Battle of Edington

Battle Of Edington

Coordinates: 51°26′25″N 02°14′32″W / 51.44028°N 2.24222°W / 51.44028; -2.24222

Viking invasions
of England
Great Heathen Army (865–78)
  • Englefield
  • Reading
  • Ashdown
  • Basing
  • Marton
  • Edington/Ethandun
  • Cynwit
The Danelaw
  • The Holme
  • Tettenhall
  • Tempsford
  • Corbridge
  • Brunanburh
  • Stainmore
  • Maldon
  • Alton
  • St Brice's Day
  • Ringmere
Cnut's invasion (1015–16)
  • Assandun
  • Brentford
Harald's invasion (1066)
  • Fulford
  • Stamford Bridge

At the Battle of Edington an army of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by Guthrum on a date between 6 and 12 May AD 878. The primary sources locate the battle at "Ethandun" or "Ethandune", and until a scholarly consensus identified its location with the present-day Edington in Wiltshire it was known as the Battle of Ethandun, a name which continues to be used.

The battle soon resulted in the Treaty of Wedmore later the same year.

Read more about Battle Of Edington:  Events Before The Battle, Alfred's Position Before The Battle, Battle, Location of The Battle, Consequences, The Battle in Fiction

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