Event
Battle of Wogastisburg: The Slavs under King Samo defeat the Austrasian Franks, in a three-day battle
631 · 51.00° N, 11.00° E
What the records say
- When
- 631
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 51.00° N, 11.00° E
Placed at the area around the region it links, Thuringia.
Summary
Battle of Wogastisburg: The Slavs under King Samo defeat the Austrasian Franks, in a three-day battle. King Dagobert I is forced to retreat; the Franks with their allies are slaughtered. Samo invades Thuringia and undertakes looting raids.
4 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Fredegar-Chronik erwähnt die Schlacht um Wogastisburg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Wogastisburg : à la suite de l’attaque de marchands francs”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва под Вогастисбургом”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page