丕平是査理曼与第二繼妃赫德嘉(英语:Hildegard of the Vinzgau)(Hildegard)的次子[2]。他出生時的名字為卡洛曼,但後來被重新起用王室名字名為丕平(即是他同父異母的兄駝背丕平(Pepin the Hunchback)以及他的祖父矮子丕平(Pepin the Short)的名字)。公元781年,他的父親査理曼征服伦巴底王国,教皇哈德良一世(Adrian I)以鐵王冠加冕査理曼後,丕平被任命為“意大利國王”[3]。
^"意大利國王"的名号看似夸张,但确实被其臣民使用: “[Charlemagne] transferred all the kingdom of Italy to his great and glorious son lord Pippin, the great king” Monumenta Germaniae Historica(英语:Monumenta Germaniae Historica), Scriptores rerum Langobardicarum et Italicarum saec. VI-IX. : 11.
^Peter Godman. Latin Poetry of the Carolingian Renaissance. University of Oklahoma Press. 1985: 186–191.
^Peter Godman. Latin Poetry of the Carolingian Renaissance. University of Oklahoma Press. 1985: 180–187.
^Monumenta Germaniae Historica., Scriptores rerum Langobardicarum et Italicarum saec. VI-IX |page=11}}