Battle of Vézeronce

Battle of Vézeronce
Part of invasion of Burgundy
Clodomir supervises the execution of Sigismond, king of Burgundy
Date June 25, 524 CE Location Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Result Burgundian victory, Merovingian advance averted
Belligerents
Burgundian Kingdom	Frankish Kingdom under Merovingians
Commanders and leaders
Godomar	Chlodomer † Childebert I Chlothar I
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Vézeronce took place on June 25, 524 near Vézeronce-Curtin (then Veseruntia) in Isère, France. This battle was part of an invasion of Burgundy initiated by the four successors of the Frankish king Clovis I: Childebert I, Chlodomer, Chlothar I, and Theuderic I.

The previous Burgundian king Sigismund had been executed by the Franks, and was succeeded by his brother Godomar. Godomar led the Burgundian army and inflicted a severe defeat on the Franks, with Chlodomer killed during the fighting. However, the defeat of the Franks was only temporary and the kingdom was lost to the Merovingians within a decade.

A helmet was found in the peat marsh of Saint-Didier, to the north of the battle site in 1871 and is conserved in the Musée dauphinois, Grenoble. The helmet is of Byzantine craftsmanship and was probably that of a Frankish chieftain.

External links

• Collections Archéologie at the Musée dauphinois website.
• The Conversion of Clovis at the Encyclopædia Britannica website.

References

• Kortum, Han-Henning (2010). "Merovingian Franks". In Rogers, Clifford J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)