Austrovald

Austrovald

Austrovald, Astrobald, and Austrevald ["Astrovaldo" in Castilian and "Austrowalde" in French.] (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. [Collins, p 85. Gregory, IX.7.]

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. [Ibid, p 84. Higounet, p 18.] Bordeaux probably formed the chief fortified frontier city of Austrovald's watch. [Ibid.] It is probable that the Basques were forced to pay tribute, but left under their own laws. [Sedycias.] It is out of this that a separate Gascon duchy was created in 602, probably within Aquitaine. [Ibid.]

In 589, Austrovald held command of the forces of Périgueux, Agen, Saintes, and Bordeaux, when he invaded Septimania. [Lewis, p 392n67. Gregory, IX.7.] Twice he marched on Visigothic Carcassonne but failed to take it. [Ibid, VIII.45 and IX.31. Collins, p 85.]

Austrovald was succeeded by Sereus after a short reign. [Monlezun, p 221.]

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*Gregory of Tours. [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html "Historia Francorum".] translated Earnest Brehaut, 1916.
*Wallace-Hadrill, J. M., translator. " [http://www.bu.edu/english/levine/grch4+5.htm 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. [http://home.yawl.com.br/hp/sedycias/historia2_04d.htm "História da Língua Espanhola".]
*Lewis, Archibald R. " [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28197607%2951%3A3%3C381%3ATDITRF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8 The Dukes in the Regnum Francorum, A.D. 550-751.] " "Speculum", Vol. 51, No 3 (July 1976), pp 381–410
*Monlezun, Jean Justin. [http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Histoire_de_la_Gascogne.pdf?id=sHW_kCR87l8C&output=pdf&sig=KDJUp8tgj00AvnNhQuhkFl1Daow "Histoire de la Gascogne".] 1864.


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