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  The Battle of Fontenay in 841
The Battle of Fontenay in 841, according to the Annals of Fulda
They gave battle on the thirteenth of May. Count Adalbert, who had stirred up the strife, was killed; and with him a countless number of men were laid low.
On the twenty-fifth of June a great battle was fought between them, and the blood shed on both sides was so great that the present age remembers no such carnage among the Frankish people before.
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 Battle of Fontenoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Battle of Fontenoy was fought at Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands on May 11, 1745, during the War of Austrian Succession.
This French regiment had given way at the Battle of Dettingen and in their precipitate retreat had tipped up one of the bridges of boats.
This battle should not be confused with the two battles of Fontenay, which occurred at a different location, in 841 and 1944.)
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Fontenay can refer to: Abbaye de Fontenay, see Marmagne Fontenai and Fontenay is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Fontenay, in the Eure département Fontenay, in the Indre département Fontenay, in the Manche département Fontenay, in the Saône-et-Loire département Fontenay, in the...
Events June 25: Battle of Fontenay _ Louis the German and Charles the Bald defeat Lothar.
Frankish battles In 842, Louis the German, son of Louis the Pious, and ruler of the eastern Frankish kingdom, met with his brother, Charles the Bald, ruler of the western Frankish kingdom, at Strasbourg.
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 Warfare in the Middle Ages - Primary Sources
The Battle of Gisors, 1198, from the Annals of Roger of Hoveden
The Battle of the Bannockburn (1314), according to the Vita Edwardi Secundi
The Battle of Tannenburg or Grunwald in 1410, according to Jan Dlugosz
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 Battle of Fontenay (841) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contention over the division of the Holy Roman Empire between the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious culminated in the decisive Battle of Fontenay fought at Fontenay on the June 25, 841.
In spite of his personal gallantry, Lothar was defeated by his brother Louis the German, and half-brother Charles the Bald and fled to his capital of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen).
This article about a historical battle is a stub.
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 Nithard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was educated at the imperial court and became abbot of St Riquier in commendam, never taking the vows.
Little else is known about his life, but he appears to have served his cousin, Charles the Bald, on peaceful errands and also on the field of battle.
He fought for Charles at Fontenoy in June 841, and died as the result of wounds received whilst fighting for him against the Northmen near Angoulême.
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June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining.
524 - Battle of Vézeronce, Franks defeat Burgundians
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of General George Armstrong Custer.
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 Battle of Fontenay (841) - Wikinfo
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The Battle of Fontenay was a decisive battle fought between the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious on June 25, 841 at Fontenay.
Contention over the division of the Holy Roman Empire between the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious culminated in this battle.
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 Battle of Fontenay (841): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Battle of Fontenay (841)
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Contention over the division of the Holy Roman Empire between the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious culminated in a decisive battle fought at Fontenay on the 25th of June 841.
In spite of his personal gallantry, Lothair was defeated by his brother Louis the German, and half-brother Charles the Bald and fled to his capital of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen).
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 Louis the Pious   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One of Benedict's primary reforms was to ensure that all religious houses in Louis' realm adhered to the Rule of St Benedict, named for its creator, Benedict of Nursia (AD Like most Frankish men Louis, who was the second son of Charlemagne, expected to share his inheritance with his brothers Charles the Younger and Pepin.
However, both of them died before he did - Charles in battle and Pepin subsequent to his blinding and confinement after joining in a revolt against his father - and Louis inherited the Frankish empire intact.
After the Battle of Fontenay (841) and the Oath of Strasbourg, the dispute was only settled with the Treaty of Verdun (843) which split the Frankish realm into three parts, the kernels of later France and Germany.
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham see Battle of Quebec (1759) of which it was a part.
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 THE LATER CAROLINGIANS AND THE EMPIRE
Soon after the battle at Fontenay Charles and Lewis separated but they soon found that they must make common cause if they did not wish to be conquered separately by Lothair.
Wholly absorbed in their strife against one another, they had done little to check the pirati cal inroads, and in fact Lothair after the battle of Fontenay had actually sought aid from the Northmen against his brothers.
At Saucourt, on August 3, 88I, Lewis gave battle to the Northmen and won a notable victory; more than eight thousand of the invaders were left dead upon the field and the remaining Northmen withdrew from France.
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 795-96. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Charles's holding, which had no name, approximated (accidentally) medieval France and was mainly Romance in speech.
On the death of Louis the Pious, the three heirs contained their struggle, and after the indecisive battle of Fontenay (841), Carolingian prestige sank to a new depth.
Charles the Bald and Louis the German formed an alliance against Lothair (who was supported by the clergy in the interests of unity) in the bilingual (Teutonic and Romance) Oaths of Strassburg (842), sworn by the rulers and their armies, each in their own vernacular.
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Battle of Fontenay - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History: Fontenay, Battle of@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History: Fontenay, Battle of@ HighBeam Research
Battle in 841 near Sens (in northern Fance) between the grandsons of Charlemagne, in which Charles the Bold and Louis the German combined forces to defeat their elder brother, Emperor Lothair.
Lothair sued for peace and, in the Treaty of Verdun (signed in 863), Lothair was recognised as Emperor of Lorraine, Burgundy and Italy; Louis was given the...
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