If Pepin would have been the only surviving heir of Charlemagne instead of his brother Louis the Pious, which consequences would have bring to the fate of the Empire?
- Bernard, as the only son of Pepin, would have been the only heir of Pepin so the civil wars of the 830-840 period could have been avoided (unless his cousins would have claimed parts of the Empire?)
- Pepin would have had a governing policy more similar to Charlemagne than his brother Louis had. Could he have focused more on new external expansion rather than internal fighting?