Siege of Pavia (773–774)
| Siege of Pavia | |||||||||
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Carolingian cavalry. Illustration of psalm 60 in the Golden Psalter of St. Gallen, c. 890. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Kingdom of the Franks | Kingdom of the Lombards | ||||||||
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Charlemagne Bernard, son of Charles Martel | Desiderius | ||||||||
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| 10,000–40,000 | 2,500–10,000 | ||||||||
The siege or battle of Pavia was fought in 773–774 in northern Italy, near Ticinum (modern Pavia), and resulted in the victory of the Franks under Charlemagne against the Lombards under King Desiderius.