Siege of Barcelona (801)

Siege of Barcelona (801)
Part of the Reconquista
DateOctober 800 – April 4, 801
Location
Result Carolingian Victory
Belligerents
Carolingian Empire Emirate of Córdoba
Commanders and leaders
Louis the Pious
William of Gellone
Rostaing of Girona
Sa'dun al Ruayni
Harun of Barcelona
Strength
"Troops from Aquitaine, Gascony, Burgundy and Septimania" Unknown

The siege of Barcelona was a military operation by a Carolingian army with the aim of conquering the city of Barcelona, which had been under Muslim control for 80 years. The siege and conquest were part of the expansion of the Marca Hispanica and the constitution of the County of Barcelona by the Carolingians.