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Name: Chilperic´s Submission of the Bretons

Type: Event

Start: 579 AD

End: 579 AD

Parent: Frankish Partitions

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In 578, Frankish subking Chilperic sent an army to fight the Breton ruler Waroch II of the Bro-Wened along the Vilaine.

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  • January 579: In 578, Frankish sub-king Chilperic sent an army to fight the Breton ruler Waroch II of the Bro-Wened along the Vilaine. The armies fought for three days before Waroch submitted, and agreed to pay an annual tribute.
  • January 579: In 578, Chilperic sent an army to fight the Breton ruler Waroch II of the Bro-Wened along the Vilaine. The Frankish army consisted of units from the Poitou, Touraine, Anjou, Maine, and Bayeux. The Baiocassenses (men from Bayeux) were Saxons and they in particular were routed by the Bretons. The armies fought for three days before Waroch submitted, did homage for Vannes, sent his son as a hostage, and agreed to pay an annual tribute.

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