Batı Fransa bölgesinde ilk danegeld ödemesi 845 yılında [[Paris]]'e saldırmak üzere olan ''Ragnar Lothbrok'' komutasındaki Vikinglere yapılır. 857 yılında [[Sen Nehri]] boyunca kentleri yağmalayan Bjørn komutasındaki Vikingler bir yıl sonra bölgeye geri döndüklerinde saldırmamak kaydıyla kendilerine ödenen danegeldi kabul ederler. Bölgedeki Vikingler yerel derebeylerinden aldıkları danegeldler sayesinde bir tarafın yanında yer alıp diğerine saldırırken, diğer tarafın daha yüksek bir bedel ödemesi üzerine derhal saf değiştirebilmekteydi.
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In 862 two groups of Vikings—one the larger of two fleets recently forced out of the Seine by Charles the Bald, the other a fleet returning from a Mediterranean expedition—converged on Brittany, where one (the Mediterranean group) was hired by the Breton duke Salomon to ravage the Loire valley.[29] Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria, captured twelve of their ships, killing all on board save a few who fled. He then opened negotiations with the former Seine Vikings, and hired them against Salomon for 6,000 pounds of silver. The purpose of this was doubtless to prevent them from entering the service of Salomon.[30] Probably Robert had to collect a large amount in taxes to finance what was effectively a non-tributary Danegeld designed to keep the Vikings out of Neustria.[31] The treaty between the Franks and the Vikings did not last more than a year: in 863 Salomon made peace and the Vikings, deprived of an enemy, ravaged Neustria.
