Pepin I (; c. 817–850) was Count of Vermandois, lord of Senlis, Péronne and Saint Quentin. He was son of King Bernard of Italy (a grandson of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

) and his wife, Cunigunda of Laon. He supported Emperor Lothar after the death of Emperor

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (; ; ; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only ...

, despite having sworn allegiance to

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as CharlesII, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a series of civil wars during t ...

. Pepin’s wife is unknown; their children were: *Richilde of Vermandois, married William, Count of Orléans (c. 830 - 866). * Bernard II, Count of Laon (c. 845 - before 893), Count of Laon from 877/878 until his death. * Pepin II, Count of Vermandois (c. 846 - 893), Count of Vermandois from 850 until his death. * Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (848/850 - 907), Count of Vermandois from 893 until his assassination. *Cunigunda

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