page_title: Frisian–Frankish wars
section_title: Murder of Saint Boniface
hierarchical_section_title: Frisian–Frankish wars / Frisian uprisings / Murder of Saint Boniface
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Märtyrertod des Heiligen Bonifatius Français&#160;: Martyre de saint Boniface Frysk: Marteldea fan de hillige Bonifatius Nederlands: Marteldood van de heilige Bonifatius English: Martyrdom of Saint Boniface--detail
context_page_description: The Frisian–Frankish wars were a series of conflicts between the Frankish Empire and the Frisian kingdom in the 7th and 8th centuries.
  The wars were mainly about control of the Rhine delta. After the death of the Frisian king Redbad, the Franks gained the upper hand. In 734 at the Battle of the Boarn the Frisians were defeated and the Franks annexed the Frisian lands between the Vlie and the Lauwers. Only the Frisians east of the Lauwers remained independent. In 772 they lost their independence as well. The wars ended with the last uprising of the Frisians in 793 and the pacification of the Frisians by Charlemagne.
context_section_description: The first Frisian bishop Boniface set out for Frisia in 754 with a small retinue. He baptized a great number and summoned a general meeting for confirmation at a place not far from Dokkum, between Franeker and Groningen. Instead of the converts he expected, a group of armed inhabitants appeared. The Frisian warriors were angry because he had destroyed their shrines. They slew the aged archbishop because, according to Boniface's hagiographer, they believed the chests he carried with him contained gold and other riches. They were dismayed when they discovered that the chest only contained the bishop's books.
caption: The attack on Boniface
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