Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Charles the Bald

Battles of Charles the Bald

King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877, AD 823 to AD 877

Charles the Bald is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 841 and AD 876: 4 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in France (4), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,165 km apart end to end, 541 km between engagements on average. Most belong to viking expansion (1).

Battle of FontenoyBattle of ToulouseSiege of ParisBattle of BallonBattle of AndernachBattle of FontenoyBattle of ToulouseSiege of ParisBattle of BallonBattle of AndernachGenevaMilanFrankfurtBrusselsMunichZürichLyonFlorenceMarseilleBilbao500 km47.022N, 2.668E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 841: 1 engagementsAD 844: 1 engagementsAD 845: 2 engagements2 in AD 845AD 876: 1 engagementsAD 841AD 876
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Fontenoy, AD 841Battle of Toulouse, AD 844Siege of Paris, AD 845Battle of Ballon, AD 845Battle of Andernach, AD 876AD 841AD 876
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 June AD 841Battle of FontenoyFontenoy, FranceVictory of Charles and Louis
AD 844Battle of ToulouseFrance472 km SFrankish defeat
28 March AD 845Siege of ParisParis, France588 km NViking victory
22 November AD 845Battle of BallonBains-sur-Oust, France351 km WBreton victory
8 October AD 876Battle of AndernachAndernach, Germany754 km NEEast Francian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.