What the records say
- When
- 894
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.55° N, 0.56° E
- Description
- 894 battle between Vikings and Wessex
Battle of Benfleet
894 battle between Vikings and Wessex
The Battle of Benfleet was an 894 battle between the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons commanded by Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, the son and son-in-law of Alfred the Great respectively. The battle was part of a campaign started by the Vikings in 892 to raid and potentially occupy lands in England, having been defeated by the armies of France.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Autumn – Battle of Benfleet: Danish Viking forces retire to Essex, after being deprived of food by Alfred the Great (see 893)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Отряд викингов переправился через Темзу и стали призывать валлийцев к восстанию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page