Soon after uniting with his elder brother to beat back the rebellion of Grifo, their bastard half-brother, he had to suppress another revolt, by Odilo of Bavaria.  
Soon after uniting with his elder brother to beat back the rebellion of Grifo, their bastard half-brother, he had to suppress another revolt, by Odilo of Bavaria.  He was crowned by Pope Stephen II, and the following year he saved the Pope from a Lombard invasion.  This happened after a famous letter that he sent to Pope Zacharias, whose response allowed him to be anointed by St. Boniface following his overthrow of Childeric III, thus ending the Merovingian dynasty.  FTP, name this father of Charlemagne and son of Charles Martel.
Soon after uniting with his elder brother to beat back the rebellion of Grifo, their bastard half-brother, he had to suppress another revolt, by Odilo of Bavaria.  
Pepin the Short or Pepin III