What the records say
- When
- 28 May 843
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 47.48° N, 1.75° W
- Description
- 843 battle
Battle of Blain
843 battle
The Battle of Blain, also called the Battle of Messac, was fought on 24 May 843 by the forces of Lambert II of Nantes and Erispoe, prince of Brittany, against Renaud, Frankish Count of Nantes. It arose from Breton resistance to Frankish power within Brittany and disputes over control of the County of Nantes. The defeat of the Franks led to a period of Breton expansionism.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Blain: Breton forces under Erispoe, count of Vannes, defeat the Franks led by Renaud d'Herbauges, near the town of Messac, at the River Vilaine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Блене, в котором войско бретонцев под командованием Эриспоэ, сына правителя Бретани Номиноэ”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page