also known as (in French) Pépin de Landen or Pépin l e Vieux, as well as Pippin of Landen or Pippin the Elder. He was the co unselor of the Merovingian king Chlotar II and mayor of the palace in A ustrasia. Through the marriage of his daughter Begga with Ansegisel, so n of Arnulf (who died in 641and was the bishop of Metz), Pippin was the f ounder of the Carolingian dynasty. Deprived of his mayoralty at the acc ession (in 629) of Dagobert I, he regained power in Austrasia after tha t king's death (in January 639) but did not long survive to enjoy it. P ippin I.