Battle of Soissons

When

923

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

49.38° N, 3.32° E

Description

923 battle

Battle over the throne of West Francia

The Battle of Soissons was fought on 15 June 923 between an alliance of Frankish insurgent nobles led by Robert I, elected king in an assembly the year prior, and an army composed of Lotharingians, Normans, and Carolingian forces under King Charles III's command. The battle took place at Soissons, near Aisne. Robert was killed, but his army won the war.

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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 Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish army, led by Charles the Simple, is defeated and routed near Soissons”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “König Robert I. von Westfranken aus dem Geschlecht der Robertiner siegt zwar über den Ex-König Karl III. am 15. Juni in der Soissons”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Robert est tué près de Soissons lors d'une bataille contre Charles III le Simple”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Soissons: el rey Roberto I de Francia es asesinado, y el rey Carlos el Simple es arrestado por seguidores del duque Raúl de Borgoña”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page