Siege of Barcelona (801)

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The Siege of Barcelona (801) was a Frankish-led military campaign in which forces under Louis the Pious captured Barcelona from Muslim control, helping establish Carolingian dominance in the region that became the Marca Hispanica.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Reconquista ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
commandedBy Louis the Pious on behalf of Charlemagne ⓘ
conflictIn 9th century ⓘ
9th century in Spain ⓘ
reign of Charlemagne ⓘ
followedBy Frankish consolidation of the Marca Hispanica ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Frankish siege of Barcelona (800–801) ⓘ
hasBelligerent Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
Frankish Empire ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian Empire
hasCommander Bera, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
Louis I, King of Aquitaine ⓘ
Louis the Pious ⓘ
hasEndDate 801 ⓘ
hasEndYear 801 ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Catalonia ⓘ
hasLocation Al-Andalus ⓘ
Barcelona ⓘ
County of Barcelona ⓘ
Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Marca Hispanica ⓘ
hasOutcome Frankish victory ⓘ
capture of Barcelona by the Franks ⓘ
hasParentEvent Carolingian expansion into the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Frankish–Umayyad conflicts ⓘ
hasReligionOfAttackers Christianity ⓘ
hasReligionOfDefenders Islam ⓘ
hasSignificance helped establish a buffer zone between the Carolingian Empire and Al-Andalus ⓘ
laid foundations for the later Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
secured a major stronghold south of the Pyrenees for the Franks ⓘ
hasStartDate 800 ⓘ
hasTerritorialChange Barcelona transferred from Emirate of Córdoba to Carolingian Empire ⓘ
isKeyEventIn early history of Catalonia ⓘ
expansion of Frankish influence in northeastern Iberia ⓘ
opposedBy Muslim garrison of Barcelona ⓘ
forces of the Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
partOf formation of the Spanish March ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ
resultedIn creation of the County of Barcelona as a Carolingian county ⓘ
end of Muslim control of Barcelona ⓘ
establishment of Carolingian rule in Barcelona ⓘ
integration of Barcelona into the Marca Hispanica ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Iberian Peninsula ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marca Hispanica → significantEvent → Frankish conquest of Barcelona ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (801)
Marca Hispanica → significantEvent → Siege of Barcelona (801) ⓘ
Carolingian County of Barcelona → inceptionEvent → Frankish conquest of Barcelona ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (801)
History of Barcelona → hasKeyEvent → Frankish reconquest of Barcelona ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (801)
Siege of Barcelona (801) → hasAlternativeName → Frankish siege of Barcelona (800–801) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Barcelona (801)
Spanish March → militaryConflict → Siege of Barcelona (801) ⓘ