Frisian-Frankish Wars
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Were a series of conflict between the Kingdom of Frisia and the Frankish Kingdom. Frisia was finally inglobated into the Frankish domains.
Chronology
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January 631: By 630 the situation had changed. The Merovingian king Dagobert I brought the Frankish empire under one banner again and conquered the lands south of the Oude Rijn. This time they brought Christianity to the Frisian lands and built a church in Utrecht.
January 651: After Dagobert died the Franks could not hold their position there, and around 650 the central river area, including Dorestad became Frisian again. The manufacturing of Frankish coins stopped and the city of Utrecht became the residence of the Frisian kings.
January 690: In 689, however, Pepin launched a campaign of conquest in Western Frisia. All the land between the Scheldt and the Vlie was incorporated into Francia.
January 717: After Pepin of Herstal, who was the de facto ruler of Francia, died in 714, Redbad of Frisia took advantage of the battle for succession in Frankish lands. He concluded a treaty with the Frankish mayor of the palace Ragenfrid so that in 716 his armies entered Frankish territory as far as Cologne, where they were victorious in the Battle of Cologne. In this way all lands south of the Rhine became Frisian again.
January 720: It is not certain who the successor of Redbad was. It is believed that there were troubles with the succession, because the Frankish opponent Charles Martel easily invaded Frisia and subjugated the territory. The resistance was so weak that Charles Martel not only annexed Frisia Citerior, but he also crossed the Rhine and annexed "farther" Frisia, to the banks of the river Vlie.
January 735: In 734 Charles fought against Eastern Frisia and finally subdued it.
The Kingdom of Frisia emerged in ca. 600 AD.
January 601: The Kingdom of Friesland, also known as Magna Frisia, was a kingdom in what is now the Netherlands and northern Germany, established around the year 600.
In 734 at the Battle of the Boarn the Frisians were defeated and the Franks annexed the Frisian lands between the rivers Vlie and Lauwers.
January 735: In 734 at the Battle of the Boarn the Frisians were defeated and the Franks annexed the Frisian lands between the Vlie and the Lauwers.
In 782 the Frisians east of the Lauwers began an uprising against the Franks. The uprising expanded to Frisian lands in the west that had been pacified earlier. This led to an en masse return to paganism. the Frisian uprising was severely repressed by the Franks.
January 782: Under the leadership of Widukind the Saxons continued to resist the Franks. In 782 the Frisians east of the Lauwers also began an uprising against the Franks. The uprising expanded to Frisian lands in the west that had been pacified earlier. This led to an en masse return to paganism by the population. Marauders burned churches and the priests, including Ludger, had to flee south. In response Charlemagne organized a new campaign in 783 to restore control, first over the Saxons and later over the Frisians. The Frisians aided Widukind against the Franks in 784 by sending him an army. It did not help much and he had to surrender in 785 and the Frisian uprising was severely repressed by the Franks.
January 782: In 782 the Frisians east of the Lauwers also began an uprising against the Franks. The uprising expanded to Frisian lands in the west that had been pacified earlier where where they were severely repressed by the Franks. This led to an en masse return to paganism.
In 793 the Frisians rebelled for the last time against Charlemagne. The reason for this was the forceful recruiting of Frisians and Saxons for the war against the Avars in the east.
January 793: In 793 the Frisians rebelled for the last time against Charlemagne. The reason for this was the forceful recruiting of Frisians and Saxons for the war against the Avars in the east. Under the leadership of dukes Unno and Eilrad, an uprising arose east of the Lauwers and spread to other Frisian lands. This led to a temporary return to paganism, and again priests had to flee. This uprising was also suppressed by the Franks.
January 795: In 793 the Frisians rebelled for the last time against Charlemagne. The reason for this was the forceful recruiting of Frisians and Saxons for the war against the Avars in the east. This uprising was also suppressed by the Franks.
