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{{Campaignbox Aquitanian War}}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.{{sfn|Royal Frankish Annals|1970|p=46}}{{sfn|Petersen|2013|p=737}} Bourges, conquered in 762 by Pepin, was the most important base for the campaign.{{sfn|Petersen|2013|p=731}}{{sfn|Petersen|2013|p=737}}

Siege

Toulouse was conquered and the nearby towns of Albi and Gevaudan submitted to Pepin without a fight.{{sfn|Petersen|2013|p=737}}

Aftermath

Most and possibly all of the fortified places in Aquitaine were in Frankish hands by the end of 767.{{sfn|Bachrach|1974|p=6}} Pepin returned home and spent Easter at Vienne.{{sfn|Royal Frankish Annals|1970|p=46}} He continued the war against Aquitaine in August 767.{{sfn|Royal Frankish Annals|1970|p=46}}{{sfn|Petersen|2013|p=737}} 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.BOOK, La France et la Méditerranée : vingt-sept siècles d'interdépendance, 1990, E.J. Brill, Malkin, Irad., 9004089306, Leiden, 19552965, Lewis, Archibald Ross (1965). The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. Austin: University of Texas Press.

References

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Bibliography

• JOURNAL, Bernard, Bachrach, Bernard S. Bachrach, Military Organization in Aquitaine under the Early Carolingians, Speculum (journal), Speculum, 49, 1, 1–33, 1974, 10.2307/2856549, 2856549, 162218193,
• BOOK, Petersen, Leif Inge Ree, Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD): Byzantium, the West and Islam, 2013, Brill Publishers, Leiden, 978-90-04-25199-1,
• BOOK, Royal Frankish Annals, Scholz, B.W., Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories, 1970, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 0-472-06186-0,

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