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Name: Kingdom of Aquitania (Franks)

Type: Polity

Start: 630 AD

End: 732 AD

Nation: aquitania

Parent: frankish empire

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Aquitania during Frankish domain periods.

Establishment

  • January 630: When Frankish sub-king Chlothar died in 628, Dagobert, in accordance with his father's wishes, granted a subkingdom to his younger brother Charibert II. This subkingdom, commonly called Aquitaine, was a new creation.

    • Chronology

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    1. Frankish Partitions

    The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

    1.1.Partition of the Frankish Kingdom (630/40)

    When Chlothar II died in 628, Dagobert, in accordance with his father's wishes, granted a subkingdom to his younger brother Charibert II. This subkingdom, commonly called Aquitaine, was a new creation.


    1.2.Frankish Civil War

    Was a war between Teilreiche of the Frankish Kingdom (polities emerging from the hereditary divisions of the Frankish Kingdom that repeatedly divided and reunited). After their defeat at the Battle of Vincy, Chilperic and Ragenfrid allied with Odo the Great, the independent duke of Aquitaine, and marched on Soissons. .

  • October 719: After their defeat at the Battle of Vincy, Chilperic and Ragenfrid allied with Odo the Great, the independent duke of Aquitaine, and marched on Soissons. Unfortunately, Charles had anticipated this, and was awaiting them. That army easily defeated the allied forces of Odo, Chilperic, and Ragenfrid near Soissons. The war was over and Charles was undisputed dux Francorum.

    • 2. De facto indipendance of Aquitaine

    The duchy of Aquitaine as a quasi-independent realm within the Frankish empire established itself by 700 under Odo the Great.

  • January 701: The duchy of Aquitaine as a quasi-independent realm within the Frankish empire established itself during the second half of the 7th century, certainly by 700 under Odo the Great.

    • 3. Umayyad Invasion of Europe

    Were the military campaigns of the Umayyad Caliphate in modern-day Spain, Portugal and France.

    3.1.Umayyad conquest of Hispania

    Was an Umayyad Caliphate invasion of the Iberian Peninsula from c. 710-780. The conquest resulted in the defeat of the Visigothic Kingdom and the establishment of the Umayyad Wilayah of Al-Andalus.

    3.1.1.Campaign of Septimania

    Umayyad military campaign in Septimania (southern France).

  • June 721: The Battle of Toulouse in 721 was a decisive victory for the Frankish forces led by Duke Odo of Aquitaine against the Umayyad Caliphate. Al-Samh was the Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus who led the unsuccessful campaign. His defeat marked the end of Umayyad control in the region.
  • January 722: Siege of Toulouse.

    • 3.2.Frankish-Umayyad Wars

    Were a series of wars between the Umayyad Caliphate, which had conquered the Iberian Peninsula, and the Frankish Kingdom.

  • June 732: 732: A Muslim army under Abd ar-Rahman defeats an army of Duke Eudos of Aquitaine (or Odo the Great) near Bordeaux. The Moors then sack Aquitaine.
  • December 732: End of the sack of Aquitaine by the Muslim army.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 733: Odo engaged the Franks in battle, but lost and came out weakened. Soon after this battle, in 732, the Moors raided Vasconia and Aquitaine as far north as Poitiers and defeated Odo twice near Bordeaux. Odo saw no option but to invoke the aid of Charles Martel and pledge allegiance to the Frankish prince.

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