Stephen turned to Pepin the Younger and even traveled to Paris to plead for help in person against the surrounding Lombard and Muslim threats .
Pepin the Younger is the recently crowned King of the Franks ( who had also recently defeated the Muslim Umayyad invasion of Gaul ) .
Stephen turned to Pepin the Younger , the recently crowned King of the Franks ( who had also recently defeated the Muslim Umayyad invasion of Gaul ) , and even traveled to Paris to plead for help in person against the surrounding Lombard and Muslim threats .