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| ID |
5926 |
| Text |
Chronicon (Regino abbatis Prumiensis) (900 - 908) Regino of Prüm |
| Quotation |
a. 879 Per idem tempus Ludowicus, qui Austrasiis imperabat, cognita morte aequivoci regnum illus invadere disponit ... |
| Translation |
a. 879 At that same time Louis [the Younger], who ruled the Austrasians, learned of the death of his namesake and planned to invade his kingdom. Crossing the Meuse, he occupied the boundaries of the realm. The two above-mentioned brothers [Louis III and Carloman II] rushed to meet him with a strong force. However, by the toing and froing of emissaries, battle was avoided and peace was strengthened. So that Louis would leave them as their ally, the young men conceded to him the part of Lothar’s kingdom which their grandfather and father had held, along with the monastery of St-Vaast in Arras. After this agreement had been completed and oaths had been given, Louis was heading back to his own kingdom when, at Thiméon near the Charbonnière forest, he unexpectedly encountered a countless multitude of Northmen returning to their fleet with prodigious booty. Without delay he clashed with them and by God’s favour struck most of them down with the sword.
The remainder, who had scattered in flight, regrouped at the aforementioned royal estate. Here Hugh, the king’s son by a concubine, because he fought carelessly, was seriously wounded and dragged away by the enemy; he gave up his soul in the hands of his adversaries. Believing that his son was being kept alive by the enemy, Louis ordered his army to hold off from the thick of the fighting so he could get Hugh back safely by some kind of deal. In the meantime, the onset of night forced the king and his men back to their camp. The Northmen fled during the night, setting alight the bodies of their dead and beating a path to their fleet. When the king rose at first light and found his son dead, he was afflicted by great sadness; he had the body placed in a coffin and ordered it to be carried to the monastery of Lorsch and there buried. |
| Quotation source |
Regino of Prüm, Chronicle a. 873, ed. Kurze (MGH), p. ; trans. by Maclean p. 181 |
| Temporal Coverage |
879 - 880 |
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| Comment |
Battle of Thiméon, 880 |
