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) ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
Duchy of Benevento → significantEvent → Frankish conquest of the Kingdom of the Lombards ⓘ
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Siege of Pavia → conflictIn → Italian campaign of Charlemagne ⓘ
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Siege of Pavia → precededBy → Frankish invasion of Lombard Italy in 773 ⓘ
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Adelchis → conflict → Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom ⓘ
Adelchi → focusesOnEvent → Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom ⓘ
Dukes of Spoleto → significantEvent → Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom ⓘ
Dukes of Benevento → significantEvent → Frankish conquest of Lombard Kingdom in 774 ⓘ
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Adalgis → participantIn → fall of the Lombard Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
Campaigns against the Lombards → relatedTo → Carolingian conquest of the Lombard Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom