The Battle of the Unstrut River is said to have been fought in 531 CE near the river Unstrut when the king of Francia, Theuderic I decisively defeated the Thuringian army led by their king Hermanfrid. Thuringia was subjugated in 530 CE, soon after the battle.[1] The battle was so decisive that it is said that the Franks were able cross the river by walking over the corpses of their foes.[2] After the battle, Chlothar took Radegund as a wife as part of his war booty.
Citations
- ^ Durant, 1950, p. 92.
- ^ The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World. Oxford University Press. May 15, 2024. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-19-023418-8.
References
- Durant, Will. The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization from Constantine to Dante -- A.D. 325-1300. The Story of Civilization IV. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. ISBN 978-0-9650007-5-8.