What the records say
- When
- 463
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 47.88° N, 1.88° E
- Description
- 463 battle
Battle of Orléans (463)
463 battle in Orleans
The Battle of Orléans took place near Orleans and the River Loire in the year 463, in what is now central France. It was noted in contemporary records as a battle where Frederic, the brother of Theodoric II the king of the Visigoths, was killed leading a fight against either the Gallo-Roman general Aegidius, or in other reports Franks.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Orléans besiegt der römische Feldherr Aegidius, angeblich im Bündnis mit den Salfranken unter Childerich I., die Westgoten unter Frederich”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Printemps : bataille d'Orléans : Ægidius, allié du roi des Francs saliens Childéric , arrête les Wisigoths sur la Loire près d'Orléans”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page