Irminfrid

king of Thuringia

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Irminfrid was the king of the Thuringians who was defeated by the Frankish kings Theodoric I and Chlotar I in 531. This defeat led to the reduction of Thuringian territory and its governance by Frankish dukes. The Thuringians were a Germanic people who established a large kingdom before their conquest by the Huns in the 5th century.12

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History of Thuringia
…the defeat of their king, Irminfrid, at Burgscheidungen (in the present-day state of Saxony-Anhalt), on the Unstrut River, by the Frankish kings Theodoric I and Chlotar I in 531, their territory was reduced to the Harz mountains and Thuringian Forest region and was governed by Frankish dukes. In the early…
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…the defeat of their king, Irminfrid, at Burgscheidungen (in the present-day state of Saxony-Anhalt), on the Unstrut River, by the Frankish kings Theodoric I and Chlotar I in 531, their territory was reduced to the Harz mountains and Thuringian Forest region and was governed by Frankish dukes. In the early…
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