Pip the Gallant

Pip the Gallant
Pip invading Luradia in 972 (detail of a 13th century miniature). Sani Bursil University.
King of Staynes
Reign	c. 972 to 7th October 981
Heir Apparent	Slek
King of Staynnica
Reign	c. 970 - 981
Predecessor	Rædulf
Successor	Slek
Spouse	Kælwith
Issue	Slek, Mahald, Emmota
House	Makuh
Father	Rædulf, King of Staynnica
Mother	Kæla
Born	935 - 936 Fort Jubrayn, Jubliak
Died	7th October 981 (aged 45 or 46)
Burial	c. 1030 Syllester Abbey, Redrugus

Pip the Gallant (Old Staynish Þipæ; between 935 and 936 – 7th October 981) was King of Staynnica from 970 to c. 972 and King of Staynes from c. 972 to 981. He was the youngest son of King Rædulf of Staynnica. His father died when he was young and three of Pip's brothers, Ræulf, Rænnulf and Rænouart, reigned in turn.

After acceding to the throne, Pip spent two years fighting Leuradic invasions. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Tuskinay in 971 and made an agreement with the Luradians, creating what was known as the Tusk in the South of Staynnica. A year later he led an invasion against the Kingdom of Luradia, becoming the dominant ruler. He became the King of the Staynish in 972. Details of his life are described in a work by 9th-century Jubliak scholar and bishop Amader.

Pip had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be conducted in Staynish rather than Laulian and improving the legal system, military structure and his people's quality of life. He was given the epithet "the Gallant" during and after the Reformation in the sixteenth century.