Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Pepin the Short

Battles of Pepin the Short

King of the Franks from 751 to 768, AD 715 to AD 768

Pepin the Short is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 719 and AD 767: 1 battle and 8 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in France (8), Italy (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,133 km apart end to end, 392 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Muslim conquests (1), Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March (1).

Siege of ChantelleSiege of ThouarsSiege of BourgesSiege of ToulouseUmayyad invasion of GaulSiege of LaonSiege of NarbonneSiege of BourbonSiege of ClermontUmayyad invasion of GaulSiege of LaonSiege of NarbonneSiege of BourbonSiege of ClermontGenevaMilanFrankfurtMunichPragueZürichFlorenceBilbaoBordeauxLjubljana500 km46.032N, 6.143E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 719: 1 engagementsAD 741: 1 engagementsAD 752: 1 engagementsAD 761: 3 engagements3 in AD 761AD 762: 2 engagementsAD 767: 1 engagementsAD 719AD 767
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Umayyad invasion of Gaul, AD 719Siege of Laon, AD 741Siege of Narbonne, AD 752Siege of Bourbon, AD 761Siege of Clermont, AD 761Siege of Chantelle, AD 761Siege of Thouars, AD 762Siege of Bourges, AD 762Siege of Toulouse, AD 767AD 719AD 767
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 719Umayyad invasion of GaulFrance, ItalyFrankish victory
AD 741Siege of LaonLaon, France1,041 km NWFrankish victory
AD 752Siege of NarbonneNarbonne, France711 km SDecisive Frankish Christian victory
AD 761Siege of BourbonBourbon-l'Archambault, France378 km NFrankish victory
AD 761Siege of ClermontClermont-Ferrand, France90 km SFrankish victory
AD 761Siege of ChantelleChantelle, France51 km NFrankish victory
AD 762Siege of ThouarsThouars, France270 km WFrankish victory
AD 762Siege of BourgesBourges, France198 km EFrankish victory
AD 767Siege of ToulouseTolosa, France394 km SFrankish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Louis-Félix Amiel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.