Battle of Soissons | |||||||
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![]() 14th-century depiction of (left from right): the Battle of Soissons, imprisonment of Charles III and the coronation of Rudolph. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Carolingians | Robertians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles III (POW) Count Fulbert Hagano Hagrold Normans |
Robert I † Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy Herbert II of Vermandois Gilbert of Lorraine Hugh the Great | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
14.000 (estimated)[1] | 20.000 (estimated)[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
7,118[3] | 11,969[4] |
The Battle of Soissons was fought on 15 June 923 between an alliance of Frankish insurgent nobles led by Robert I, elected king in an assembly the year prior, and an army composed of Lotharingians, Normans, and Carolingian forces under King Charles III's command.[5][6] The battle took place at Soissons, near Aisne.[7] Robert was killed, but his army won the war. Charles was imprisoned by Herbert II of Vermandois and held captive until his death in 929. Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy, Robert's son-in-law, succeeded him as ruler of West Francia.[8]