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Austrovald was probably a [[count of Toulouse]] until that year, when he was appointed to succeeded the ''dux'' [[Desiderius of Aquitaine|Desiderius]] in Aquitaine, by King [[Guntram]].<ref>Collins, p 85. Gregory, IX.7.</ref> |
Austrovald was probably a [[count of Toulouse]] until that year, when he was appointed to succeeded the ''dux'' [[Desiderius of Aquitaine|Desiderius]] in Aquitaine, by King [[Guntram]].<ref>Collins, p 85. Gregory, IX.7.</ref> |
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Under [[Chilperic I]] and then the usurper [[Gundoald]], a ''dux'' named [[Bladast]] was acting as duke over the region of Aquitaine. The ''dux'' Austrovald was sent in [[587]] to pacify the [[Basques]] of [[Vasconia]], |
Under [[Chilperic I]] and then the usurper [[Gundoald]], a ''dux'' named [[Bladast]] was acting as duke over the region of Aquitaine. The ''dux'' Austrovald was sent in [[587]] to pacify the [[Basques]] of [[Vasconia]], a difficult enterprise in which he was none too successful, for he lost many men to captivity and the Basques are found as far as the [[Garonne]] by [[602]].<ref>Ibid, p 84. Higounet, p 18.</ref> [[Bordeaux]] probably formed the chief fortified frontier city of Austrovald's watch.<ref>Ibid.</ref> It is probable that the Basques were forced to pay tribute, but left under their own laws.<ref>Sedycias.</ref> It is out of this that a separate [[Duchy of Gascony|Gascon duchy]] was created in [[602]], probably within Aquitaine.<ref>Ibid.</ref> |
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In [[589]], Austrovald held command of the forces of [[Périgueux]], [[Agen]], [[Saintes]], and Bordeaux, when he invaded [[Septimania]].<ref>Lewis, p 392n67. Gregory, IX.7.</ref> Twice he marched on [[Visigothic]] [[Carcassonne]] but failed to take it.<ref>Ibid, VIII.45 and IX.31. Collins, p 85.</ref> |
In [[589]], Austrovald held command of the forces of [[Périgueux]], [[Agen]], [[Saintes]], and Bordeaux, when he invaded [[Septimania]].<ref>Lewis, p 392n67. Gregory, IX.7.</ref> Twice he marched on [[Visigothic]] [[Carcassonne]] but failed to take it.<ref>Ibid, VIII.45 and IX.31. Collins, p 85.</ref> |
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Austrovald, Astrobald, and Austrevald[1] (died 607) was the Duke of Aquitaine from 587.
Austrovald was probably a count of Toulouse until that year, when he was appointed to succeeded the dux Desiderius in Aquitaine, by King Guntram.[2]
Under Chilperic I and then the usurper Gundoald, a dux named Bladast was acting as duke over the region of Aquitaine. The dux Austrovald was sent in 587 to pacify the Basques of Vasconia, a difficult enterprise in which he was none too successful, for he lost many men to captivity and the Basques are found as far as the Garonne by 602.[3] Bordeaux probably formed the chief fortified frontier city of Austrovald's watch.[4] It is probable that the Basques were forced to pay tribute, but left under their own laws.[5] It is out of this that a separate Gascon duchy was created in 602, probably within Aquitaine.[6]
In 589, Austrovald held command of the forces of Périgueux, Agen, Saintes, and Bordeaux, when he invaded Septimania.[7] Twice he marched on Visigothic Carcassonne but failed to take it.[8]
Austrovald was succeeded by Sereus after a short reign.[9]
Notes
Sources
- Higounet, Charles. Bordeaux pendant le haut moyen age. Bordeaux, 1963.
- Gregory of Tours. Historia Francorum. translated Earnest Brehaut, 1916.
- Wallace-Hadrill, J. M., translator. The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations. Greenwood Press: Connecticut, 1960.
- Collins, Roger. The Basques. Blackwell Publishing: London, 1990.
- Sedycias, João. História da Língua Espanhola.
- Lewis, Archibald R. "The Dukes in the Regnum Francorum, A.D. 550-751." Speculum, Vol. 51, No 3 (July 1976), pp 381–410
- Monlezun, Jean Justin. Histoire de la Gascogne. 1864.