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Name: Frankish Invasion of Italy (773)

Type: Event

Start: 773 AD

End: 773 AD

Parent: Frankish Lombard War

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Was the first military campaign of Frankish King Charles the Great against the Kingdom of the Lombards.

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  • May 773: Hadrian excommunicated the Lombard king and asked for help from Charlemagne. The Frankish king was at the time engaged in the wars against the Saxons, but nevertheless answered the call to save his prestige as protector of the papacy. In the spring of 773 Charles gathered his army near Geneva and divided it into two sections: one would descend the Valle d'Aosta, defended by Adelchi, the other, led by Charles himself, would follow the traditional route across the Moncenisio. There, at the Chiuse near Susa, Desiderio managed to hold back the Franks, but the front manned by Adelchi gave way under the impact of the army led by Carlo's uncle, Bernardo.

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