Event Definitive Annexion of Bavaria to the Frankish Kingdom

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The last tribal stem duchy to be incorporated into the Frankish Kingdom was Bavaria in 788, after Duke Tassilo III had tried in vain to maintain his independence through an alliance with the Lombards.

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  • January 789: The last tribal stem duchy to be incorporated was Bavaria in 788, after Duke Tassilo III had tried in vain to maintain his independence through an alliance with the Lombards. The conquest of the Lombard Kingdom by Charlemagne entailed the fall of Tassilo, who was deposed in 788. From that point, Bavaria was administrated by Frankish prefects.