Dormelles () is a
commune in the
Seine-et-Marne
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department in the
ÃŽle-de-France
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region
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in north-central
France
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.
History
Dormelles was the site of a battle
circa
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599 between rival
Merovingian
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kings.
Chlothar II
Chlothar II, sometimes called "the Young" ( French: le Jeune), (May/June 584 – 18 October 629) was king of the Franks, ruling Neustria (584–629), Burgundy (613–629) and Austrasia (613–623).
The son of Chilperic I and his third wife, Fred ...
, ruler of
Neustria
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, faced his cousins,
Theuderic II
Theuderic II (also spelled Theuderich, Theoderic or Theodoric; in French, ''Thierry'') ( 587–613), king of Burgundy (595–613) and Austrasia (612–613), was the second son of Childebert II. At his father's death in 595, he received Guntram's ...
, King of
Burgundy
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, and
Theudebert II
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, King of
Austrasia
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. Chlothar's army suffered a heavy defeat and he fled the field.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Dormelles are called ''Dormellois''.
See also
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References
External links
1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région)
*
Communes of Seine-et-Marne
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