Eric (died 799) was the Duke of Friuli from 789 to his death. He was the eldest son of Gerold of Vinzgouw. Events 29 November - Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome. ... Events Uprising in Japan leads to a major defeat for Emperor Kammu, alongside a severe drought and famine Constantine becomes king of the Picts Herford founded by Charlemagne Fes founded by Idris I Eadburh marries Beorhtric of Wessex Births Deaths Categories: 789 ... Gerold of Vinzgouw (730-799) was a Alamannian nobleman, serving the Frankish King as Margrave of the Avarian March and Prefect of Bavaria. ...

Most of Eric's tenure was occupied by the job of subduing the Avars. In this he was accompanied by Pepin of Italy and his own father, the margrave of Avaria. In 791, he and Pepin marched a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia, while Charlemagne marched along the Danube into Avar territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in 792. Pepin and Eric continued, however, to assault the Avars' ring-shaped strongholds. The great Ring of the Avars, their capital fortress, was taken twice. The booty was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign rulers, including King Offa of Mercia. Map showing the location of Avar Khaganate, c. ... Pippin of Italy (April, 773-July 8, 810) was the third son of Charlemagne, and the second with his wife Hildegard of Savoy. ... Events The Avars invade Europe again, but are defeated by Charlemagne in 796. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... The Drave at Drávaszabolcs, Hungary The Drave at Vízvár, Hungary The Drave at Maribor, Slovenia The Drava or Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian, Croatian and Italian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe. ... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... A portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer that was painted several centuries after Charlemagnes death. ... The Danube (ancient Danuvius, ancient Greek Istros) is the longest river of the European Union and Europes second-longest[3] (after the Volga). ... The Saxon Wars denote more than thirty years (772 - 804) of war and eighteen battles between Charlemagne and the Saxons in northwestern Germany whom he intended to convert to Christianity and incorporate into his empire -- by all means necessary. ... Events Irenes title of empress confirmed. ... Aachen, Dutch Aken, French Aix-la-Chapelle, Spanish Aquisgrán, Latin Aquisgranum, Ripuarian Oche) is a spa city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany. ... Offa (died July 26/29, 796) was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death. ...

In 795, Eric, allied with the Western Avar tudun, led an attack which forced the submission of the chief khagan. The khagan was taken to Aachen, where he was baptised as Theodorus. Events Leo III becomes pope Earliest recorded Viking raid on Ireland. ... In pre-Islamic Turkic empires, particularly those of the Gokturks and the Khazars, a tudun was a governor resident in a town or other settlement. ... Khagan or Great Khan, alternatively spelled Chagan, Qaqan, Khakhan, Khaghan, Kagan, Khaqan etc. ...

Some time between 796 and his death, Paulinus of Aquileia wrote a Libellus exhortatorius for him. In 799, Eric was killed at Tarsatch in Liburnia by the treachery of the inhabitants according to Einhard. His father died on the eve of battle with the Avars that same year. Events December - Coenwulf becomes king of Mercia. ... Paulinus of Aquileia may refer to several clerics of Aquileia, including: Paulinus of Aquileia, Bishop of Aquileia, (557-71) moved his see to Grado, a small island opposite Aquileia, keeping, however, the old title, who under the pontificate of Pelagius I in synod renounced communion with Rome, and excommunicated the... Liburnia (recent Croatian Kvarner, Italian Quarnero) in ancient geography was the land of the Liburnians, a region along the northeastern Adriatic coast in Europe, actual Croatia, whose borders shifted according to the extent of Liburnian dominance at a given time between 11th and 1st century BC. // Liburnia was south of... Einhard as scribe Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart) (born about 775 in the valley of the River Main, died March 14, 840, at Seligenstadt, Germany) was a Frankish historian and a dedicated servant of Charlemagne. ...

Sources

• Einhard. Vita Caroli Magni. translated by Samuel Epes Turner. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880.
• Wallach, Luitpold. "Alcuin on Virtues and Vices: A Manual for a Carolingian Soldier." The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 48, No. 3. (Jul., 1955), pp. 175-195.