When Alaric II was killed fighting Clovis I, king of the Franks, in the Battle of Vouillé ( 507 ), his kingdom fell into disarray.

Herwig Wolfram opens his chapter on the eighth Visigothic king, " Alaric's reign gets no full treatment in the sources, and the little they do contain is overshadowed by his death in the Battle of Vouillé and the downfall of the Toulosan kingdom.

Alaric was forced by his magnates to meet Clovis in the Battle of Vouillé ( Summer 507 ) near Poitiers ; there the Goths were defeated and Alaric slain, according to Gregory of Tours, by Clovis himself.

The Goths were briefly reunited under one crown in the early sixth century under Theodoric the Great, who became regent of the Visigothic kingdom following the death of Alaric II at the Battle of Vouillé in 507.

The greatest extent of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse, c. 500, showing Territory lost after Battle of Vouillé | Vouillé in light orange.

He subsequently went on to decisively defeat the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse in the Battle of Vouillé in 507.

Extending their authority into Hispania at the expense of the Suevi and Vandals, their rule in Gaul was ended by the Franks under Clovis I at the Battle of Vouillé in 507.

It appears that he somehow gained the support of the Arvernians in the following years, for they assisted him in his defeat of the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse in the Battle of Vouillé ( 507 ) which eliminated Visigothic power in Gaul and confined the Visigoths to Hispania and Septimania ; the battle added most of Aquitaine to Clovis ' kingdom.

According to Gregory of Tours, following the Battle of Vouillé, the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I, granted Clovis the title of consul.

Furthermore, in 507 they were expelled south to Hispania after their defeat in the Battle of Vouillé by the Franks, who became the new rulers in the area.

Despite the early conquest of southern Gaul by the Franks after the Battle of Vouillé in 507, the Frankish element was feeble south of the Loire, where Gothic and Gallo-Roman Law prevailed and a small Frankish settlement took place.

Despite this alliance, Thrasamund failed to aid Theodoric when the Byzantine Navy ravaged the coast of southern Italy, preventing him from coming assist King Alaric of the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, which contributed to Alaric's defeat.

However, when the Visigoths were accepted in the Roman Empire, Nimes was included in their territory ( 472 ), even after the Frankish victory at the Battle of Vouillé ( 507 ).

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Clovis I ( c. 466 – 511 ) and the Visigoths signed a peace treaty of alliance with the Arvernians in 503, which assisted him in his defeat of the Visigothic kingdom in the Battle of Vouillé in 507.

Clovis defeated the Goths in the Battle of Vouillé and the child-king Amalaric was carried for safety into Iberia while Gesalec was elected to replace him and rule from Narbonne.

The next event about which information has survived is Gundobad's role concerning the Battle of Vouillé.

The Battle of Vouillé or Vouglé ( from Latin Campus Vogladensis ) was fought in the northern marches of Visigothic territory, at Vouillé, Vienne near Poitiers ( Gaul ), in the spring of 507 between the Franks commanded by Clovis and the Visigoths of Alaric II, the conqueror of Spain.

Battle of Vouillé as depicted in the 14th c.

War ensued, and eventually the Visigothic king Alaric II was defeated by the Frankish king Clovis at the Battle of Vouillé in 507, a battle important in the psyche of modern-day France ( etymologically land of the Franks ), where Franks are perceived as " French " and Visigoths have become " foreigners ".

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In 507 he scored the most impressive victory in his career, prevailing at the Battle of Vouillé against the Visigoths, who were led by Alaric II, the conqueror of Spain.

In 394 Alaric led a Gothic force of 20, 000 that helped the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius defeat the Frankish usurper Arbogast at the Battle of Frigidus.

Swabia became a duchy under the Frankish Empire in 496, following the Battle of Tolbiac ; in 530 Saxons and Franks destroyed the Kingdom of Thuringia.

Bolstered by Frankish and Visigothic troops ( under King Theodoric ), Aetius ' own Roman army met the Huns at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains also known as the Battle of Châlons.

The mayor of the palace, Charles Martel, defeated that raiding party at the Battle of Tours ( although the battle took place between Tours and Poitiers ) and earned respect and power within the Frankish Kingdom.

The Mamluks of Egypt then sought, and were granted, permission to advance through Frankish territory, and defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in September 1260.

So it was that the armies of the Frankish ruler and warlord Charles Martel, which defeated the Umayyad Arab invasion at the Battle of Tours in 732, were still largely infantry armies, the elites riding to battle but dismounting to fight, providing a hard core for the levy of the infantry warbands.

* 845 – The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.

A desperate Odo turned to his archrival Charles Martel for help, who led the Frankish and leftover Aquitanian armies against the Muslims and beat them at the Battle of Tours in 732, killing Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi

A desperate Odo turned to his archrival Charles Martel for help, who led the Frankish and leftover Aquitanian armies against the Muslims and beat them at the Battle of Tours in 732, killing Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi

* 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish magister militum Arbogast.

* Charles Martel, Frankish leader until 741 ( Battle of Tours, 732 )

* Third Battle of Roncevaux Pass: The Basques and Banu Qasi defeat counts Eblo and Aznar, Frankish vassals.

* Battle of Soissons: Frankish forces under king Clovis I defeat the Gallo-Roman kingdom of Soissons ( Gaul ).

* Battle of Avignon – The Frankish army under Charles Martel expels Umayyad forces from the city.

* Battle of Narbonne – The Frankish army under Charles Martel defeats the Umayyad forces but fails to retake the city.

* Battle of Nîmes – The Frankish army under Charles Martel expels Umayyad forces from the city and destroys it.

* Battle of Dorestad: The Frisians of king Radbod are defeated by the Frankish mayor of the palace, Pippin of Herstal.

Following the Frankish victory at the Battle of Soissons in 486 AD, Gaul ( except for Septimania ) came under the rule of the Merovingians, the first kings of France.

Later, with the help of the other Frankish sub-kings, he narrowly defeated the Alamanni in the Battle of Tolbiac.

In 824, the 3rd Battle of Roncesvaux took place, where counts Aeblus and Aznar, Frankish vassals from the Duchy of Vasconia sent by the new King of Aquitaine Pepin, were captured by the joint forces of Iñigo Arista and the Banu Qasi.

Most historians agree that " the establishment of Frankish power in western Europe shaped that continent's destiny and the Battle of Tours confirmed that power.