Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom

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The Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom was Charlemagne’s late 8th-century military campaign that ended Lombard rule in Italy and incorporated its territories into the expanding Frankish Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
war
chronologicalFollowedBy Frankish consolidation of power in northern and central Italy
conflictResult Frankish victory
end of the Lombard Kingdom in Italy
incorporation of Lombard territories into the Frankish Empire
conflictType invasion
siege warfare
describedBySource Einhard’s Vita Karoli Magni
linked to: Einhard

Royal Frankish Annals
linked to: Frankish annals
endTime 774
followed earlier Frankish–Lombard diplomatic conflicts
hasCause Lombard pressure on papal territories
Papal appeal for Frankish protection
hasCommander Charlemagne
Desiderius
hasEffect Charlemagne crowned King of the Lombards
decline of independent Lombard political power in Western Europe
establishment of Frankish kingship over the Lombards
expansion of Frankish influence in Italy
foundation for later Holy Roman Empire control in Italy
integration of Lombard nobility into the Frankish realm
reorganization of Italian territories under Frankish rule
strengthening of the alliance between the Papacy and the Franks
transfer of certain Lombard territories to the Papacy
hasPart Frankish invasion of Italy (773–774)
Siege of Pavia
hasSignificantEvent capture of Desiderius
surrender of Pavia in 774
location Italy
Lombard Kingdom
Pavia
mainParticipant Frankish Empire
Kingdom of the Lombards
opponent King Desiderius of the Lombards
Lombard forces
participant Papal States
Pope Adrian I
linked to: Pope Hadrian I
partOf Charlemagne’s Italian campaigns
expansion of the Carolingian Empire
relatedTo Carolingian expansion
linked to: Carolingian Empire

Lombard–Papal conflicts
Papal–Frankish alliance
history of medieval Italy
startTime 773
temporalContext late 8th century

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Kingdom of the Lombards dissolvedBy Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom hasPart Frankish invasion of Italy (773–774)
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom partOf Charlemagne’s Italian campaigns
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Desiderius overthrownBy Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Pepin of Italy participatedIn Carolingian conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Invasions of Italy hasPart Frankish invasion of the Lombard Kingdom
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
royal court of the Lombards in Pavia significantEvent Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom