The
Battle of Roncevaux Pass was a battle in which a Basque army defeated a
Carolingian military expedition in 824. The battle took place only 46 years after the first
Battle of Roncevaux Pass (778) in a confrontation showing similar features: a Basque force engaging from the mountains a northbound expedition led by the Franks, and the same geographical setting (the
Roncevaux Pass or a spot near-by). The battle resulted in the defeat of the Carolingian military expedition and the capture of its commanders Aeblus and
Aznar Sánchez in 824. The clash was to have further reaching consequences than those of the 778 engagement: the immediate establishment of the independent
Kingdom of Pamplona.