Siege of Thouars (762)

The Siege of Thouars was a Frankish siege of the Aquitanian stronghold of Thouars in 762 during the Aquitanian War. The Frankish army under King Pepin the Short besieged and captured the fort with great speed, burning the place to the ground, taking the count of Thouars captive and deporting him and Thouars' Gascon levies to Francia.

Siege of Thouars (762)
Date762
Location
Thouars
Result Frankish victory
Belligerents
Francia Duchy of Aquitaine
Commanders and leaders
Pepin the Short Count of Thouars (POW)
Casualties and losses
Gascon levies captured

Prelude

After the siege and conquest of Aquitanian Bourges in 762, King Pepin the Short of Francia army moved on to besiege Thouars.[1][2] The garrison was commanded by the count of Thouars and included Gascon levies.[2][3]

Siege

The stronghold was taken with great speed and burned after the siege.[2]

Aftermath

The Count of Thouars and the Gascon levies were taken along to Francia, as Pepin's army departed home with its plunder from the campaign.[2]

References
  1. Royal Frankish Annals 1970, p. 44.
  2. Petersen 2013, p. 731.
  3. Bachrach 1974, p. 6.

Bibliography
  • Bachrach, Bernard (1974). "Military Organization in Aquitaine under the Early Carolingians". Speculum. 49 (1): 1–33. doi:10.2307/2856549.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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