Frisia?

Type:

Elite presence

Certainty:

Region Uncertain

From:

516

To:

526

Original text:

In illo tempore Dano cum rege suo nomine Chlochilaico cum navale hoste per alto mare Gallias appetent, Theuderico paygo Attoarios vel alios devastantes atque captivantes [...] Quod cum Theuderico nuntiatum fuisset, Theodobertum filium suum cum magno exercitu in illis partibus dirigens.

Translation text:

At that time the Danes with their king, whose name was Chlocilaic, attacked Gaul by sea with a naval force, ravaging the land of Theuderic, of the Attoarii, and others, and taking prisoners [...] When this was reported to Theuderic, he sent his son Theudebert with a large force into those parts.

Persons:

Role	Name	Reason type	Reason
Royal (other)	Theudebert	Conflict war	Fighting Hygelac's raid
Other	Chlochilaich	Conflict war	(=Hygelac) Raiding the coastline of northern Gaul

Publications:

Storms 1970
Goffart 1997: 84-86
Dijkstra 2011: 366
Wood 1994: 50

Sources

Name	Title	Reference	From	To
Liber Historiae Francorum	Liber Historiae Francorum	19	722	727