siege, medieval

Siege of Thouars

Siege of Thouars was a siege conducted in AD 762 at Thouars, in what is now France. The recorded result: Frankish victory.

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Record

Date	AD 762 (year precision)
Place	Thouars, France 46.976N, 0.214W
Kind	Siege, medieval
Result	Frankish victory
Belligerents	Francia	Duchy of Aquitaine
Commanders	Pepin the Short	Count of Thouars
Casualties and losses		Gascon levies captured

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Thouars 1793, same recorded site
Battle of Thouars 1815, same recorded site
Battle of Vrines 1793, 3.8 km
Battle of Argenton-Château 1796, 18 km
Battle of Montreuil-Bellay 1793, 18 km

Siege of Thouars is one of 83 engagements of the 8th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q60791318, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Thouars (762), revision 1370745810, 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.