Lothar defeated at Fontenoy
The annals state that Lothar was defeated by his brothers and fled at Fontenoy in the district of Auxerre on the morning of 25 June 841.
What this does and does not establish
Prudentius section, pinned Wikisource revision 228344. The immediately preceding sentence supplies Fontanidus in pago Altiodorensi as the location. The account favors Louis and Charles; its moral characterization of the conflict is not adopted here.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
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How it is dated
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- 841, VII Kalendas Julii, Saturday morning
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Dating notes from the research record
Examined bert2.wikitext: preceding 840 heading at line 56 and narrative at 59–62; 841 heading at 64, battle narrative and aftermath at 67, subsequent movements at 69–71; following 842 heading at 73. Line 67 moves from Lent to the battle and next-day burial arrangements. Inclusive Roman reckoning converts VII Kalendas Julii to 25 June in Julian AD 841; the original additionally specifies Saturday morning. Original quotation begins at line 67, character 47517.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales Bertiniani
Prudentius, bishop of Troyes (second part of the Annales Bertiniani)
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Quoted text (Latin)
Cumque ad pacis fraternitatisque concordiam minime revocari posset, obviis fratribus septimo Kalendas Julii die sabbato mane interceptus, multis utrimque cadentibus, compluribus profligatis, turpiter victus aufugit.AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
And since he could by no means be brought back to an agreement of peace and brotherhood, he was intercepted by his brothers coming against him on Saturday morning, the seventh day before the Kalends of July; with many falling on either side and very many routed, he fled shamefully defeated.
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