Avar wars

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The Avar wars were a series of late 8th- and early 9th-century campaigns in which Charlemagne’s Frankish forces crushed the Avar Khaganate in Central Europe, expanding Carolingian power and influence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
cause Frankish expansionist policy ⓘ
desire to control Danubian frontier ⓘ
weakening of Avar Khaganate ⓘ
commander Charlemagne ⓘ
Eric of Friuli ⓘ
Pepin of Italy ⓘ
conflictType campaign of conquest ⓘ
endTime c. 803 ⓘ
early 9th century ⓘ
followedBy establishment of frontier marches ⓘ
integration of Pannonia into Carolingian Empire ⓘ
rise of Slavic principalities in former Avar lands ⓘ
hasParticipant Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Avars ⓘ
Bavarians ⓘ
Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire

Slavic groups ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Medieval Central Europe ⓘ
location Carpathian Basin ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
Danube region ⓘ
Carpathian Basin ⓘ
surface form: Pannonian Basin
opponent Avar Khaganate ⓘ
Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire
partOf Carolingian expansion ⓘ
reign of Charlemagne ⓘ
primarySource Einhard ⓘ
surface form: Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni

Frankish annals ⓘ
surface form: Royal Frankish Annals
relatedTo Carolingian–Slavic relations ⓘ
Christian missions in Central Europe ⓘ
result Christianization of former Avar territories ⓘ
Frankish control over Pannonia ⓘ
Frankish victory ⓘ
collapse of Avar political structure ⓘ
destruction of the Avar Khaganate ⓘ
expansion of Carolingian power ⓘ
significantEvent Frankish invasion of Avar ring fortresses ⓘ
capture of Avar treasury ⓘ
multiple Frankish campaigns across the Danube ⓘ
startTime c. 791 ⓘ
late 8th century ⓘ

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