Roncevaux Pass, (Second) Battle of

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass is a battle in which a Basque army defeats a Carolingian military expedition in 824.

The battle takes place only 46 years after the first Battle of Roncevaux Pass (778) in a confrontation showing similar features: a Basque force engaging from the mountains a northbound expedition led by the Franks, and the same geographical setting (the Roncevaux Pass or a spot nearby).

The battle results in the defeat of the Carolingian military expedition and the capture of its commanders Aeblus and Aznar Sanchez in 824.

The clash is to have further reaching consequences than those of the 778 engagement: the immediate establishment of the independent Kingdom of Pamplona.

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