Siege of Paris (885-886)

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	Issue of the So-called 'Holy Roman Empire'
		Charles 'the Fat' failed to come to the assistance of defenders of Paris during a 885-886 siege by Vikings.
		Odo, count of Paris, marquis de Neustria was the son of Robert 'the Strong', a powerful duke of France ('Ile-de-France').
		Odo is, therefore, considered the first of the 'Robertian' dynasty of early French kings.
	xenophongroup.com /montjoie/hre-isu.htm (2235 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH King Eudes FRANCE ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL Decendants
		His defense of Paris against the siege of the Northmen (885-886)gained him election as king, but his reign was marked byinsubordination, civil war, and continued raids by the Northmen."
		Paris was valiantly defended by Count Odo (Eudes), the son of another vigorous fighter, Robert the Strong.
		In the hope of securing a strong leader, the lords of West Francia elected to the throne Charles the Fat of Germany, under whom the empire was united for the last time.
	www.geneal.net /1527.htm (449 words)

	World Water Assessment Programme Case studies Seine-Normandy water basin
		This success story was repeated in 885-886 when Count Eudes managed to defeat the Viking's siege of Paris.
		But the sailing talents of the Scandinavians had left such a bitter memory on the Parisians that, when the Vikings came back, they urged Charles the Fat to allow the Vikings to pillage Burgundy.
		Finally, in 911, Charles III (the Simple) had to give up Normandy to the Viking Chief Rollo in exchange for Paris and safe navigation on the Seine.
	www.unesco.org /water/wwap/case_studies/seine_normandy/history.shtml (420 words)

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