Soissons

Type:Elite presence
Certainty:Certain
From:576
To:576
Town:Soissons
Original text:collecti aliqui de Campania Sessionas urbe adgrediuntur fugatamque ex ea Fredegundem regina aque Chlodovechum, filium Chilperici, volebant sibi subdere civitatem. Quod ut Chilpericus rex conperit, cum exercitu illuc dirigit [...] Sessionas ingreditur
Translation text:... Troops assembles in Champagne and marched on the town of Soissons; they drove out Fredegund and Clovis, Chilperic's son [...] King Chilperic came to hear of this and sent out in that direction with his army [...] he entered the city.
Persons:
RoleNameReason typeReason
KingChilpericConflict warReclaims Soissons
QueenFredegundResidenceDriven away by enemy troops
Royal (other)Clovis, son of Chilperic IResidenceDriven away by enemy troops
UnknownGodinConflict warFighting with Chilperic
Publications:Martindale 1992: 540, s.n. Godinus 1
Bachrach 1972: 44

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Gregorius, HistoriarumGregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem5.3573594