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Count Udo I. of the Wetterau and his army kill Duke Eberhard of Franconia and cause Duke Giselbert of Lorraine and many of his men to drown in the Rhine.

Related Conflict :Battle at Andernach (939 AD)
Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Otto I. the Great (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Eberhard, Duke of Franconia Origin: Eastfrankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
  • Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine Origin: Lorrainian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: death
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Henry I., Duke of Bavaria Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: begging for mercy/sueing for peace
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon sive Gesta Saxonum 2,34 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Rhenus (Rhine)
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 10
    Year :A.D. 939
     
    Context :revolt
    battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    political
    Application :drowning
    Long-Term Consequence :surrender
    status quo
     
    Original Text :In III. anno supramemorati regis Heinricus frater eius et Evurhardus dux ac Isilbertus, comes Lutharingorum, cum caeteris nequiciae suimet fautoribus cis Renum plurima depopulati sunt. Hoc Udo amicus regis ilico comperiens Evurhardum occidit; Isilbertum autem cum consociis in Reno dimergi, Heinricum autem regis gratiam petere coegit.
     
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    Edition :Thietmari Merseburgensis Episcopi Chronicon, In: W. Trillmich; S. Patzold, Thietmar von Merseburg: Chronik (FSGA 9), 9th Ed. Darmstadt 2017.
     
     
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    Created at :2023-02-11 : 09:51:42
    Last changed :2023-02-11 : 09:51:42
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00013228
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