Battle of Tours

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The Battle of Tours was an 8th-century clash in present-day France where Frankish forces under Charles Martel halted a major Muslim expansion into Western Europe, shaping the continent’s subsequent religious and political landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Poitiers ⓘ
associatedWith Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Francia ⓘ
linked to: France
belligerent Frankish forces ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
category 8th-century battles ⓘ
Battles in France ⓘ
Battles involving the Franks ⓘ
Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
chronologicalOrder after the Battle of Toulouse (721) ⓘ
combatant1 Aquitanian allies ⓘ
Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
combatant2 Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus ⓘ
commander Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi ⓘ
Charles Martel ⓘ
commandingTitleOfCharlesMartel Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia ⓘ
date October 732 ⓘ
estimatedCasualties heavy on Umayyad side (exact numbers unknown) ⓘ
unknown on Frankish side ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of Frankish control in Gaul ⓘ
hasLegacy mythologized in later European historiography ⓘ
often cited as a turning point in European history ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
involvedTerritory Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia

Duchy of Aquitaine ⓘ
Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay France ⓘ
notableFor death of Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi ⓘ
use of infantry by Frankish forces ⓘ
partOf Christian–Muslim military conflicts ⓘ
Umayyad expansion into Europe ⓘ
place near Tours, Francia ⓘ
predecessorEvent Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
primaryReligionOfFrankishSide Christianity ⓘ
primaryReligionOfUmayyadSide Islam ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
relatedWork Chronicle of 754 ⓘ
Liber Historiae Francorum ⓘ
linked to: Frankish annals
religiousContext Christian–Muslim confrontation ⓘ
result Frankish victory ⓘ
halt of northward Umayyad advance in Western Europe ⓘ
significance checked Muslim expansion into Western Europe ⓘ
contributed to the rise of the Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
influenced the religious landscape of Europe ⓘ
strengthened the power of Charles Martel ⓘ
year 732 ⓘ

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Umayyad Caliphate → notableBattle → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → notableBattle → Battle of Poitiers ⓘ
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Early Middle Ages → notableEvent → Battle of Tours in 732 ⓘ
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Franks → battle → Battle of Tours (732) ⓘ
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Poitiers → hasBattle → Battle of Poitiers (732) ⓘ
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Kingdom of the Franks → significantEvent → Battle of Tours (732) ⓘ
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Early Muslim conquests → hasPart → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Charles Martel → notableEvent → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Charles Martel → notableEvent → Battle of Poitiers (732) ⓘ
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Umayyad forces from Al-Andalus → conflict → Battle of Tours (732) ⓘ
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Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi → conflict → Battle of Tours ⓘ
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Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi → notableEvent → Battle of Tours in 732 ⓘ
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Umayyad army → conflict → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Karl Martell → notableEvent → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Karl Martell → notableEvent → Battle of Poitiers (732) ⓘ
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Charles Martel → notableEvent → Battle of Tours ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles the Hammer
Charles Martel → notableEvent → Battle of Poitiers (732) ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles the Hammer
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Charles Martel → date → Battle of Tours: 732 ⓘ
subject linked to: Charles the Hammer
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Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia → significantEvent → Battle of Tours (under Charles Martel as mayor) ⓘ
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Battle of the River Berre → relatedEvent → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse (721) → followedBy → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Battle of Bordeaux (732) → followedBy → Battle of Tours ⓘ
Battle of Bordeaux (732) → followedBy → Battle of Poitiers (732) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tours