- Battle of Thimeon
The Battle of Thimeon was a German victory over the
Vikings nearThimeon (near modernCharleroi ) north of theSambre in February 880.In 879, Vikings (probably
Norsemen ) fromEngland settled on the riverScheldt . After celebrating Christmas atFrankfurt am Main that year and signing theTreaty of Ribemont with Louis III andCarloman II ofWest Francia ,Louis the Younger marched an army northward on the Viking settlement. The battle was a rout for the Vikings, 5,000 of whom were killed, but the German king also sustained a heavy loss: his only surviving son, the illegitimate Hugh, was killed in action.References
*" [http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/fulda.htm The Annals of Fulda] ". (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.)
Reuter, Timothy (trans.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992.
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