It was never a fully autonomous kingdom, but a subordinate portion of the larger Kingdom of the Franks.

The last prince with the title 'King of the Aquitains' was Louis, in 980-982, the future King Louis V of the Franks. The sons of Pepin were not recognized by their grandfather and had to fight their uncle Charles and his own sons to gain control of Aquitaine. The same Louis gave Aquitaine to his son Pepin in 817, but confiscated it in 832, before finally regranted the Kingdom to Pepin in 834. The 'sub-kingdom' of Aquitaine was reactived by Charlemagne in 781 for his son Louis (three years old a the time). Some Merovingian princes claimed to be 'Kings of the Aquitains', such as Gondovald (584-585) and Caribert II (629-632). King Clovis of the Franks conquered most of Southern Gaul after his decisive victory at Bouclé (507), long before the Muslim invasion of Iberia (711).Īfter the Merovingian conquest, Aquitania formed a duchy within the frank kingdom, but its borders are not precisely known. Aquitania and Provincia Narbonensis were part of the Wisigothic Kingdom from 414 to 507.