What the records say
- When
- 937
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 53.80° N, 2.26° W
- Description
- 937 important victory for King Athelstan of England
Battle of Brunanburh
937 battle of the Viking invasions of England
The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin; Constantine II, King of Scotland; and Owain, King of Strathclyde. The battle is sometimes cited as the point of origin for English national identity: historians such as Michael Livingston argue that "the men who fought and died on that field forged a political map of the future that rem…
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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 “Battle of Brunanburh: King Æthelstan defeats a combined Northern Army under the kings Olaf of Dublin, Constantine II of Scotland and Owain of Strathclyde”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “König Æthelstan von Wessex und sein Bruder Edmund I. besiegen mit ihren Truppen ein vereinigtes Heer der Dänen, Iren und Schotten in der Schlacht bei Brunanburh”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Brunanburh : le roi anglais Æthelstan remporte une victoire décisive sur ses adversaires, le roi de Dublin Olaf Gothfrithson”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Войско союзников, к которому присоединились несколько мелких валлийских и бриттских правителей, вторглось во владения Этельстана”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Athelstan gana la Batalla de Brunanburh”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page