Northmen kill Count Teutbert and most defenders during the siege of Meaux.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Northmen/Varangian/Viking Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Count Teutbert Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: losses
Third Party (Person) :	Sigmund, Bishop of Meaux Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: religious figure, Reaction: discouragement
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Frankish Gender: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Reaction: begging for mercy/sueing for peace
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Annales Vedastini 888 Annales Vedastini 888 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Meldis (Meaux)
Time Periode :	Carolingian Period
Century :	A.D. 9
Year :	A.D. 888
Context :	siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	treaty/agreement/pact capture destruction/devastation
Original Text :	Interim Nortmanni Meldis civitatem obsidione vallant, machinas instruunt, aggerem conportant ad capiendam urbem. Quibus viriliter resistit Teutbertus comes, donec interiit cum omnibus prope bellatoribus.
Translation :	-
Edition :	B. von Simson, Annales Xantenses et Annales Vedastini (MGH SS rer. Germ., 12), 1909, 40-82.
Notes :	For the Siege itself and the related consequences, please refer to: "Northmen attack Meaux with siege engines."
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