battle, medieval

Battle of Blain

Battle of Blain was a battle fought on 24 May AD 843 at Blain, in what is now France. The recorded result: Breton victory.

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Record

Date	24 May AD 843
Place	Blain, France 47.483N, 1.750W
Kind	Battle, medieval
Result	Breton victory
Belligerents	Duchy of Brittany	County of Nantes
Commanders	Erispoe, Lambert II of Nantes	Renaud d'Herbauges

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Heric 1795, 11 km
Battle of Conquereuil AD 992, 16 km
Battle of Guémené-Penfao 1795, 18 km
Battle of Savenay 1793, 20 km
Battle of La Ceriseraie 1795, 26 km

Elsewhere in AD 843

Battle of Messac France

Battle of Blain is one of 105 engagements of the 9th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2888154, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Blain, revision 1370434562, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.