Frankish campaigns in Septimania

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Frankish campaigns in Septimania were a series of early medieval military expeditions by the Franks to seize control of the former Visigothic province of Septimania in what is now southern France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval conflict ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
conflictSide Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
Umayyad-controlled Septimania ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
conflictType conquest ⓘ
followedBy Frankish consolidation of southern Gaul ⓘ
geopoliticalContext competition between Christian and Muslim powers in western Europe ⓘ
transition from Visigothic to Frankish control in southern Gaul ⓘ
goal control of former Visigothic territories in Gaul ⓘ
seizure of Septimania from non-Frankish rulers ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Christian–Muslim frontier in western Europe ⓘ
Frankish–Visigothic frontier ⓘ
hasEffect decline of remaining Visigothic political authority in Gaul ⓘ
extension of Frankish rule to the Mediterranean coast of Gaul ⓘ
weakening of Muslim power north of the Pyrenees ⓘ
hasMainParticipants Franks ⓘ
Umayyad forces ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad army

Visigoths ⓘ
linked to: Visigothic army
historicalRegion Gallia Narbonensis ⓘ
historicalSubject history of Septimania ⓘ
history of the Franks ⓘ
medieval military history of France ⓘ
locatedIn Septimania ⓘ
former Visigothic province of Septimania ⓘ
southern France ⓘ
linked to: Southern France
natureOfActivity series of military expeditions ⓘ
opponent Muslim governors of Septimania ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
local Gothic elites ⓘ
opposedBy local Septimanian nobility loyal to non-Frankish rulers ⓘ
partOf Frankish expansion ⓘ
Frankish–Umayyad conflicts ⓘ
precededBy Muslim conquest of Septimania ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Tours ⓘ
Carolingian expansion ⓘ
result Frankish control over most of Septimania ⓘ
integration of Septimania into the Frankish realm ⓘ
startTime 8th century ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Mediterranean coastal corridor in southern Gaul ⓘ
control of routes between Gaul and the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ

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Franco–Visigothic conflicts → hasPart → Frankish campaigns in Septimania ⓘ
Marca Hispanica → significantEvent → Frankish conquest of Girona ⓘ
linked to: Frankish campaigns in Septimania
Frankish–Umayyad conflicts in the Iberian Peninsula → hasPart → Frankish conquest of Septimania ⓘ
linked to: Frankish campaigns in Septimania
Frankish–Umayyad conflicts in the Iberian Peninsula → hasPart → Frankish intervention in the Spanish March ⓘ
linked to: Frankish campaigns in Septimania
al-Samh ibn Mālik al-Khawlānī → militaryCampaign → invasion of Septimania ⓘ
linked to: Frankish campaigns in Septimania
Spanish March → follows → Frankish conquest of Girona and Barcelona ⓘ
linked to: Frankish campaigns in Septimania