Trans-la-Forêt
Trans-la-Forêt () is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is the site of the 939 AD Battle of Trans-la-Forêt. Population See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine Association
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Battle Of Trans-la-Forêt
The Battle of Trans-la-Fôret was fought on 1 August 939 between the occupying Norsemen and the Bretons, led by a joint army of Alan II, Hugh II of Maine, and Judicael Berengar. Political landscape Throughout the early 900's, the states of Brittany and West Francia were in a state of flux having both being invaded by the Norse: * By 907, a Norse Hastein conquered an area now called Upper Brittany, with Nantes renamed to Namsborg as their capital. * In 931, the Norse assembled a army on the Loire river to attack the Franks. The occupied Bretons seized this opportunity and rebelled. The Norse appear to have been taken by surprise but a counterattack ensured Brittany was reconquered. * By 935, the Norse in Brittany became isolated after William Longsword of Normandy reconciled with the Franks and exiled Bretons started returning from Anglo-Saxon England. Alan Barbetorte returned to Brittany from Anglo-Saxon England between 936 and 938, and engaged the Norse. A Viking leader ...
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