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Pepin ( or Pippin ) ( died 24 September 768 ), called the Younger, was the first King of the Franks ( 752 – 768 ) of the Carolingian dynasty ( Latin: Pippinus rex ).

In 741 he and his brother Carloman succeeded their father, Charles Martel, as mayors of the palace and de facto rulers of the kingdom during an interregnum ( 737 – 743 ).

After the retirement of Carloman ( 747 ), Pepin obtained the permission of Pope Zachary to depose the last of the Merovingian kings, Childeric III, and assume the throne ( 752 ).