Angelbert
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Angelbert was a Frankish soldier and poet, possibly from Aquitaine. His "Verses on the Battle that was Fought at Fontenoy" are a first-hand description of the Battle of Fontenoy of 25 June 841, in whi
"Battle of Fontenoy" from MS BnF Lat. 1154
Battle of Fontenoy (841)
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The three-year Carolingian Civil War culminated in the decisive Battle of Fontenoy, also called the Battle of Fontenoy-en-Puisaye, fought at Fontenoy, near Auxerre, on 25 June 841. The war was fought
The battle as depicted in the fourteenth-century Grandes Chroniques de France.
Obelisk commemorating the Battle of Fontenoy.