Siege of Toulouse (767) explained

Conflict:Siege of Toulouse (767)
Date:Winter 767
Place:Toulouse
Result:Frankish victory
Combatant2:Duchy of Aquitaine
Commander1:Pepin the Short
Commander2:

The siege of Toulouse was a Frankish siege of the Aquitanian fortified town of Toulouse in the winter of 767 during the Aquitanian War. The Frankish army under King Pepin the Short conquered the town and accepted the surrender of nearby Albi and Gevaudan.

Prelude

In early 767 King Pepin the Short of Francia army marched through Aquitaine into Narbonne and moved on to besiege Toulouse. Bourges, conquered in 762 by Pepin, was the most important base for the campaign.

Siege

Toulouse was conquered and the nearby towns of Albi and Gevaudan submitted to Pepin without a fight.

Aftermath

Most and possibly all of the fortified places in Aquitaine were in Frankish hands by the end of 767. Pepin returned home and spent Easter at Vienne. He continued the war against Aquitaine in August 767. In the next year, King Pepin defeated the last few allies of Waiofar, Duke of Aquitaine (between 745-768), and then captured him and most of his family and executed them in public.[1] [2]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: La France et la Méditerranée : vingt-sept siècles d'interdépendance. 1990. E.J. Brill. Malkin, Irad.. 9004089306. Leiden. 19552965.
  2. [Archibald Ross Lewis|Lewis, Archibald Ross]