Siege of Bourbon (761)
Siege of Bourbon (761) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Francia | Duchy of Aquitaine | ||||||
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Pepin the Short |
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Garrison captured Bourbon burned |
The Siege of Bourbon was a Frankish siege of the Aquitanian fortress of Bourbon in 761 during the . The Frankish army under King Pepin the Short invested, stormed and burned the fortress, taking the garrison prisoner.
Prelude[]
In 761, the Duke of Aquitaine Waiofar launched an invasion of Francia, advancing on the Frankish bases of Autun and Chalon and the royal residence of Mailly.[1][2] King Pepin the Short of Francia was furious at Waiofar's actions and ordered a Frankish army to assemble at the Loire river.[1][2] He was accompanied by his son Charles.[1]
Siege[]
Pepin's army marched to Bourbon by way of Troyes, Auxerre and Nevers, where he crossed the Loire.[3] The Frankish army surrounded Bourbon with fortified camps.[4] They then stormed the Aquitanian fortress and set it on fire.[4] The survivors of the garrison deployed there by Waiofar were taken prisoner.[4] These men were referred to by the continuator of Fredegar as men of Waiofar, homines Waiofarii, indicating they were not permanent residents of Bourbon.[5]
Aftermath[]
Pepin's army rampaged through Aquitaine, devastating the Duchy.[4] His next target was the fortress of Clermont in Auvergne, which he besieged later that year.[4]
Citations[]
- ^ a b c Royal Frankish Annals 1970, p. 43.
- ^ a b Petersen 2013, p. 728.
- ^ Petersen 2013, pp. 728–729.
- ^ a b c d e Petersen 2013, p. 729.
- ^ Bachrach 1974, pp. 5–7.
Bibliography[]
- Bachrach, Bernard (1974). "Military Organization in Aquitaine under the Early Carolingians". Speculum. 49 (1): 1–33. doi:10.2307/2856549. JSTOR 2856549. S2CID 162218193.
- Petersen, Leif Inge Ree (2013). Siege Warfare and Military Organization in the Successor States (400-800 AD): Byzantium, the West and Islam. Leiden: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-25199-1.
- Royal Frankish Annals (1970). Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories. Translated by Scholz, B.W. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-06186-0.
- Sieges involving Francia
- 760s conflicts
- 761
- 8th century in Francia