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Siege of Narbonne

Siege of Narbonne was a siege conducted in AD 752 at Narbonne, in what is now France; it lasted about 7 years. It was part of the Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March, which ran from AD 759 to AD 851. The recorded result: Decisive Frankish Christian victory. Recorded strength: 7,000 against 29,000.

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Muslim troops leaving Narbonne to Pepin le Bref in 759.
Muslim troops leaving Narbonne to Pepin le Bref in 759.. Émile Bayard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtAD 752lasted about 7 years
WhereNarbonne, France43.184N, 3.004E
OutcomeDecisive Frankish Christian victory
Belligerents23px Al-Andalus; (752–56); Emirate of Córdoba; (756–59)against23px Kingdom of Francia; Septimanian Visigoths
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown
Part ofCarolingian conquest of the Spanish MarchAD 759 to AD 851

Where it sits in the Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March

Siege of Narbonne, AD 752Conquest of Girona, AD 785Battle of Ad Pontes, AD 792Battle of Orbiel River, AD 793Siege of Girona, AD 793Siege of Narbonne, AD 793Siege of Lleida, AD 800Siege of Barcelona, AD 800Battle of Conchas de Arganzón, AD 801Siege of Tortosa, AD 804Siege of Tortosa, AD 808Siege of Tortosa, AD 808Siege of Tortosa, AD 809Battle of Pancorbo, AD 816AD 752AD 816Siege of Narbonne, AD 752
14 placed engagements of the Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateAD 752 (year precision)
to AD 759
PlaceNarbonne, France
43.184N, 3.004E
KindSiege, medieval
Territorial changeElimination of Arab-Berber Muslim troops by the city's Gothic and Gallo-Roman inhabitants.; Frankish conquest of Septimania.
Strength7,00029,000
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri
  • Abd al-Rahman I
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between AD 436 and AD 793.

In the same war

Siege of Narbonne is one of 144 engagements of the 8th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16169269, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Narbonne (752–759), revision 1370743897, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.