Battle of Brissarthe
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The Battle of Brissarthe was fought on 2 July 866, between the West Franks and a joint Breton-Viking army near Brissarthe, Neustria. It was marked by the death of Robert the Strong, the Neustrian marg
Death of Robert the Strong at the combat of Brissarthe, 25 July 866 by Henri Lehmann, 1837
Salomon of Brittany
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Salomon was count of Rennes and Nantes from 852 and duke of Brittany from 857 until his assassination in 874. In 867, he was granted the counties of Avranches and Coutances, and he used the title king
Battle of Brissarthe
…Robert the Strong, the Neustrian margrave, and Ranulf I, the duke of Aquitaine, and an ancestor of all the kings of France from 987 to 1848. In 866, Salomon, Duke of Brittany, allied with Hastein (Hasting), a Danish chieftain, for an expedition into Anjou, Maine, and Touraine. In the course of the campaign, Le Mans was sacked…
Fresco by Alphonse Le Henaff in the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes