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
Fresco by Alphonse Le Henaff in the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rennes
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
Salomon of Brittany
…alliance with the Vikings quite so readily, however. In 865 and 866, the Vikings and Bretons ravaged the vicinity of Le Mans and Robert was killed in the Battle of Brissarthe against the Vikings allied with the Bretons. This was the start of a new insurrection; even Pope Nicholas I wrote letters to Salomon urging him to…
Death of Robert the Strong at the combat of Brissarthe, 25 July 866 by Henri Lehmann, 1837