This is a list of wars involving Francia. It is an incomplete list of Frankish wars and battles from the Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum by Chlodio and the establishment of the Frankish realm by Clovis I, the Merovingian king who united all the Frankish tribes and northern Gallo-Romans in the 5th century. It includes the Carolingian Empire (800–888) and its three successor states:
For a detailed overview of battles, see List of battles involving the Franks and Francia.
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See also: List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560.
| Conflict and date | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |
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| Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum (– [2])Location: Gallia Belgica | Salian Franks | Roman Empire | Salian Frankish victory | |
| Battle of Vicus Helena Location: Gallia Belgica | Salian Franks | Roman Empire | Roman victory | |
| Campaigns of Clovis I (486–508)Location: Europe | Francia | Various enemies |
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| Franco-Visigothic Wars (492–508)Location: Aquitaine, Provence, Burgundy | Francia | Visigothic Kingdom | Frankish victory, Gallia Aquitania annexed by Franks | |
| Frankish-Burgundian War (523–533)Location: France | Francia | Kingdom of the Burgundians | Frankish victory | |
| Battle of the Unstrut River (531) (531)Location: Thuringia | Francia | Thuringii | Frankish victory | |
| Gothic War (535–554)Location: Italy, Dalmatia | Ostrogoths, Franks, Alamanni, Burgundians | East Roman Empire, Huns, Heruli, Sclaveni, Lombards | Byzantine victory
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| Conquest of the Alemanni (536)Location: Upper Rhine | Francia | Alemanni | Frankish victory | |
| Conquest of Bavaria (555)Location: Bavaria | Francia | Baiuvarii | Frankish victory | |
| Fredegund–Brunhilda wars, or Merovingian throne struggle (568–613)Location: Francia | Neustria (Fredegund) | Austrasia (Brunhilda) | Victory for Fredegund's son, Chlothar II of Neustria | |
| Frisian–Frankish wars (7th century–793)Location: Low Countries | Francia | Frisian Kingdom | Frankish victory | |
| Neustrian war of succession (673)Location: Neustria | Neustria (Ebroin) | Neustrian rebel noblemen Austrasia (Childeric II) | Victory for Childeric II of Austrasia | |
| Frankish war of succession (675–679)Location: Francia | Neustria (Ebroin) | Austrasia (Pepin II & Martin) | Victory for Ebroin of Neustria | |
| Neustrian invasion of Austrasia (686–687)Location: Francia | Neustria (Berchar) | Austrasia (Pepin II) | Victory for Pepin II of Austrasia | |
| Frankish Civil War (fr, nl) (715–719)Location: Francia | Carolingian faction (Austrasian) Charles Martel Chlothar IV (717–718)----Pippinid faction (Austrasian) Theudoald (715–717) Plectrude (715–717) | Neustrian faction Ragenfrid Dagobert III (†715) Chilperic II Redbad of Frisia (716–718) Odo of Aquitaine (independent until 718) | Carolingian victory (Charles Martel)
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| Umayyad invasion of Gaul (719–759)Location: Southern Gaul | FranciaKingdom of the Lombards | Umayyad CaliphateAndalusi commanders (as of 750) | Frankish victory | |
| Siege of Laon (741)Location: Francia | Carloman Pepin the Short | Grifo | Carloman/Pepin victory
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| War against the Lombards (755–758)Location: Lombardy | Francia | Lombards | Donation of Pepin | |
| War of Aquitaine (761–768)Location: Aquitaine | Francia | Aquitani | Frankish victory | |
| Saxon Wars (772–804)Location: Low Countries, Germania | Francia | Saxons | Frankish victory | |
| War against the Lombards (773–774)Location: Lombardy | Francia | Lombards | Frankish victory
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| War against the Avars and Slavs (791–805)Location: Pannonia | Francia Carolingian Empire (800) | Avars & Slavs | Frankish victory | |
(830–842)Location: Francia (including Field of Lies and Battle of Fontenoy (841)) | Louis the Pious (died 840) Charles the Bald | Lothair I ----Louis the German ----Pepin I of Aquitaine (died 838) | Treaty of Verdun (August 843)
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| Viking raids in the Rhineland (834–843)Location: Francia | Carolingian Empire, later: | Vikings |
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| Conflict and date | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |
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| Viking raids in the Rhineland (continued) (843–923)Location: Francia | Carolingian Empire, later West Francia | Vikings |
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| Frankish–Breton war (843–851)Location: West Francia | Carolingian Empire | Duchy of Brittany | Breton victory in Battle of Jengland
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See also: Louis II's campaign against Bari (866–871), Siege of Salerno (871–872) and List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560.
See also: List of wars involving the Holy Roman Empire.
| Conflict and date | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |
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| Viking raids in the Rhineland (continued) (843–885)Location: East Francia | Carolingian Empire, later East Francia | Vikings | Eventual East Frankish victory
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| First Italian Expedition of Otto I (951–952) | East Francia | Kingdom of Italy | East Frankish victory Berengar II recognized the suzerainty of Otto I | |
| Second Italian Expedition of Otto I(961–962) | East Francia | Kingdom of Italy | East Frankish victory Berengar II is deposed. Otto I is crowned King of Italy and later Roman Emperor, in retrospect forming the Holy Roman Empire |