List of wars involving Francia explained

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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Francia (5th century–843)

See also: List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560.

Conflict and dateCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum
(– [2])Location: Gallia Belgica
Salian FranksRoman EmpireSalian Frankish victory
Battle of Vicus Helena
Location: Gallia Belgica
Salian FranksRoman EmpireRoman victory
Campaigns of Clovis I
(486–508)Location: Europe
FranciaVarious enemies
Franco-Visigothic Wars
(492–508)Location: Aquitaine, Provence, Burgundy
FranciaVisigothic KingdomFrankish victory, Gallia Aquitania annexed by Franks
Frankish-Burgundian War
(523–533)Location: France
FranciaKingdom of the BurgundiansFrankish victory
Battle of the Unstrut River (531)
(531)Location: Thuringia
FranciaThuringiiFrankish victory
Gothic War
(535–554)Location: Italy, Dalmatia
Ostrogoths,
Franks,
Alamanni,
Burgundians
East Roman Empire,
Huns,
Heruli,
Sclaveni,
Lombards
Byzantine victory
  • Short-term East Roman conquest of Italy
  • Long-term devastation of Italy
Conquest of the Alemanni
(536)Location: Upper Rhine
FranciaAlemanniFrankish victory
Conquest of Bavaria
(555)Location: Bavaria
FranciaBaiuvariiFrankish victory
FredegundBrunhilda 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
FranciaFrisian KingdomFrankish 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)
  • Neustrians defeat Pippinids (715)
  • Charles subjects Pippinids, enthrones Chlothar (717)
  • Carolingians defeat Neustrians (718)
  • Chlothar dies, Charles recognises Chilperic as king
    but gains de facto power as palace mayor,
    establishing the Carolingian dynasty (718)
Umayyad invasion of Gaul
(719–759)Location: Southern Gaul
FranciaKingdom of the LombardsUmayyad CaliphateAndalusi commanders (as of 750)Frankish victory
Siege of Laon (741)Location: FranciaCarloman
Pepin the Short
GrifoCarloman/Pepin victory
  • Grifo imprisoned and excluded from inheritance
War against the Lombards
(755–758)Location: Lombardy
FranciaLombardsDonation of Pepin
War of Aquitaine
(761–768)Location: Aquitaine
FranciaAquitaniFrankish victory
Saxon Wars
(772–804)Location: Low Countries, Germania
FranciaSaxonsFrankish victory
War against the Lombards
(773–774)Location: Lombardy
FranciaLombardsFrankish victory
  • Annexation of the Lombard Kingdom
War against the Avars and Slavs
(791–805)Location: Pannonia
Francia
Carolingian Empire (800)
Avars & SlavsFrankish 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)
Viking raids in the Rhineland
(834–843)Location: Francia
Carolingian Empire, later: Vikings
  • (see West Francia, Middle Francia and Lotharingia, and East Francia)

West Francia (843–987)

Conflict and dateCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Viking raids in the Rhineland (continued)
(843–923)Location: Francia
Carolingian Empire, later West FranciaVikings
Frankish–Breton war
(843–851)Location: West Francia
Carolingian EmpireDuchy of BrittanyBreton victory in Battle of Jengland
  • Treaty of Angers 851

Middle Francia and Lotharingia (843–959)

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.

East Francia (843–962)

See also: List of wars involving the Holy Roman Empire.

Conflict and dateCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Viking raids in the Rhineland (continued)
(843–885)Location: East Francia
Carolingian Empire, later East FranciaVikingsEventual East Frankish victory
First Italian Expedition of Otto I
(951–952)
East FranciaKingdom of ItalyEast Frankish victory Berengar II recognized the suzerainty of Otto I
Second Italian Expedition of Otto I(961–962)East FranciaKingdom of ItalyEast Frankish victory Berengar II is deposed. Otto I is crowned King of Italy and later Roman Emperor, in retrospect forming the Holy Roman Empire

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Duitsland §6. Geschiedenis . Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins . 2002 . Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum . nl.
  2. According to Lanting & van der Plicht (2010), the conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum and the Battle of Vicus Helena probably happened in the period 445–450. Book: Lanting . J. N. . van der Plicht . J. . 2010 . Palaeohistoria 51/52 (2009/2010) . De 14C-chronologie van de Nederlandse Pre- en Protohistorie VI: Romeinse tijd en Merovische periode, deel A: historische bronnen en chronologische thema's . https://books.google.com/books?id=6HCeJU_7SFwC&pg=PA46 . Groningen . Groningen Institute of Archaeology . 46–47 . 9789077922736 . 8 July 2020 . nl.