Battle of Vézeronce participant Kingdom of the Burgundians
The Battle of Vézeronce took place on June 25, 524 AD near Vézeronce-Curtin (then Veseruntia) in Isère, France. This battle was part of an invasion of Burgundy initiated by the four successors of the Frankish king Clovis I: Childebert I, Chlodomer, Chlothar I, and Theuderic I.
The previous Burgundian king, Sigismund, had been executed by the Franks, and was succeeded by his brother, Godomar. Godomar led the Burgundian army and defeated the Franks, with Chlodomer killed during the combat. However, the kingdom was lost to the Merovingians within a decade.
A helmet was found in the peat marsh of Saint-Didier, to the north of the battle site in 1871, and is conserved in the Musée dauphinois, Grenoble. The helmet is of Byzantine craftsmanship, and was likely that of a Frankish chieftain.