First War of Aistulf
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Was the first War between Pepin the short, King of the Franks, and Aistulf, King of the Lombards.
Chronology
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January 756: Worried about the rise of Lombard power, Pope Stephen II asked for the intervention of Pepin the Short, king of the Franks. The Frankish king was also freshly indebted to the papacy for legitimizing his usurpation against the Merovingians and wanted to prevent the highest Catholic religious authority, also influential within his kingdom, from becoming a vassal of the Lombards. In the spring of 755 Pepin moved against the Lombard and faced them in battle at the locks of the Val di Susa, inflicting a severe defeat on his enemies. The Lombard king fled to Pavia, which was besieged by Pepin.
February 756: The Frankish army leave Pavia, ending the siege of the city.
