later Viking siege of Paris (885–886)

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Viking raid military conflict siege

The later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) was a major Norse assault on the Frankish capital that tested the defenses of the city and the authority of the Carolingian rulers during the late 9th century.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Paris (885–886) 1
later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Viking raid ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
appliesToPart Île de la Cité ⓘ
belligerent County of Paris ⓘ
West Francia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of West Francia

Viking forces ⓘ
causeOf weakening of Charles the Fat’s authority ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows earlier Viking siege of Paris (845) ⓘ
commander Bishop Gozlin of Paris ⓘ
Charles the Fat ⓘ
Odo of France ⓘ
surface form: Odo, Count of Paris
conflict Viking incursions into West Francia ⓘ
surface form: Carolingian–Viking conflicts

Viking incursions into West Francia ⓘ
country West Francia ⓘ
describedIn Abbo of Saint-Germain’s poem "Bella Parisiacae urbis" ⓘ
Annals of Fulda ⓘ
Annales Bertiniani ⓘ
surface form: Annals of Saint-Bertin
endTime 886 ⓘ
followedBy election of Odo as King of West Francia ⓘ
hasCause Viking demand for tribute and plunder ⓘ
hasPart Frankish counterattacks on Viking encampments ⓘ
defense of the Grand Pont ⓘ
defense of the Petit Pont ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Latin ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
West Francia ⓘ
notableFeature defense centered on bridges over the Seine ⓘ
prolonged blockade of the city ⓘ
opponentCommander Rollo ⓘ
Sigfred ⓘ
Sinric ⓘ
participant Franks ⓘ
Vikings ⓘ
citizens of Paris ⓘ
partOf Viking Age ⓘ
pointInTime 9th century ⓘ
result Viking withdrawal ⓘ
increased prestige of Odo of Paris ⓘ
payment of tribute to Vikings ⓘ
significantEventFor Carolingian Empire ⓘ
County of Paris ⓘ
Viking incursions into West Francia ⓘ
surface form: Viking Age in Francia
startTime 885 ⓘ
tested authority of the Carolingian rulers ⓘ
defenses of Paris ⓘ
used riverine fleet on the Seine ⓘ
siege engines ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

siege of Paris (845) → successorEvent → later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) ⓘ
Viking incursions into West Francia → notableEvent → later Viking siege of Paris (885–886) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Paris (885–886)