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Frisian–Frankish wars

Years: 600 - 793

The Frisian–Frankish wars are a series of conflicts between the Frankish Empire and the Frisian kingdom in the 7th and 8th centuries.The wars are mainly about control of the Rhine delta.

But after the death of the Frisian king Redbad, the Franks gain the upper hand.

In 734, at the Battle of the Boarn, the Frisians are defeated and the Franks annex the Frisian lands between the Vlie and the Lauwers.

Only the Frisians east of the Lauwers remain ndependent.

In 772, they loss their independence as well.

The wars end with the last uprising of the Frisians in 793 and the pacification of the Frisians by Charles the Great.

“And in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history.”

― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life (2010)