Pippin I
(died 639 or 640) was a councillor of the Merovingian king
Chlotar II
and
mayor of the palace
in
Austrasia
, whose lands lay in the part of the Frankish kingdom that forms part of present-day
Belgium
. The reference to Landen dates from the 13th century.
Through the marriage of his daughter Begga with Ansegisel, son of Arnulf (d. 641; bishop of Metz), Pippin was the founder of the
Carolingian dynasty
. Deprived of his mayoralty at the accession (629) of
Dagobert I
, he regained power in Austrasia after that king’s death (January 639) but did not long survive to enjoy it.