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The painting represents the triumph of Charlemagne in a battle over the Avars in the vicinity of Regensburg, which, according to the legend, lasted for three days and two nights. It depicts Charlemagne as an idealized Christian leader, fighting the pagans, and supported by an avenging angel, seen at the top of the painting.
Charlemagne's biographer Einhard (d. 840) says that aside from "the war against the Saxons, the greatest of all the wars waged by [Charlemagne] was the one against the Avars" [citation needed] in 791. [25] According to Einhard's account, the war started in 788. [26] Bavaria's full integration in Charlemagne's realm alarmed the Avars.
Priscus was not particularly concerned about the Avar incursion, as Dalmatia was a remote and poor province; he sent only a small force to check their invasion, keeping the main body of his forces near the Danube. The small force was able to hamper the Avar advance, and even recovered a part of the loot taken by the Avars, better than expected ...
The Avar March (Latin: Provincia Avarorum; German: Awarenmark) was a southeastern frontier province of the Frankish Empire, established after successful Frankish campaigns and conquests of Avarian territories along the river Danube, to the east from the river Enns, in what is today Lower Austria and northwestern Hungary. Since the Frankish ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. King of the Franks, first Holy Roman Emperor For other uses, see Charlemagne (disambiguation). Charlemagne A denarius of Charlemagne dated c. 812–814 with the inscription KAROLVS IMP AVG (Karolus Imperator Augustus) King of the Franks Reign 9 October 768 – 28 January 814 Coronation ...
When the Avar Khaganate finally collapsed in 804, Emperor Charlemagne re-arranged Avaria and split it into the following parts: The eastern part of the former Khaganate between the Danube and Tisza Rivers was occupied by the Bulgars. The Avar March, or subsequently the Pannonian March, was in turn differentiated within with the following regions:
Gerold (died 1 September 799) was a franconian nobleman who served the Frankish King, Charlemagne, as Margrave of the Avar March and Prefect of Bavaria in what is now South-Eastern Germany. Gerold played a significant role in the integration of Bavaria into the Frankish Kingdom during Carolingian expansion in the late 8th, and early 9th centuries.
A civil war broke out in the khaganate, and a high-ranking Avar dignitary, the tudun, converted to Christianity in the hope of Frankish support. [45] [46] In 796, Charlemagne's son, Pepin the Hunchback (d. 811) launched a successful military campaign against the Avars.