Frankish campaigns in Septimania

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early medieval conflict military campaign

Frankish campaigns in Septimania were a series of early medieval military expeditions by the Franks to seize control of the former Visigothic province of Septimania in what is now southern France.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Frankish conquest of Girona	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early medieval conflict ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
conflictSide	Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad-controlled Septimania NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	conquest ⓘ
followedBy	Frankish consolidation of southern Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	competition between Christian and Muslim powers in western Europe ⓘ transition from Visigothic to Frankish control in southern Gaul ⓘ
goal	control of former Visigothic territories in Gaul ⓘ seizure of Septimania from non-Frankish rulers ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Christian–Muslim frontier in western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankish–Visigothic frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	decline of remaining Visigothic political authority in Gaul ⓘ extension of Frankish rule to the Mediterranean coast of Gaul ⓘ weakening of Muslim power north of the Pyrenees ⓘ
hasMainParticipants	Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Visigoths NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Gallia Narbonensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSubject	history of Septimania ⓘ history of the Franks ⓘ medieval military history of France ⓘ
locatedIn	Septimania NERFINISHED ⓘ former Visigothic province of Septimania ⓘ southern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
natureOfActivity	series of military expeditions ⓘ
opponent	Muslim governors of Septimania ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ local Gothic elites ⓘ
opposedBy	local Septimanian nobility loyal to non-Frankish rulers ⓘ
partOf	Frankish expansion ⓘ Frankish–Umayyad conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Muslim conquest of Septimania NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Tours NERFINISHED ⓘ Carolingian expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Frankish control over most of Septimania ⓘ integration of Septimania into the Frankish realm ⓘ
startTime	8th century ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Mediterranean coastal corridor in southern Gaul ⓘ control of routes between Gaul and the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ

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Franco–Visigothic conflicts → hasPart → Frankish campaigns in Septimania ⓘ

Marca Hispanica → significantEvent → Frankish campaigns in Septimania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankish conquest of Girona