The Danish Vikings control one-third of England…

870 CE

The Danish Vikings control one-third of England following the battle-death of King Edmund.

The Danes are resoundingly defeated on December 31, 870, by a Saxon army under Æthelwulf, Ealdorman of Berkshire, at Englefield, Berkshire, the first of a series of battles between Wessex and the Danes.

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Englefield Berkshire United Kingdom View →

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Halfdan Ragnarsson View → Ivar the Boneless View → Ubba Ragnarsson View →

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Saxons View → Brycheiniog, Welsh Kingdom of View → Anglo-Saxons View → Strathclyde, British Kingdom of View → Wessex, English Kingdom of View → Mercia, Kingdom of View → East Angles, Kingdom of the View → Britain, Medieval View → Northumbria, Kingdom of View → Cornwall, Brythonic kingdom of View → Denmark, Kingdom of View → Vikings View → Great Heathen Army View → East Anglia, (Danish) Kingdom of View →

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Viking Raids in England, Early View → Viking Raids View →

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