Siege of Toulouse (767)

The Siege of Toulouse was a Frankish siege of the Aquitanian fortified town of Toulouse in the winter of 767 during the Aquitanian War. The Frankish army under King Pepin the Short conquered the town and accepted the surrender of nearby Albi and Gevaudan.

Siege of Toulouse (767)
DateWinter 767
Location
Toulouse
Result Frankish victory
Belligerents
Francia Duchy of Aquitaine
Commanders and leaders
Pepin the Short

Prelude

In early 767 King Pepin the Short of Francia army marched through Aquitaine into Narbonne and moved on to besiege Toulouse.[1][2] Bourges, conquered in 762 by Pepin, was the most important base for the campaign.[3][2]

Siege

Toulouse was conquered and the nearby towns of Albi and Gevaudan submitted to Pepin without a fight.[2]

Aftermath

Most and possibly all of the fortified places in Aquitaine were in Frankish hands by the end of 767.[4] Pepin returned home and spent Easter at Vienne.[1] He continued the war against Aquitaine in August 767.[1][2] In the next year, King Pepin defeated the last few allies of Waiofar, Duke of Aquitaine (between 745-768), and then captured him and most of his family and executed them in public.[5][6]

References
  1. Royal Frankish Annals 1970, p. 46.
  2. Petersen 2013, p. 737.
  3. Petersen 2013, p. 731.
  4. Bachrach 1974, p. 6.
  5. La France et la Méditerranée : vingt-sept siècles d'interdépendance. Malkin, Irad. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1990. ISBN 9004089306. OCLC 19552965.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Lewis, Archibald Ross (1965). The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Bibliography
  • Bachrach, Bernard (1974). "Military Organization in Aquitaine under the Early Carolingians". Speculum. 49 (1): 1–33. doi:10.2307/2856549. JSTOR 2856549.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Petersen, Leif Inge Ree (2013). Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD): Byzantium, the West and Islam. Leiden: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-25199-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Royal Frankish Annals (1970). Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories. Translated by Scholz, B.W. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-06186-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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