Events Tagged: "Aquitaine"

9 events with tag "Aquitaine"

507 ID: 2825
Battle of Vouillé - Clovis personally kills Alaric II in combat, Visigoths driven into Spain, Aquitaine becomes Frankish
ID: 2825
Vouillé
720 ID: 2865
Muslim forces cross Pyrenees - conquer Septimania (Narbonne), raid into Aquitaine, threaten Frankish lands
ID: 2865
Aquitaine
768 ID: 2882
Pepin conquers Aquitaine - after eight-year war, Duke Waifer killed, Aquitaine fully incorporated
ID: 2882
Aquitaine
778 ID: 2896
Birth of Louis the Pious - twin son (brother dies), Charlemagne's third son but will be sole surviving legitimate heir
ID: 2896
781 ID: 2907
Louis crowned King of Aquitaine - three-year-old son made sub-king by Pope Adrian, establishing succession
ID: 2907
Rome
799 ID: 3697
Vikings raid Aquitaine - first recorded Viking raid on continental Francia, beginning expansion beyond British Isles
ID: 3697
Aquitaine
1137 ID: 5195
July 25, 1137
Louis VII marries Eleanor of Aquitaine - brings vast duchy to French crown, doubles royal domain
ID: 5195
Paris
1152 ID: 5198
March 21, 1152
Annulment of Louis VII and Eleanor - Church grants annulment for consanguinity, Eleanor immediately marries Henry II, France loses Aquitaine
ID: 5198
Paris
1360 ID: 2443
Treaty of Brétigny - Edward III renounces French crown for enlarged Aquitaine, massive ransom for King John
ID: 2443