What the records say
- When
- 6 Jul 866
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 47.70° N, 0.45° W
- Description
- 866 middle ages battle
Battle of Brissarthe
Conflict between Frankish and joint Breton-Viking forces in 866 AD
The Battle of Brissarthe was fought on 2 July 866, between the West Franks and a joint Breton-Viking army near Brissarthe, Neustria. It was marked by the death of Robert the Strong, the Neustrian margrave, and Ranulf I, the duke of Aquitaine, and an ancestor of all the kings of France from 987 to 1848.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Brissarthe: Frankish forces, led by Robert the Strong, are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “25. Juli oder 15. September: Wikingerzeit: Loire-Normannen unter dem dänischen Wikingerhäuptling Hasting besiegen im Bündnis mit dem bretonischen Fürsten…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2 июля (или 15 сентября) — сражение при Бриссарте, в котором войско викингов и бретонцев во главе с Гастингом разгромило войско западных франков под…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page