Stelle Hludowicus rex Germaniae hostiliter...; (Annales Bertiniani (862 - 882), Annales Bertiniani, ed. by Waitz, s.a. 864, p. 72, trans. Nelson, p. 118) [5746]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Bulgari, [wurzel: Bulgar] Keyword: Khagan, [wurzel: ] Name: Louis the German, [wurzel: ] Ethnonym: Vinedi, [wurzel: ] Keyword: christiani, [wurzel: christian]
ID	5746
Text	Annales Bertiniani (862 - 882) Hincmar of Reims
Quotation	Hludowicus rex Germaniae hostiliter obviam Bulgarorum cagano [Boris] nomine, qui se christianum fieri velle promiserat, pergit; inde ad componendam Winidorum marcam, si se prosperari viderit, perrecturus.
Translation	Louis king of Germany marched with an army to meet the Khan of the Bulgars named [Boris], who had promised that he was willing to become a Christian. Louis planned, if things seemed to go well, to go on afterwards to the Wendish march to settle matters there.
Quotation source	Annales Bertiniani, ed. by Waitz, s.a. 864, p. 72, trans. Nelson, p. 118
Temporal Coverage	864 - 864
Associated use case(s)	Mapping Gog and Magog in the Medieval World
Spatial Coverage Objects	<QuerySet [<Stelle: Hludowicus rex Germaniae hostiliter...; (Annales Bertiniani (862 - 882), Annales Bertiniani, ed. by Waitz, s.a. 864, p. 72, trans. Nelson, p. 118) [5746]>]> - Bulgari, [wurzel: Bulgar]
Comment	The khan's name is onmitted in the manuscript, but can be deduced from the fact that Boris had allied with Louis in 863 against their common enemy, the Moravians, see nelson, p. 118, n. 20 meeting place was Tulln at the Danube, with plans to march against Ratislav